03-03-2016, 05:41 PM
teejay Wrote:Kevin , I guess I don't get around to other forums....never seen the topic dicussed , let alone locked out . I don't understand why it would be such a touchy issue .
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Oh, I have! The conversation rapidly deteriorates when modelers who add graffiti to their modern era cars catch flack from people who think they are "emulating vandalism". The graffiti modelers insist they are just modeling the world realistically as it is, while their opponents respond as if they were accessories to a crime. Then, some one will publish a photo of a real freight car with some astonishing graphics that makes the point that some of the graffiti work on freight cars could actually be considered "art" because of the skill required to create such a thing. That person will be lambasted as a proponent of desecrating other's property simply for having the nerve to day the tagger has artistic talent...EVEN if they opened their remarks with, "I don't condone painting property that doesn't belong to you but the person who made this genuinely has talent"... Shake well and serve....three days later...locked thread.
I'd wager this topic typically is almost as contentious as, "What makes a person a REAL model railroader?"
