Why not have a window acid etched and spray painted when all you see outside is abandoned buildings anyway?

Art that is born of strife, social inequality, poverty and desperation is historically important, and ever relevant, as it lets us see those who wake up everyday to a bleak world and life feels like a war. 

The intention is no different than Picasso's Guernica, or Goya's depictions of war, or even French caricatures of the bourgeoisie.

The artists that found spiritual freedom by graffitiing the side of a drab, bleak train to hell were heroes who valiantly tried to save our souls with a temporary acknowledgement of their existence. What better way to know you’re alive than to see your "Tag" go whipping past you on a “redbird”.