Yesterday five members of graffiti gang were sentenced to eighteen months in prison for damaging public property.The judge sais that the damage had cost the government at least £1 milion.The question must be asked about the people who spray graffiti:Are they artists or vandals?

Personally,i belive that street art is a form of art.However,it is illegal to paint on public or private property without permission.Local councils spend millions of pounds each year cleaning grafitti and that means that taxes go up.

For this reason,i agree that the gang of graffiti artists should get prison sentences.

When the judge sent the graffiti artists to prison,he gave a clear message to other graffiti artists:you think you are expressing yourself,but you are also commiting a crime,and what is more,you could go to prison.

What is your opinion about all this?

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