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Posted by Newkirk Images on Thu Oct 5 06:47:19 2006, in response to Re: 7 train tagged in service!, posted by monorail on Wed Oct 4 20:23:17 2006. so the car got tagged, where was the crime and violence?It was there, much worse than today. Graffiti didn't directly cause crime and violence, it was part of public conception that the system was going to hell in a hand basket. Crime, violence and graffiti were not the only problems of the 80's. Bad tracks with red tagged areas was rampant, rolling stock that wasn't maintained and trains going out of service mid route were an everyday thing. You see, it took someone like David Gunn to grab the "bull by the horns". When rolling stock slowly became graffiti free, they were also repaired and inspected. The general overhaul program bought some extra years of service to cars that were almost ready for the scrapper. Cars unfit for overhaul were scrapped and replaced with new rolling stock. The system gradually became graffiti free and was on the way back. So you see, the graffiti epidemic provided the wake up call and the TA did just that. I wonder what if David Gunn hadn't come on the sceme what the system would be like today. Graffitti is in todays culture, music and even video games. So young minds accept it as cool and normal. Graffitti in a gallery or with the concent of a propery owner is art. Graffitti on trains, buildings, bridges etc. without owner's concent is vandalism. And spare me the Freedom of Expression cop out. Bill "Newkirk" |
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