Dumb idea of the week:
One person's graffiti is the art of another, and if some local officials get their way, the talents of local vandals could soon be put to better use.
City councilman Neil Garrison, D-5th, introduced the “Graffiti Park Concept” to the Terre Haute Parks and Recreation Department's board of directors Wednesday afternoon, offering a plan to allow structured graffiti along a segment of the Heritage Trail near Twigg Rest Area.
“Kids and their parents can give me more info,” Garrison said, adding that one potential block in planning could be those doing graffiti being afraid of prosecution if they identify themselves.
“If you talk to some of the young kids today, they can probably tell you who's doing it, though,” Garrison said, noting that many of the teens involved photograph their work and display it openly on Web sites such as MySpace.com.
Calling such vandalism "structured graffiti" doesn't make it art, and creating a "Graffiti Park Concept" doesn't teach kids anything about respecting other people's property.
