“graffitti....art.....? It wouldn't be so bad if it was pleasing on the eye..........it's just contemporary crap!”

“Can't understand why graffiti is a crime.”

“Very difficult to get worked up about this. What harm does it do? Out next door neighbours have a gable end which is covered in graffiti which frequently changes is overpainted refined or changed altogether. It is a piece of live dynamic interaction with the young and not so young street community. Our friends refuse to make a complaint to the police or council despite being often asked by both to do so. Cheek.”

“Quote- "He had since turned his life around, studying graphic design at college"

He's had plenty of hands-on experience”

“It's not graffiti - it's criminal damage that blights our communiities, just like car theft is not Joy riding it is theft - plain and simple.
These are crimes and we all suffer because of them.
Lets not trivialise crime but tackle it and refuse to accept it in any of its forms - if we did then we would all live in a much nicer place.”

“Someone (eye on the ball) telling someone (me) to get a life, where there expressing an opinion, just an opposing one, seems a bit rude doesn't it? your comment seemed a bit odd, telling me graffiti is still illegal, if i had my house sprayed bla bla irritation, well. thank You .....because i didn't already know that from reading the g.c.s.e article submitted above? writting to my mp? you are a silly sasauge aren't you. i'm not a graffiti supporter, i'm a people supporter and i think expression is good. but you wouldn't as you group and generalise. graffiti is the same and fly tipping and shoplifiting or my favourite comparsion, minor assult is it? (i'd much rather scrub off paint than take a punch to the face...) please write back and insult me furthur - big points for bringing vanessa george into it. shows your rationalism doesn't it.... i'm a tax payer and i imagine the majority of my money gets put into the christmas bonus drinks fund.... with a tiny bit going towards sorting this death creche out. thank you again for being so rude.”

“Personally I don't believe any 'fuss' has been kicked up with this article. Clearly just a graffiti supporter submitting the last comment! Being a regular reader of the Herald I can clearly see that Graffiti is only a VERY small part of what Plymouth police work on. The bigger picture is that burglars, rapists, sex offenders and violent offenders are dealt with on a daily basis. There are a lot of hardworking people who are proud of their businesses and homes who are victims of this relatively petty crime. Does this mean that they should just except it and not expect any service from the police? Surely if these tax payers are affected by crime of any type they are just as entitled as anyone to get some kind of service? graffiti/minor assualts/fly tipping/shoplifting - If we start saying that these minor crimes should be ignored then we are giving in to lawlesness? On the issue of more serious offences -how quickly people forget cases like the Vanessa George conviction and other serious offences that the Police have secured. If you've ever had your property damaged I'm sure you would expect the police sort it out if it was graffiti, damage to your car or a smashed window? To the writer of the last comment...stop writing here and write to your MP to change the law. Criminal damage is still illegal, I would imagine you would be in a very small minority asking for it to be made legal. (Sorry to break the news to you) Or perhaps you should simply ASK PERMISSION before you spray anything or ultimately risk getting arrested and put in front of the court like this lad. Simple really isn't it? Get a life...and let the police get on with their work.”

“another moany article by the herald, wow. why is such a fuss kicked up over this when the grand city on plymouth is such an eye sore to look at any way, let alone live in. what about all the parents bringing up violent absusive, illterate kids, or the teenage pregnancy / drug / underage drinking rate or the general decrepit state of our public facilities (try taking a three year old to the pavillions without seeing absolute filth everywhere, whilst being charged for the pleasure....) plymouth city council and pc marshall moan and moan but really, deep down these artists aren't criminals or any danger to our society. the notorious nks crew. come on..... so notorious none of them are inside or under asbo (ok barr josh...) i mean please, flora court and kings street hold more trouble but the police happily ignore these walking parodys. yes, josh is a bit of a douch, but only for getting caught. he has brought creativity to the streets of the uk and going out night after night shows consistancy, both great traits to own. i think he should be appluaded for making and leaving hs mark on society. he exsists. you can keep all your white mundane walls thank you. all your generic streets that all look the same. people like josh follow the footprint concepts left by basquiat, espo, sabre, tko crew etc. with all the drug dealers and child molesters, benifit frauds, church robbers (and that's just from todays herald) we have living in ths 'fine' city, this article reflects perfectly for the journalistc talents the herald holds within its slimey mitts.... machavelian against people and causes like josh, but when it comes to steam rollng the real bad monsters, the herald turns a pathetic blind eye. shame on you!!! ( well done josh )”

“Good news, I've suffered graffiti damage to my house on more than one occasion. I never hear of any of these vandals getting caught. I think it's a very egocentric sub culture. One cannot possibly consider damage to peoples property without their permission to be art. There is nothing inspiring about this vandalism - it may have caused a stir in the 70's in the United States on trains but come on, 30-40 years later in a Devon seaside suburb? It is ridiculous...What world do these people live in?”

“Having visited Bedminster recently it would seem that he has transferred his obsession to his Bristol neighbours - it's everywhere.
I hope his employers get to know of this.”