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Perhaps, but we study roman graffiti where people from antiquity did the same thing, like, I get that its bad and should not be condoned but tourists have been
by Aloha 3y ago
Perhaps, but we study roman graffiti where people from antiquity did the same thing, like, I get that its bad and should not be condoned but tourists have been carving their name into this thing for thousands of years.
- throwaway3618 3y agoPeople have been murdering, stealing, etc since people have existed, doesn't mean we should just shrug our shoulders
- pavel_lishin 3y agoWe also study middens; it doesn't mean it's okay to dump your garbage in the park.
- expensive_news 3y agoNot to derail, but this reminds me of a cave in Southern Arizona. Graffiti is banned and it’s heavily enforced, but there is ‘historic’ graffiti from the 1920-40s that is preserved. I always found this case very interesting.
- Aloha 3y agoThats my point - when does it transform from Graffiti to Artifact - 50 years? 100 years? 500? its still an interesting thought.
- hunter-gatherer 3y agoI believe it is 50 years in the US. I can't find it on mobile, but I remember reading an article a while back about some simple "john was here" on some anasazi petroglyph that hadn't been removed because it was from the late 1800s or early 1900s and was considered historic. https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/how-to-list-a-property.htm https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/how-to-list-a-...
- DropInIn 3y agoI'll put forth that nothing of this sort, from the semiconductor age onwards, can be an artifact as we have far more readily available and detailed records to work from. Such graffiti is only an artifact when it's purpose, history and other aspects are lost to time due to lack of alternative documentation. In effectively all cases these days there is simply no additional value obtained from graffiti like this, unlike that of street artists doing murals or painting trains.