Grassin' for a grand?

Mr Goose · 03-05-2007, 10:54

a £1,000 competition!

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/local...icleid=2845282

kittenta · 03-05-2007, 11:15

Why do people feel the need to get paid for shopping a criminal

The_DADDY · 03-05-2007, 12:16

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Originally Posted by kittenta

Why do people feel the need to get paid for shopping a criminal

There are some very greedy people about, thats why.

RazorSHarp · 03-05-2007, 12:53

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Originally Posted by kittenta

Why do people feel the need to get paid for shopping a criminal

As the reward is paid from the public purse, which as a tax payer you will have contributed to, you can see it as a rebate.

I'd rather pay a couple of hundred £1000 rewards than a £1million a year cleaning bill.

There may be honour amongst theives but there is definatley no love lost between scrotes when a bit of currency is on offer, good initiative I say.

kittenta · 03-05-2007, 13:13

I wasn't saying it was a bad idea just that people shouldn't have to be paid to 'grass' on them. People should give the information voluntarily, if they did there would be a lot less idiots about.

The_DADDY · 03-05-2007, 13:52

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Originally Posted by kittenta

People should give the information voluntarily, if they did there would be a lot less idiots about.

I agree.I wouldnt dream of offering information for a price.
Its your public duty to help the police and any money saved through a cut in crime should be put into public projects like playgrounds and parks.

mc curtain · 03-05-2007, 14:25

the police have been using this technique to 'trap' graffiti writers for years. they put some of the most notorious ones in the paper and some little kids in as well, then when the little kids get caught they can give themselves a pat on the back because they have caught some of the most 'notorious' Sheffield criminals. some kids from near where i live were victims of this. one of them had 'tagged' on gennels and got arrested. its all to make out that they are winning the war, dont believe it because its wrong. good idea though, kids still grass up other kids.

4ny1ne · 03-05-2007, 14:36

All the kids are getting caught for graffiti, little marker taggers and just general idiots, the people who do graffiti as a `hobby` and bomb dub peice are the clever ones, there still out there doing there thing.

dav_hills · 03-05-2007, 14:36

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Originally Posted by The_DADDY

I agree.I wouldnt dream of offering information for a price.
Its your public duty to help the police and any money saved through a cut in crime should be put into public projects like playgrounds and parks.

some people just dont get it do they.

Generally the only people who know the offenders are their friends. And if it takes some kind of incentive to get their so called friends to grass-up their mates then why not?

And we are only talking graffiti here?

Take for instance the cost and materials of say two guys and a van plus cleaning materials to cleanse the streets of their graffiti. I can imagine the cost would be in excess of 40,000 quid a year.

Take into consideration the graffiti might only be the doing of 20 individuals.

You work the rest out

mc curtain · 03-05-2007, 14:39

nah, much more than 20, probably more like 200 realisticly

dav_hills · 03-05-2007, 14:52

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Originally Posted by mc curtain

nah, much more than 20, probably more like 200 realisticly

as a kid i might have biro'd on a shop door way or scratched my name into a park bench. I think we can all admit to some minor graffiti.

Im talking about the habitual taggers that spray anything that moves and doesnt move!

4ny1ne · 03-05-2007, 14:54

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Originally Posted by dav_hills

some people just dont get it do they.

Generally the only people who know the offenders are their friends. And if it takes some kind of incentive to get their so called friends to grass-up their mates then why not?

And we are only talking graffiti here?

Take for instance the cost and materials of say two guys and a van plus cleaning materials to cleanse the streets of their graffiti. I can imagine the cost would be in excess of 40,000 quid a year.

Take into consideration the graffiti might only be the doing of 20 individuals.

You work the rest out

20??????

bloody 20???????

Im in a few crews of `taggers` and one holds 30, the othier holds 20.

Thats just 2 crews, theres atleast 50 crews writing in sheffield at the moment, graffiti will never be solved, it was going on sinse the cavemen and shall carry on and on. If you realised the amount of money time and effort that alot of graff artists put into this full contact sport you'd realise.

Grassing people up for a grand is petty, if you read the small print it says depending on how many people grass the culprit up splits the price. It also says if theres not anove prove to go to court with then your stuffed.

dav_hills · 03-05-2007, 15:10

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Originally Posted by 4ny1ne

20??????

bloody 20???????

