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These appear to be a worldwide phenomenon, except for places like Switzerland or Singapore. I'm this close to putting some ethanol into a hand sprayer and just
by Tade0 3y ago
These appear to be a worldwide phenomenon, except for places like Switzerland or Singapore.
I'm this close to putting some ethanol into a hand sprayer and just walking around and removing them from places where the medium is permanent marker on laminated surface (usually signs).
- lostlogin 3y ago> Singapore A caning and prison time for graffiti seems harsh. It would be interesting to know if the penalty or some other social pressure is what keeps the graffiti down. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31744029.amp https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31744029.amp
- Tade0 3y agoMy bet is that it's the caning. There's something about the promise of physical pain that makes me shudder. I've seen graffiti in Switzerland, but never on buildings where people lived, because that would inevitably result in multiple calls to authorities from eyewitnesses and swift justice. People have been fined for less in Switzerland.
- resolutebat 3y agoPenalty plus ubiquitous CCTV: it's very hard to get away with it. For what it's worth, my understanding the harsh punishments originated from the period in the 1960s when graffiti was mostly Communist propaganda, at a time when neighboring Malaysia was still fighting a very real Communist insurgency.