British professor guilty of 'polite' graffiti spree
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[quote]LONDON (AP) — A British professor who specializes in cities and urban life has been convicted of damaging luxury cars with graffiti that was surprisingly polite.
Stephen Graham was found guilty Friday of [b]using a screwdriver to scrawl inoffensive words such as "very silly," ''really wrong" and "arbitrary" into the paintwork of vehicles including a Mercedes, an Audi, and a Volvo.[/b]
Prosecutors said the spree caused 18,000 pounds ($29,000) in damage.
Graham, who teaches at Newcastle University in northeast England, pleaded guilty to criminal damage at Newcastle Crown Court.
Graham's lawyer said the 47-year-old academic had no recollection of his August vandalism spree. Graham previously blamed a bad reaction to alcohol, antibiotics and prescription drugs for his behavior.
Judge James Gos said he would sentence Graham next month.[/quote]
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Destructive
"very silly"
What a foolish man.
[quote]using a screwdriver to scrawl inoffensive words such as "very silly," ''really wrong" and "arbitrary"[/quote] Heh, that's really funn- [quote]into the paintwork of vehicles including a Mercedes, an Audi, and a Volvo.[/quote] What a cockbag.
[QUOTE=SweetSwifter;39329117]Heh, that's really funn- What a cockbag.[/QUOTE]
So if it was a Ford, a Fiat and an Opel, he'd be awesome?
[quote]Graham's lawyer said the 47-year-old academic had no recollection of his August vandalism spree. Graham previously blamed a bad reaction to alcohol, antibiotics and prescription drugs for his behavior.[/quote]
Teachers have really boring blackouts.
The comic/image in the OP isn't correct. Edward is just a word, not a full sentence and thus doesn't even need punctuation.
[QUOTE=joost1120;39329604]The comic/image in the OP isn't correct. Edward is just a word, not a full sentence and thus doesn't even need punctuation.[/QUOTE]
Nitpicking much?
[QUOTE=joost1120;39329604]The comic/image in the OP isn't correct. Edward is just a word, not a full sentence and thus doesn't even need punctuation.[/QUOTE]
"What is your name?"
"Edward."
"latin_geek"
No dot there
So yeah, it is indeed a mistake.
What gets me is the damage costs, who knew you could cause so much chaos with a likely £1 screwdriver.
Damaging someones personal property goes over the lines of graffiti, in my opinion.
If you key a Delorean it's almost impossible to rebuff the area back.
[QUOTE=MIPS;39331872]If you key a Delorean it's almost impossible to rebuff the area back.[/QUOTE]
unless you go back in time with said delorean :wink:
[QUOTE=Mac2468;39331134]Damaging someones personal property goes over the lines of graffiti, in my opinion.[/QUOTE]
misleading title, carving words into cars is vandalism. The only way it would be graffiti is if they tagged it, and even then it's tagging not graffiti
tag (vandalism)
[t]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JTlCj7YVS0Q/SI55ZEhyEmI/AAAAAAAAA2o/dQzFki25sK8/s400/TaggedCar.jpg[/t]
graffiti-tagging (vandalism but usually on un-owned property)
[t]http://aaronwilliamson.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/tagged_car.jpg[/t]
graffiti-art (done at request/with permission)
[t]http://www.autofiends.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/graffiti-integra.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=joost1120;39329604]The comic/image in the OP isn't correct. Edward is just a word, not a full sentence and thus doesn't even need punctuation.[/QUOTE]
Come on, we have a sizable vocabulary for a reason. You should have used 'is incorrect' instead of "isn't correct".
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