The Night Shift

[swornprotector]

On my patrols throughout this city, I have been finding it increasingly necessary to disrupt young vandals from defacing public property.

I understand there is a... countercultural significance to some of this "graffiti," wherein the perpetrators consider themselves artists. Although there are legitimate examples of this - I have seen some quite

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[kingofrejects]

Depends on the part of town.

Some places, it's an improvement. Others, not so much. Depends on the amount of work involved.

[swornprotector]

Unfortunately, the law must be unilaterally applied. I would prefer to be able to make exceptions including those criteria.

[kingofrejects]

Bigger crimes out there.

[swornprotector]

That is true. But when I cannot find those, I am left with attempting to keep streets unvandalized.

[watsthename]

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!

[swornprotector]

Are you in trouble? What's wrong?

[watsthename]

Don't paint over it.

[swornprotector]

Over the graffiti, or over the clean walls?

[hellcommander]

Depends on where in town it is. Good graffiti doesn't have any place on say... Wall Street, where no one can fucking appreciate it! But in other parts of town, it's a good thing!

[swornprotector]

Then comes the question of what defines "good graffiti." It is entirely subjective.

[hellcommander]

I guess my standards would be... uses more than two colors of paint and takes longer than five seconds to spray on, kekek.

[swornprotector]

A rather broad definition.

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[nyc_detective]

I dunno, Big Guy, I'm a bit partial to that mural over on [location]. That person had talent, whomever they were.

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[swornprotector]

Yes. Works of art such as that piece are what prompted me to ask this question. It is still vandalism, is it not, even if it improves the area greatly?

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[nyc_detective]

Personally, I think that the good ones aren't vandalism so much as free public art.

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[swornprotector]

Then perhaps we can officially exercise subjective evaluations of these works before administering punishment to these artists.