In <[log in to unmask]> Jay Fahey <[log in to unmask]>
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><<Why the problem with grafitti? Its a wonderful political and social tool.
>Don't know much about its artistic credentials.
>Kathryn

>A nice, old-fashioned sentiment that I haven't heard since Norman Mailer
>wrote The Faith of Graffiti in the 60's. Soon it was everywhere, defacing
>some wonderful architecture, and leading to a crisis of urban angst the like
>of which we've never seen before (since graffiti has been removed from New
>York City subways, ridership has increased more than 30%). It's a real
>downer! I suspect you haven't lived with it as much as some other urban
>dwellers have --                     Jay Fahey

Uhhh ... I don't think that the abandonment of the NY subways was *directly*
related to graffiti ... unless you really think that the vast majority of
New Yorkers are so 'aesthetically sensitive' ... perhaps the perception of
violent crime being rampant in the underground had more to do with it ...

michael maranda
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