As Vandals Deface U.S. Parks, Some Point to Online Show-Offs

New York Times ^ | June 4, 2013 | FELICITY BARRINGER

[grundle]

SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.

[txrefugee]

Mexicans just can’t leave spray paint alone. They have to either sniff it, deface the property of others, or both. Scum.

[wku man]

The only solution to this problem, as with so many others, is savage beatings. Too many people are jack wagons because they simply need their a**es kicked...hard.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[ansel12]

Normal Americans watched incredulously as the liberal media glorified and legitimized graffiti and tried to create the acceptance of it as art for decades, and promoted and protected it as it defiled our cities and landscapes and our own property, is the Times changing their mind now?

[SandRat]

... is the Times changing their mind now?

I doubt it.

[tet68]

Odd, I didn’t see anything about “Mexicans” in the
article. Koreans, yes, Americans yes. Hmmmmm.

[19th LA Inf]

I have been a lifelong railroad fan. It is disgusting to me to pass long lines of stored boxcars on sidings, every one disfigured with illiterate, multicolored “art masterpieces”.

[JouleZ]

is the Times changing their mind now?

*******

The times, they are a changin’ said Dylan.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It should be legal to shoot taggers on sight, with no daily or possession limit.

And a bounty would be good.

[wita]

As my sainted mammy used to say, which now needs a revision. “Fools names and fools faces always found in public places”.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I am constantly surprised that many Americans whose ancestors founded and governed this country until 2008 express disgust at the total lack of respect aliens demonstrate by graffiti on our parks and other places. They are even re-naming our streets with the names of their war leaders; i.e. Chavez and MLK. Even our own people, by reason of the actions of our own leaders, have lost respect for our persons, places and things.

By way of reminder a conquering people throw down the statutes of the conquered leaders; throw down their sacred places and of course mark up their cities and destroy their buildings. Think of the sack of Rome. We have not yet reached the stage of the truly violent sack as such an event is a few years away. (There are reports that the Mexican invasion has increased about 9% since the amnesty discussion.)

[oblomov]

The NYT worked really hard to get the “man bites dog” angle they were looking for.

[PAR35]

Odd, I didn’t see anything about “Mexicans” in the article.

Try reading the story at the link. "Salazar"

[ProtectOurFreedom]

They hit the RR overpasses over the freeways here in CA knowing the RR companies are slow to clean up the defacement. The county and state road signs, sound walls, and bridges get cleaned up very quickly.

Frankly, I think the Saudi’s have the right idea on this one. Third graffiti conviction and SWOOSH — no more handling spray cans.

[C210N]

One might think these vandals have little to no stake in what the countryside looks like... it’s almost as if they migrate here, migrate back, and then migrate here again, as transients.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Gang cactus defacement, huh.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Satan chortles.

[driftless2]

If people i.e. gov. officials are wondering where to put their spying equipment and cameras, put them around important national park historical areas. I favor whipping with the cat-o-nine tails for the creeps who deface these beautiful natural areas.

[qam1]

We have not yet reached the stage of the truly violent sack as such an event is a few years away. (There are reports that the Mexican invasion has increased about 9% since the amnesty discussion.)

Few years, just wait until Zimmerman is found not Guilty.

[GSWarrior]

When native Americans were creating hieroglyphics, I wonder if some of their friends were saying “dude, why are you defacing these rock walls?”