[Porsche-O-Phile]

Maybe if we as a society put more thought into our urban landscape and commissioned more art as part of it initially instead of throwing up strictly dollar-driven, "engineered" solutions to everything (largely monolithic, soul-crushing and dull) we wouldn't see this need for "artistic expression" so much. Sure, a lot of it is just young punks trying to get "street cred" by putting their tag in as many difficult places as they can, but I think part of it (and certainly the more artistic ones) is a reaction to the fact that we design and build an awful lot of drab, oppressive, awful junk out there, which is typically the target of these people - particularly the more artistic ones.

As much as I dislike (most) graffiti, there is a certain respect among artists (both "normal" ones and "graffiti" artists) where one will not defile another's work (the ones that do are scorned and are deemed to be nothing more than the vandals they are).