I read this. Quite a heated debate!

I’m normally a big defender of graf, in the right cotext. I see beautiful stuff in dingy corners everywhere from Williamsburg to Byker.

I even like tags IF the penmanship is up to par.

However, these two had caused tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage by painting a whole train. The old train had just been lovingly restored by a dedicated team of volunteers. It was vandalism plain and simple and they should be punished.

However, giving them a jail sentence that is longer than some rapists have received (cited and linked in the same article) is ridiculous.

The punishment should fit the crime. I’d make them paint all the train stations while wearing those dorky green local authority uniforms.