TimmyR Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Sheffield has a lot of street art done by Phlegm....I love to see it....really good stuff....I reckon it's as good, if not better than Banksy. That is permitted street art which is great I agree but different to the subject of this thread. Community work cleaning the stuff off the walls surely makes most sense - they're going to pay someone to do that anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Just "tagging" on to an old thread. Reported in The Star that 6 people have escaped jail sentences for graffiti on trains. What surprised me was that they are all in their mid thirties and early forties.i wonder how long they have been at it as I can't believe this is a hobby that you take up when you pack in football or whatever. Very strange. I appreciate art/artists, in fact I like to create art myself but I don't condone people just doing it anywhere and everywhere without permission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah-Lacie Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Just "tagging" on to an old thread. Reported in The Star that 6 people have escaped jail sentences for graffiti on trains. What surprised me was that they are all in their mid thirties and early forties.i wonder how long they have been at it as I can't believe this is a hobby that you take up when you pack in football or whatever. Very strange. There are a lot of them in and around Sheffield who have been doing it since the 80's, the above mentioned Fista is one of them I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 The person to whom thes thread is about will be out of jail now. With any luck. 4 years is a ridiculously short sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah-Lacie Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 The person to whom thes thread is about will be out of jail now. With any luck. 4 years is a ridiculously short sentence. Well this thread is from 2011. BUT http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/sheffield-graffiti-vandal-fista-jailed-1-6802219 Edit: sorry the thread wasn't originally about him - but he has had a similar I think 4 or 5 years sentence in the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I've noticed an upsurge of terrible graffiti around the St Mary's road area, what was a lovely stone wall just yards from the Church has been covered in horrible graffiti, just across the road a door has also been covered. For the length of time it takes to spoil these areas, surely someone must see the idiots that do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyR Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 The person to whom thes thread is about will be out of jail now. With any luck. 4 years is a ridiculously short sentence. Do you have no understanding of sentencing? Do you know how much it costs to keep people in jail? Vandalism is a pretty minor offence. I certainly don't want my tax payer money being spent on locking up every person who scrawls on a wall when they were a bit drunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRB Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Do you have no understanding of sentencing? Do you know how much it costs to keep people in jail? Vandalism is a pretty minor offence. I certainly don't want my tax payer money being spent on locking up every person who scrawls on a wall when they were a bit drunk. Seems like the people who carry out sentencing have little understanding. The original post from 4 years ago reported a 4 year sentence. The resurrected post refers to a recent offence,involving aging graffiti merchants who escaped a custodial sentence. My surprise was at their ages.I thought it was a retarded teenager thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I've noticed an upsurge of terrible graffiti around the St Mary's road area, what was a lovely stone wall just yards from the Church has been covered in horrible graffiti, just across the road a door has also been covered. For the length of time it takes to spoil these areas, surely someone must see the idiots that do it. Here's the answer; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningman Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Just "tagging" on to an old thread. Reported in The Star that 6 people have escaped jail sentences for graffiti on trains. What surprised me was that they are all in their mid thirties and early forties.i wonder how long they have been at it as I can't believe this is a hobby that you take up when you pack in football or whatever. Very strange. The main thing that struck me when reading the article in the Star was the age of these blokes !! Can't get my head round the fact that they would have been better showing some interest in knitting, collecting stamps, train spotting or painting white lines in the centre of a busy motorway !!!! I have noticed also the ages of some blokes either fined or imprisoned for football related violence offences. I'm 68 years old and my hobby is watching paint dry ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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