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I dislike graffiti...i admit, once in a while some of it looks like art, instead of just trash. To the graffiti artists, the ones who do create those paintings from time to time that actually resemble art, couldnt they find a better (not to mention safer and LEGAL) means of expressing themselves? The rest of these(read:LESS TALENTED) "artists" need to go get jobs. And it really REALLY bothers me to see this sold in toy form, with a trading card of a graffiti "artist" sold at a wal-mart. Artistic talent aside, railcars and locomotives are 1)private property 2) insanely expensive and 3) insanely dangerous. I wonder how Wal-Mart would react if a rash of vandalism struck their stores and trucks? Think they would package and sell mini versions of that? When a child, inspired by his favorite "artist" is struck by a passing train in a busy yard, while trying to emulate something he saw on a trading card, who will be the responsible party? The people packaging this trash and pretending its a worthwhile part of our culture? Or the railroads, who did nothing more than try and operate just as they have for 150 years? Tresspassing is still the no 2 cause of railroad related death after crossing collisions. Maybe these companies should think before they package this stuff, trying to turn urban decay into a marketing angle. Im all for model trains being sold at wal marts. But lets sell model trains for the trains, not simply as a canvas for graffiti. Cant believe they included little trading cards....just blowing off steam, Azure
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