VANDALISM....

Vandalism, destruction, sabotage, defacement… I just don’t get it.

What do people get out of destroying things? Even if it is their own, which of course is rare. What enjoyment does one get out of sabotaging defacing things?

When someone is mad at another, and wants to hurt them.. then I can partly understand.. I don’t like it, I think is a low bar way to get back at someone.. but it makes slight sense.

But for the life of me, I don’t understand the destruction of children playground equipment. The city of  Kootenai, was generously given a large playground equipment for young children. Slides, swings, climbing area, and etc.  Second day someone broke off the flag above… and ripped off the steering wheel, as it was a pirate ship theme.  Now the roof is off.. and looking at it tonight.. it looks like 1/3^rd is gone. Still has the tube slide.. and I think I saw the swings.. But

so much gone.  We are not the only city that has this trouble.

Even Ponderay had put up a bike rack near their police station.. And someone worked on it until the bolt let loose from the cement base.

And that was the day after it was installed.  These are two small towns.

About 700-900 residents.

What is with that?  Oblivious it isn't small children doing this. They aren't that strong.. The painting of bathroom walls, breaking the toilets… etc.

  

All of these things are put in by the cities to be helpful to the citizens,or for their enjoyment. Why, oh, why.??  We recently, here in Kootenai, had huge rocks moved from one side of the park to the other and throw In the port-a-potty damaging it. Why?

Are they so miserable in their own lives, that they don’t want any one to enjoy nice things?  Surely the park department, didn't do anything to make these individuals mad.

Why?  Can anyone give me a real answer to this… and then they wonder why cameras are installed.  Sadly they have to be used.. and sadly they can’t be put everywhere…where the damage is done.