Don't say it... spray it

I read in the paper a month ago that a house sold for £500,000 more than it was worth because it was tagged by a Graffiti artist. Cant remember his name, but I think it said he was dead now

Nexus are a government run corporation that generate huge revenue streams, advertising has no impact on your ticket price - the money goes straight into their coffers.

Who cares about whether you can see out of the window? You're an affluent toff who's only visiting Newcastle... I'm more concerned about the poor families that can't afford the extorionate fares but are forced to look at their shit adverts when their busses/trains come hurtling past their houses.

Advertising was not part of the contract.

you cant resist the antisemitic card... racial graffiti is not the same as graffiti, just as racist comments aren't the same as normal comments.

Joe your whole arguements crap. It just comes across as a spurious moral crusade and I don't believe you actually believe in it.

What about state-owned transport systems? What about transport companies that run cheap and efficient services? They're still tagged, but not for any of the reasons you've mentioned I suspect.

The only reason trains and similar are graffitied is because they can be accessed at out-of-the-way places where there'll be practically no passers-by, or rather witnesses. This whole stick-it-to-the-man mentality is nothing more than a weak excuse to try to justify what you know is wrong.

But anyway, as I said before, I think it looks good, so I don't mind. Just think you're arguement stinks.

And by the way, advertising IS part of the contract.

most writers dont bomb for the reasons I cited, but i gave my reasons for supporting them

most writers have their own reasons and its often just to fuck shit up

loving this thread. Joe as the poor mans friend, striving to save him from the horrors of corporate advertising by plastering his neighbourhood and transport systems with mindless copies of stylised lettering imported from new york.
Advertising may be in your face and a lot of it is shit but I've been amused and delighted with adverts far more than graffiti. It is 1000% more creative than most scummy shit that litters the place.

bollocks.

they were given the contract to provide cheap transport for the masses, not to line their coffers.

I thought you meant the contract between bus company and person using the bus.

you dont talk like an artist.

who decides what has artistic merit and what doesnt? personally I'd rather look at an inch tag than a painting created from elephant shit.

it has to display some creativity IMO. Most grafitti just apes other grafitti. I know there are writers who have talent and show creativity but in general what you see around you is derivative shit done by people with small penises

like most artistic movements.

true. but shit art is in galleries where you can choose to see it or not. shit grafitti is everywhere and it's really boring.

like buskers

is this the new thing for picking on joe?

artistic it maybe - but it's illegal and unwanted vandalism plain and simple.

kid acne has bombed with the best of them no0b

I'll respond to the rest when I get back tonight