Ugly obvious that his head isn't straight.

And he will matrix out in how long????

A better punishment would be have him spend his days cleaning up grafitti and the going back to jail dor dinner and to sleep. I wonder how long it would take before he started to understand the problems graditti causes.

The really sad part is that this is becoming the face of Portland to those outside the city. "I really don't care what you think. I'm being creative."

33 years old? This schmuck needs to GROW UP and get a life. I'm sure his parents must be so "proud" to have offspring like this.
Hopefully, he will meet a new and much larger "friend" in jail who will convince him that the thrill of tagging just isn't worth doing time.

I like the suggestions that this little vandal be forced to clean up his mess, by cleaning graffiti and doing other maintaince work.
Sme people just never mature.

What really grabs my goat is when people take PICTURES of graffiti and make comments like, "This is so cool!" and "Loving this recent work of art!"

Graffiti isn't art; it's vandalism.

Would you still be taking pictures and enjoying it if your house was tagged? Or a place nearby your residence?

"Hopefully, he will meet a new and much larger "friend" in jail who will convince him that the thrill of tagging just isn't worth doing time."

Barely a day goes by (and never a week) between reminders that for most people, prison rape isn't a bug, it's a feature.

I hope you'll remember your enthusiasm for prison rape each year at tax time, because there's no better way to equip people released from prison with even more crippling rage, depression, and propensity for addiction, which we tend to medicate with even more expensive incarceration.

Unless you think that life without opportunity for parole is the right penalty for graffiti, your wallet -- if not your conscience -- should make you stop wishing for prison rape to occur.

GA, I agree with you. And you're right: that's a ridiculous assessment. Besides, I suspect that nothing short of very public humiliation will make an impression upon this little man-child crying "Look at MEEEEEEE!" at every opportunity. Bringing back the public stocks, though, might make that impression. (I've known a lot of graffiti artists in my time, and most outgrow it or move on to actual art. They're the ones who understandably get angry when they spend two weeks on a mural requested by a building owner, and some little pisher like this tags it in the hopes that someone will pay attention.)

I don't suppose we could "TAG" his forehead... maybe a "NO PAINT ALLOWED" tattoo? Perhaps in two toned with shading?

Christian:

Graffiti isn't art; it's vandalism.

Me:

It can be art. But even when it is, it can't be on someone else's property without that someone else's permission.

While driving along N Lombard this morning I noticed a small business owner out by the side of his small shop spray-painting white paint over some graffiti that had no doubt been put there overnight. I wonder how many times a month he has to do this.

Anyway, this 33-year old should not only be made to clean up a lot of other graffiti, but he needs to be taught how to respect other people's property.