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What a way to ruin such a beautiful park area that we are blessed to have! There is bright blue sprayed graffiti across an entire bench and across the width of the path in front of the bench. It?s right in the mksss of the park. I?ll try to take a photo. Off to call council now.

It was definitely dry so no buggy?s, scooters, feet or dogs were at risk. Hope it can all be cleaned :(


EDIT- added photo

Saw that this afternoon, utterly pointless and disgusting to see. Goose Green is enjoyed by everyone and it's sad to see this happen and that it will use up money that could have gone elsewhere to clean up. A signpost protesting the surface coating of dog turds on the grass I can understand, and support, but this is just mindless vandalism.

The polystyrene is just as bad as it's a direct environmental hazard.


Graffiti has a different effect, by making an area feel unsafe for people. It can actually indicate a loss of control in an area, literally making it more unsafe. And it spreads.


Whether you think it's unsightly or not, it's not relevant. It attracts other behaviours.

And the profanity? when the actual graffiti/art reads ?snitches get bitches? - you wouldn?t like it on your home, we don?t want it in our general area of greenery or there for our kids to read. Find some canvas.

And the ?earl e byrd? on the bench, sheer genius...not!

Angelina Wrote:

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> Graffiti has a different effect, by making an area

> feel unsafe for people. It can actually indicate a

> loss of control in an area, literally making it

> more unsafe. And it spreads.


Without getting into the age old vandalism/graffiti debate, that's quite a stretch, the causality element is unclear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory

first mate Wrote:

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> But if it says "snitches get stitches" that might

> be read as an incitement to violence and not the

> sort of message you want in any public space.


Threat too...totally unnecessary in a rare green space- are the council going to send out the graffiti clean up crew?

The saying is a reflection of violent language evolving. I have heard it used in children with there brothers, when I asked if they understood what it meant they clearly

did although recognised they were "obviously" not meaning that. Would there be any kind of grafitti acceptable where this was done,

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