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No graffiti on my layout now, and there won't be in the future. It's a problem over here too, and one the police seem pretty much powerless to do anything about - in the event of the perpetrators being caught they're frequently either under 18 (and therefore face reduced punishments) or don't get much of a deterrent. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a "lock them up and throw away the key" person as I believe that many of these individuals need help to get their lives in order, but it makes me angry to see a train operating company (TOC) lose thousands of pounds through having to pull the train from service (can't send it out with offensive language sprayed over the side) and spend not much less in cleaning the train and restoring damage to the factory paint. The TOC has to pay for all of this, resulting in less money to spend on improved services and new equipment. End result is that 30mins of "work" by someone with nothing better to do costs several thousand pounds and affects a lot of people, while those responsible will probably get a minor punishment and then reoffend. I say that it should be established practice for anyone whose property is attacked in this way to have damages awarded against the person responsible. In the rail case, the TOC would be able to claim for the repairs and the cost of hiring in replacement stock while theirs is being repaired. A few months of having just enough money to survive on (and paying every penny of their disposable income to the people whose property they vandalised) might make them think twice about trashing other people's stuff!
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