Why do people do THIS?

[AB26]

Do people in other countries also do such *$&@($& things?

[kdoc856]

Yes, Andre. We see it occasionally also, sometimes to an extreme and irreparable- someone broke one of the natural arch formations out West that only took a few million years to form. Almost makes me lose hope for humanity at times.

[flashback]

Let's not forget the two scout leaders who toppled a balanced rock in Utah.
I think it's a result of two things: A person who has no respect for others and/or a person who feels so self-important that they are compelled to 'leave their mark' regardless of the location, antiquity or importance. Of course one can never rule out alcohol in either of the above 'causes'.

[NorthernFocus]

There seems to be an inherent need in mankind to leave a lasting legacy. Some choose to do it by being recognized for a lifetime of achievement through study, hard work, and personal sacrifice. Others choose to do it in 30 seconds with a can of spray paint.

[Donald]

It's like a dog urinating to leave its mark. Most human beings, however, are thinking beings. But there are the exceptions!

[Bobobird]

When I was in Hong Kong last year, one of its iconic rock formations was defaced much like in Andre's pic but worse. A team of volunteers climbed up that mountain every day with cleaning agents and iron brushes to clean up the mess. It took a long time to and still has many spots of red because they could not get at it. Hopefully weathering etc will clean it out over time.

While we are born with a brain in the head, some are born with it in the butts.

[flashback]

Medically I believed it's referred to as a Cranial-Rectal Inversion.

[Mike Buckley]

I sometimes wonder if each rural public park should designate a large boulder to be painted at will by the public with the understanding that nothing else in the park is to ever be painted. Perhaps that would provide the mindless people the release that they apparently require.

someone broke one of the natural arch formations out West

Where was that, Kevin?

[Mike Buckley]

This scene in the middle of a desert area (not a park) near Tafraoute, Morocco was painted in 1984 by Belgian artist Jean Verame with the help of local firemen using 18 tons of paint. It is one section of boulders among many that they painted. I took the photo in May 1990.

I don't object to this sort of thing but some people do.

For more about the blue rocks, see this.

[Saorsa]

When I was in Hong Kong last year, one of its iconic rock formations was defaced much like in Andre's pic but worse. A team of volunteers climbed up that mountain every day with cleaning agents and iron brushes to clean up the mess. It took a long time to and still has many spots of red because they could not get at it. Hopefully weathering etc will clean it out over time.

While we are born with a brain in the head, some are born with it in the butts.

Did anyone hunt down the perpetrators?

[Saorsa]

Absolutely.

When I was in Turkey in the 60s there was a cliffside monastery near Trabzon. It was covered in frescoes. The muslims had chipped out the faces to eliminate graven images and there were plenty of tourists chipping their name into the plaster. Most seemed to be German.

I found this image at somebody's blog

[Wavelength]

Andre sir; if you visit the toilets of local trains here you will forget your language and will have only &*$#@+"%&***&&&#@** to talk

This is a real psychological anomaly, a kind of self gratification by expressing the hidden dark desires of their minds.... We will emotionally sympathize and legally punish them if caught red handed.

[Bobobird]

Did anyone hunt down the perpetrators?

The police did try but not sure what happened as I had left soon after.

[Bobobird]

One thing judges everywhere can do when giving out a community service order is for the perp to clean up some of the mess. If this is done consistently idiots may just shy off doing this sort of thing.

[dje]

Basically immaturity Andre.

Like your shot but I think you're having a lend of us with that red border !

Dave

[jamn4ex]

I guess that is everywhere...

[Shadowman]

They are the same people who stand close to cliffs and try to wade across rapids, so in the end ....

[Stagecoach]

Unfortunately Andre it's a sign of the times. I moved permanently to Fiji from the UK three years ago and one of the things I most loved was that there was no graffiti and no vandalism evident but since that time I have slowly watched its emergence even here.

It simply comes down to respect which it seems less and less have these days for others and the visual environment we all live in.

Grahame

[Colin Southern]

I moved permanently to Fiji from the UK three years ago and one of the things I most loved was that there was no graffiti and no vandalism evident but since that time I have slowly watched its emergence even here.

They'd better not let the army catch them ...

[rpcrowe]

People have been doing his for thousands of years...

https://www.google.com/search?q=petr...ml%3B380%3B250

However, I doubt that several thousand years from now (if we still inhabit this planet) anyone will be interested in today's graffiti

Much of the graffiti here in Southern California is gang related...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc2x44Duxb4