Elf Sternberg

van·dal·ism: willful or malicious destruction or defacement of public or private property.

Since the logo was put there deliberately by the company or driver, I don't think that word means what you think it means.

In any case, I fail to see a whole lot of difference between your reaction to that logo and Noonan's reaction to Lambert's exhibitionism: both are based on violating what the viewer considers their own norms of decency, and that's hard to argue since one person's "vandalism" is another person's "art." You may have found the logo to be 'in bad taste and lack(ing) propriety,' but others may disagree, just as Ms. Noonan found Lambert's performance in poor taste, but you disagree.

If responsibility is dependent on the effort required to avoid it - switching channels is easier than switching lanes of traffic - then Lambert's display would not be obscene to TV viewers, but would be for those in the live audience? Since their effort to avoid the display would be considerably greater (having to get up and walk out)...and by definition, his performance would be more obscene than the sign you took offense to and wanted censored, since switching lanes is easier than walking out. Therefore, if Ms. Noonan had been physically present instead of watching on TV, her criticisms would then be even more valid than yours by that standard, correct?