Graffiti Wall Vandalized … By Disgruntled Taxpayer!

1. Lars
   October 16th, 2008 at 2:46 pm

   From the article:
   “But it is now going to cost the taxpayer, as we will have to crime it, investigate it and paint over it.”

   Uhhm.. What about the grafiti artists? Why can’t they paint it over? I don’t hope the police will actually use any resources at all to find him!

2. CountryCritter
   October 16th, 2008 at 3:25 pm

   Wow, that sure is clean for a wall dedicated to people who want to write grafitti.

3. PK
   October 16th, 2008 at 3:31 pm

   “most of the cost was subsidised by local businesses who supplied free materials and labour”

   That shows how some (most) graffiti taggers writes messages in public trying to be clever without a bit of research. That’s more about ego than truth.

   They are going to clean it for opening on Oct 31, ironically. I guess at least the ceremony can be used to diss how stupid some kids are.

4. Evil Pundit
   October 16th, 2008 at 3:47 pm

   “It is a crime to write graffiti on the Graffiti Wall!”

5. Ali S.
   October 16th, 2008 at 3:47 pm

   This certainly sounds like an ironic story. They have to clean a wall made for graffiti so that the kids who vandalize property can go ahead and graffiti on a cleaner wall? Am I missing something?!

6. Zombie
   October 16th, 2008 at 3:55 pm

   Ah! My brain hurts! Too much logic, it’s blinding me.

7. DOJ
   October 16th, 2008 at 5:31 pm

   “most of the cost” does not equal ALL of the cost, so presumably some taxes were used.

   and if they need a clean wall for their ceremony, couldn’t they use the other side of the wall?

8. D Bozko
   October 16th, 2008 at 5:38 pm

   Won’t work. Hard core taggers won’t use it and rival tagging crews get shot when they use a surface that’s claimed by rivals. You need harsher penalties for the tagger and their parents.

9. ted
   October 16th, 2008 at 5:38 pm

   I think I peed myself.

   Juts tell them Banksy did it, and they’ll fall all over each other trying to preserve it as a work of art.

10. Moodindigo
    October 17th, 2008 at 3:52 am

    @ D Bozko

    “rival tagging crews get shot”

    Not in Cornwall.

11. Camilla
    October 17th, 2008 at 6:02 am

    Damn, some people in these comments seem to think graffiti is limited to tagging. Ever heard about graffiti ART, people?

12. wendy perdue
    October 17th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    How do we know Banksy DIDN’T do it?

13. D Bozko
    October 17th, 2008 at 6:43 pm

    Moodindigo.
    Give them time.

    Camilla.
    If it’s not their property then it’s not ART, it’s vandalism.

14. greenmountain
    October 17th, 2008 at 8:19 pm

    They’re seriously going to clean it/investigate it? Isn’t expression like this the ENTIRE POINT of the wall?

15. Dan Smith
    October 20th, 2008 at 10:40 pm

    “Won’t work. Hard core taggers won’t use it and rival tagging crews get shot when they use a surface that’s claimed by rivals. You need harsher penalties for the tagger and their parents.”

    Gang tagging is different from graffiti artists. Gang members scrawl and shoot each other. The chronic vandals don’t get violent. They will use the wall.

    Graffiti walls don’t work though. They’re proven to increase the amount of graffiti in an area

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