he grafitti, or otherwise render it invisible, in a quick and timely manner. (The idea is that the grafitti is offensive to the sensibilities of others, or somesuch, and that it encourages rival gangs to counter with
Here in Santa Cruz, graffiti spray-painted on the walls of businesses is a big, and growing, problem. And laws require the businesses to paint over their own grafitti.)
No, the idea is that the taggers do their thing in order to see the results of their work on display. Paint over the results promptly, and there is no point to tagging.
There's a solution for taggers: snipers.
A punishment far out of proportion to the crime. It is a mistake to think that all crimes should be punished by the most violent means possible. Notice that most proponents have never raised children. They need to learn the importance of proportionality. "John ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com