Im in a few crews of `taggers` and one holds 30, the othier holds 20.

Thats just 2 crews, theres atleast 50 crews writing in sheffield at the moment, graffiti will never be solved, it was going on sinse the cavemen and shall carry on and on. If you realised the amount of money time and effort that alot of graff artists put into this full contact sport you'd realise.

Grassing people up for a grand is petty, if you read the small print it says depending on how many people grass the culprit up splits the price. It also says if theres not anove prove to go to court with then your stuffed.

I can guess the accuser only receive the the money if the accused are found guilty.

Its obvious you would do nothing but besmirch the police for their efforts, with which are strangely governed by COST and time allowances.

Most crimes are neanderthall as your cave reference suggest and we can relate all crimes back to the beginning of a civilised society so you have no basis for an argument there.

But ok, you win, lets give up and do nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kittenta · 03-05-2007, 15:10

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Originally Posted by 4ny1ne

20??????

bloody 20???????

Im in a few crews of `taggers` and one holds 30, the othier holds 20.

Thats just 2 crews, theres atleast 50 crews writing in sheffield at the moment, graffiti will never be solved, it was going on sinse the cavemen and shall carry on and on. If you realised the amount of money time and effort that alot of graff artists put into this full contact sport you'd realise.

Grassing people up for a grand is petty, if you read the small print it says depending on how many people grass the culprit up splits the price. It also says if theres not anove prove to go to court with then your stuffed.

Take it you won't be taking up the offer then

4ny1ne · 03-05-2007, 15:13

With the amount of artists i know i could have atleast 30K.

But what a waste of art sheffield will never see.
Plus id get killed haha!

kittenta · 03-05-2007, 15:14

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If you realised the amount of money time and effort that alot of graff artists put into this full contact sport

If they were really bothered about their 'sport' then they would try and do something about it, organise somewhere that they can display their works of 'art' LEGALLY instead of making everywhere look an eyesore

Besides maybe if the 'artists' shopped a few of the idiot 'taggers' they wouldn't have such a bad reputation and more people would be willing to help them find a place to do their 'art'.

kittenta · 03-05-2007, 15:16

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Originally Posted by 4ny1ne

With the amount of artists i know i could have atleast 30K.

But what a waste of art sheffield will never see.
Plus id get killed haha!

That's just it though, most of Sheffield don't want to see it!! Surely they would rather their 'art' was displayed where it would be appreicated instead of being forced in peoples faces?

4ny1ne · 03-05-2007, 15:24

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Originally Posted by kittenta

If they were really bothered about their 'sport' then they would try and do something about it, organise somewhere that they can display their works of 'art' LEGALLY instead of making everywhere look an eyesore

Besides maybe if the 'artists' shopped a few of the idiot 'taggers' they wouldn't have such a bad reputation and more people would be willing to help them find a place to do their 'art'.

We do legals aswell, you've got to understand, tagging is a form of graffiti, and you cant really have one without the otheir, i find handstyles artistic, you seem to see them as a mess. Graffiti evolved from a tag. Tag-throw up-dub-peice ETC.

So thats why alot of graffiti artists tag, im not on about idiotic kids writing `S8 BAD MAN AND WHAT?` im on about names like FISTA,MIST1,CHROME ETC. They all desplayed there messagers.

www.rocketo1.co.uk

www.ame72.com

these all tag as much as they do peicers. Please have a look at them, the artist are both from sheffield.

snail · 03-05-2007, 15:28

"I agree.I wouldnt dream of offering information for a price."

When you were say 15/16/17/, would you have?
no offence to any one but surley youd HAVE NEARLY done anything as a kid for a grand,i know i would have,but this isnt then......sigh.

4ny1ne · 03-05-2007, 15:31

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Originally Posted by kittenta

That's just it though, most of Sheffield don't want to see it!! Surely they would rather their 'art' was displayed where it would be appreicated instead of being forced in peoples faces?

Forced in front of your facers? What do you think about advertisement? Bus companys, Mc donalds, Nike shoes ETC, these items are forced in your facers aswell, but ares have a mystical edge to them. Who are they, why did they do it, whats it mean?

Basically, what im trying to say is its not classed as art because it doesnt make a profit, if you think that then your opinion on graffiti is worthless. If it was'nt for graffiti think of how much we would have never learned.