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Group: uk.transport.london · Group Profile
Author: MIGMIG Date: Sep 16, 2008 10:08
On Sep 16, 4:46Â pm, Boltar yahoo.co.uk> wrote:> On Sep 16, 3:02 pm, MIG doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> Why should he profit from his criminal activities? If he hadn't been
>>> arrested for tagging and got noticed they wouldn't have been employed
>>> by those liberal tossers up at elstree would he?
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>> But he is only profiting when his activities are legal. Â It really
>> requires a lot of stretching of points and disregard of plenty worse
>> things in the world to be able to drum up the tiniest dreg of outrage
>> about this.
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> Interesting logic - because there are worse crimes don't worry about
> the little things. Didn't the police use that method for a while?
I am not suggesting not worrying about things. Just suggesting that
if one wanted to contrive something to be outraged about, there must
be easier targets.
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> Anyway , a graffiti vandal wants his tag to be seen. What better for
> the little twerp than if 3 million people see it on TV. Talk about
> rewarding crime.
The penny doesn't seem to be dropping that decorating a set is not a
crime. The three million people are no more seeing a crime than if
there was fake blood splatter from acted murder scene. It's
entertainment, with references to the existence of crime. There's a
lot of that kind of entertainment.
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