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Originally Posted by kevmartin  Agreed. The motive is not an excuse - no doubt we could easily dream up some ideological rationalization behind the idiot teenager taggers with their graffiti too, but it would be irrelevant to the wrongfulness of the vandalism. However, I can't help but feel a slight empathy for those wishing to express a political ideal. But I don't feel similar empathy for those wishing to express religious doctrines. These are I suppose conflicts between my personal emotions and fair civic reasoning. Perhaps a solution would be to provide some kind of public avenue for the expression of ideals. |
It already exists. They can buy ad space on their own billboards to express their ideals rather than vandalizing someone else's.