Arches NP Graffiti: Can't understand why anyone would do this. I certainly hope I don't see anyone defacing a national treasure when I visit there in a couple of weeks.

Hacksaw Loc: Pacific Northwest

Can't understand why anyone would do this. I certainly hope I don't see anyone defacing a national treasure when I visit there in a couple of weeks.

http://www.newsoxy.com/lifestyle/arches-park-graffiti-191601.html

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Sad state of affairs.

Hacksaw wrote:

Can't understand why anyone would do this. I certainly hope I don't see anyone defacing a national treasure when I visit there in a couple of weeks.

http://www.newsoxy.com/lifestyle/arches-park-graffiti-191601.html

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

When there is no discipline in the home or the school, all you are going to get is idiots.

Haydon

This was really painful to see. I've visited there a couple of times in the last two decades and was always stunned by the natural beauty. Hope they catch those clowns.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Miscreants.

Shutterbugsailer Loc: Staten Island NY (AKA Cincinnati by the Sea)

Haydon wrote:

This was really painful to see. I've visited there a couple of times in the last two decades and was always stunned by the natural beauty. Hope they catch those clowns.

Judging from what was written, it could have been one of my neighbors

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Social Media is the motivation, so it seems authorities should search social media to see if they can find a post where the the punks are bragging about their dirty dead.

BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA

Hacksaw wrote:

Can't understand why anyone would do this. I certainly hope I don't see anyone defacing a national treasure when I visit there in a couple of weeks.

http://www.newsoxy.com/lifestyle/arches-park-graffiti-191601.html

6 months in jail and a $5,000 fine. It ought to be that for each partial owner! Let's see how many US Citizens are there now? Could be a very long time to think and cost a real bundle of $.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Hacksaw wrote:

Can't understand why anyone would do this. I certainly hope I don't see anyone defacing a national treasure when I visit there in a couple of weeks.

http://www.newsoxy.com/lifestyle/arches-park-graffiti-191601.html

That's human beings, for you. Stonehenge used to be completely open, but now it's fenced off from the public.

FrankR Loc: NYC

Unfortunately, this is becoming a problem in several places. Two young American women were caught scratching their names into a wall in the Colosseum. They told Italian authorities they didn't think such a big deal would be made of it, or words to that affect. In Florence, there were so many people defacing the interior of Giotto's Campanile (bell tower), that local authorities have placed several tablet computers along the stairs in the hope that they will us the tables instead of the walls. And to encourage theses people who are from all over the world, not just Americans, to use the tablets, they promised that what ever is written will never be deleted. What prompts people to do this, to destroy beauty?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Hacksaw wrote:

Can't understand why anyone would do this. I certainly hope I don't see anyone defacing a national treasure when I visit there in a couple of weeks.

http://www.newsoxy.com/lifestyle/arches-park-graffiti-191601.html

I don't agree with this statement.

"It gets huge because it becomes accepted in the public mind.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

FrankR wrote:

What prompts people to do this, to destroy beauty?

Ask those ISIS guys who are destroying antiquity wherever they go.

FrankR Loc: NYC

jerryc41 wrote:

Ask those ISIS guys who are destroying antiquity wherever they go.

I mean regular people, not fanatical nutjobs

Janus

Graffiti has always and forever been around, even the ancients did it. We have a church nearby where the graffiti goes back centuries, American tourists marvel at the names and dates. Did anyone here carve their names in a tree with a loved one?. I think it has also been found in the Pyramids done by locals at the time of building. It's a fact of life, human behaviour, get over it.

OviedoPhotos

Today's graffiti is tomorrows art treasure. Even in ancient times this occurred. Unless the NP's post a ton of rangers everywhere 24/7 it will still occur.

There is a monument to the Northern Italian Partisans of WW2 located near Statale in Italy. Many of the local men and women participated in activities against the Nazi's and to this day, even descendants of the partisans deface the building. It people of all ages and genders doing this.

I think we should accept this and learn to deal with.