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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by railrover "I agree with you why would you want to give the railroad a free paint job ya know? I guess some of these people don't know that "marking their territory" on a freight car is rather pointless when you think about it, that car is most likely never going to be in that location again for a real long time. Some of these graffiti artists miss out on showing off their work" i would imagine that the appeal would be that you have a moving art gallery, far from pointless and the art is showing for years after the artist has done it. you can paint a train in the midwest one day, and have it across the country a few days later, what other artist gets exposure like that? [/quote] Well there's a couple different schools of thought on graffiti. Some of them do it just because in their own warped imagination wrecking other people's property is funny. Some of the "artist" types see a train car as a moving mural. Why they can't confine their creativity to a piece of paper instead of other people's property is beyond me. Gang members tag anything that enters their turf as a sign of pride. As if to say that train went through their turf or that they were there. Like The Crips or FTRA. Some use it to send political messages like "WHITE POWER", "IMPEACH BUSH",or whatever. These deluded boobs probably read NO LOGO or visited ADBUSTERS.org and believe they are engaged in some kind of delusional campaign of culture jamming or sticking it to big business. Since train cars are big and easily noticeable and travel cross country what better platform to spread your message. Almost like a rolling billboard.
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