re vandalizing the sky in article c agi mju news cso uiuc edu jbh uxa cso uiuc edu josh hopkins writes i m wondering if vandalize is the proper word to use in this situation my dictionary defines vandalism as the willful or malicious destructuion of public or private property especially of anything beautiful or artisitc i would agree the sky is beautiful but not that it is public or private property it s public because it belongs to everybody it s vandalism because many people power companies do maliciously waste light if they can sell you or your city or your state an unshielded light that wastes to percent of its light they make more money never mind that your money is wasted never mind that taxpaper s money is wasted never mind that the sky is ruined bob bunge greed is great gordon grekko
