"Richard J." wrote the following in:


Rob wrote:
New Tube boss Tim O'Toole appeared on BBC LDN Thursday night to
talk about graffiti crackdown. He said that damaged trains would
be taken out of service until cleaned/repaired.

Today: hardly any Circle line due to "a shortage of operational
stock".

I applaud the move to get rid of graffiti, but surely most
passengers would rather have damaged trains in service than no
trains at all?

I'd rather suffer a short-term shortage of trains if it meant that
graffiti would stop. And I think it *would* stop if the vandals
were denied the pleasure of having their damage displayed in
public. IIRC the same tactics worked in New York.

Me too. It's incredibly depressing travelling on a train that's been
vandalised, they seem so dirty, nasty and unwelcoming. I've noticed a
definite improvement and it's very nice to see.

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message by Robin May, but you can call me Mr Smith.
Hello. I'm one of those "roaring fascists of the left wing".

Then and than are different words!