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Re: BBC funds graffiti criminal         

Group: uk.transport.london · Group Profile
Author: NOSPAMnet
Date: Sep 17, 2008 03:17

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:10:09 -0700 (PDT), MIG
doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:
>On Sep 17, 9:30 am, Boltar yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Sep 16, 6:08 pm, MIG doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> And the penny doesn't seem to be dropping with you that the only
>> reason he got the job was *because* he'd committed a crime. They
>> obviously wanted a specific well known tag otherwise why didn't they
>> just get their set designer to scribble some crap on a wall? Its not
>> exactly rocket science.
>
>I'm sure that there must be easier ways of getting your work noticed
>than being convicted of crimes (and if not caught, they couldn't have
>found and used him). You could say that they were encouraging
>criminals to get caught.
>
>People in gaol get work, and get paid for it, that unemployed people
>outside probably couldn't get (whatever the modern equivalent of
>sowing mailbags is). Maybe they commit crimes just to get this work.
>Our justice system is funding criminals. Outrage.

How long does a mailbag take to germinate?
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