Graffiti

Yeah, I remember a case like that from way back. I was a hospitalera in O Cebreiro then and the Guardia Civil turned up looking for a pilgrim that had signed each way marker with his real name ...
Buen Camino, SY

Don't underestimate the ability of us foreigners to handle English ;-) Buen Camino, SY

Near Ponferrada. And I'm a vegetarian. He (why do I assume it was a 'he'?) had also written on the next marker: "Famous last words - 'I didn't know that snake was poisenous.' " Misspelling the word "poisonous" - of course. Tedious prat.

Mike

I would easily bet on it being a "he". A very rude, inconsiderate and obviously poorly educated "he".
If he was ever prosecuted for the criminal damage, a good punishment would be to hand scrub and clean Camino markers for several kilometers. A bucket, a brush and soap. Sweat equity and elbow grease.

trecile said:

An idiot woman in the US created "art" in a number of national parks in the US and posted them to Instagram.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ations-posting-evidence-crimes-Instagram.html

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Makes the Camino graffiti seem inconsequential.

Icacos said:

Makes the Camino graffiti seem inconsequential.

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What may seem relatively inconsequential is still: ugly to look at, is an irritating and lingering reminder of idiocy, if not a crime, and has to be cleaned up. That American woman is a border-line sociopath possessed of zero self-awareness. Hopefully, she's an outlier. Way outlier.

Am I missing something? Not that I think graffiti is ok, but isn't there graffiti on just about every mojon, and many other surfaces, along the Camino? I remember a thread on this Forum last year, I beleive, about Beattles' lyrics that went from surface to surface completing the song. Wasn't there a buff with a Camino graffiti neing sold here once as well? (Never understood why anyone would promote that!)

What is particular about this one?

Another expression of the lack of respect people have for these routes.

Anemone del Camino said:

Am I missing something? Not that I think graffiti is ok, but isn't there graffiti on just about every mojon, and many other surfaces, along the Camino? I remember a thread on this Forum last year, I beleive, about Beattles' lyrics that went from surface to surface completing the song. Wasn't there a buff with a Camino graffiti neing sold here once as well? (Never understood why anyone would promote that!)

What is particular about this one?

Another expression of the lack of respect people have for these routes.

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There's graffiti on many but not all markers. Any graffiti on a marker is ugly. Generally, some graffiti is art, but not much of it, IMHO. The photo I posted is an example of sadly egregious stupidity. I guess I'm surprised that so many disaffected, anarchistic folk are present on the Camino. Most peregrinos would have a less egotistical mind set, it seems to me. I'm not saying it's a better one or that angry anarchists have nothing worthwhile to say.

This whole issue won't go away. I've seen countless yellow arrows painted on all kinds of surfaces - trees, pavement, private walls, guardrails, Camino markers(!), etc., etc. When is making a mark useful/acceptable and when is it not?

trecile said:

An idiot woman in the US created "art" in a number of national parks in the US and posted them to Instagram.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ations-posting-evidence-crimes-Instagram.html

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And she calls herself an "artist". Obviously not a very intelligent artist. When I see something like that, I always just ask myself, why?

Kathar1na said:

The picture is a waymarker in France, on the voie de Tours, and no, there isn't graffiti on just about every waymarker. I mainly remember the many shaky arrows that people have scratched on them (you see one in the second picture), done by people who had failed to figure out that the position of the waymarker indicates the direction (there is a logic behind the system).

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I see.There is so much graffiti in Spain that I was surprised this one would be pointed out. I remember shaking my head in disbeleif when seeing over and over again graffitis of "Om mani padme hum"! Surely someone familiar with that mantra should be sensible enough to know defacing buildings and other property is not acceptable.

Mike Trebert said:

... so many disaffected, anarchistic folk ...

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It's not just anarchists - years ago at Persepolis, ancient capital of Persia, I read an inscription, chiseled into a building stone: "Lt. ___ _____ , British Expeditionary Force, 1856".

There is a time and a place and way makers aren't the place