How about we ban spray paint?

OU812

After driving through Dublin City today and the amount of graffiti is unbelievable.

Taking it off the market would greatly reduce the amount of it and while it could probably still be ordered online (can you ship aerosols internationally?), I doubt too many of the scrotes defacing property would be doing that.

I suspect most of the graffiti we are around is done by people who steal the paint also so it would cut out that crime as well.

Del2005

There's multiple legal uses for spray paint and Dublin is far from covered in graffiti, I was shocked when it Athens at how bad it was. If you ban spray cans the vandals will just use tins of paint, markers or destroy it.

MTU

Ban breeding.

OU812

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118406142#Comment_118406142

Legal uses could be provided for under licence, as in, you can only buy them if licenced to use them through restricted outlets to reduce theft

Markers would have much less impact.

Tins of paint are far more arrears to steal and use.

I agree places like Athens are badly affected. Same could apply in places like that.

Allinall

Ever heard of paint brushes OP?

Ubbquittious

I think they should ban red 7-segment LED displays in order to stop terrorists making bombs

Just red ones mind you, green , yellow, blue ones are ok

OU812

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118406519#Comment_118406519

More work, more hassle, less likely to be a problem

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058225487/how-about-we-ban-spray-paint

Why not just ban writing? If we don't teach them how to write, they can't write grafitti!

Cdemess

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Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118406490#Comment_118406490

And how are you going to judge who gets a licence and who doesn't?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

OU812

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118406972#Comment_118406972

Prove a need for a legitimate use.

OU812

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118406966#Comment_118406966

facetious much?

Allinall

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118406958#Comment_118406958

Evidence for those claim?

graffiti artists don’t seem to have any issue with work or hassle, judging by their results.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118407190#Comment_118407190

That's not difficult. Loads of artists use them for legimate use. Some use them for both ligimate and illigitimate use. There are actually grafitti shops that sell them. They even sell the same paint in markers and pens. Google "Molotow" if you don't believe me. You want to ban markers and pens as well?

So the idea of licenceing them is just as stupid as banning them. If you want to stop it, as I said, ban writing.

MakersMark

Food stamps instead of free cash in the Post Office might put a dent in spray can sales.

Capt'n Midnight

We wall also need to ban any dual use devices that could be used to generate an aerosol.

Which will be tricky since we've been spray painting the walls of caves for at least 45,500 years

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118407322#Comment_118407322

Good point. Ban walls?

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118407342#Comment_118407342

No point, those miserable f*cks would only start tagging the gound , hanging's too good for 'em

SchrodingersCat

Good point OP. We should also ban knives so that people dont get stabbed.

Legal uses could be provided for under licence. To apply for a licence, you could send the government a disappointed photo of yourself in the kitchen with some carrots that you wanted to julienne. /s

Gregor Samsa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118407369#Comment_118407369

I don’t know if this is true or not, but I remember being told on student protests in the 90s that you couldn’t be done for defacing the pavement. So on marches any time there was a stop, we’d break out the chalk and write and draw on the ground. Gardaí around never did anything about it - I remember writing slogans right at their feet, and not a word from them.

Now like I said, we were using chalk; I’m sure it would have been a different situation if you were using paint. But even using chalk on a private wall could get you done for vandalism. And in the UK there’s cases of police involvement in kids chalking hopscotch games on the pavement.

But back to the matter at hand: there’s a spray technique you can do with paint and a toothbrush, where you load the brush lightly with paint and then rub the bristles back with your thumb, and it sprays the paint. So along with spray cans and writing and walls, we’d have to ban toothbrushes too.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118407425#Comment_118407425

I've seen them fill fire extingusihers with paint too - ban fire extinguishers?

Anyway, I think the OP has seen the lack of foresight in his suggestion.

OU812

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118407540#Comment_118407540

Nope. Still think it should be banned

Effects

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118406970#Comment_118406970

I think that went over most peoples heads 🤣

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118407545#Comment_118407545

I didn't say you wouldn't want it banned, I said you'd seen why it was a bad idea. The fact that you can't counter the obvious points against the idea kind of proves my point.

OU812

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118407567#Comment_118407567

I see no benefit for having it available to scrotes. There’s no practical use that outweighs the benefits of banning it.

ctrl-alt-delete

Yet you had to go and tag your post. 😐️

ebbsy

After hours really has gone to the dogs.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118407602#Comment_118407602

Stating the same point again is not countering posts made telling you what it's a stupid idea! On top of that, it proves even more ignorance as you're adovcating banning things that have practical uses if they're also used for crimes, are you not?

OU812

Did I say I was “adovcating banning things that have practical uses”???

You're projecting onto me now to sway opinion. I was talking specifically about one thing, it’s right there in the thread title.

Banning its sale would result in a reduction of graffiti. It’s that simple.

Not banning paint, just spray paint.

referencing the poster who brought up banning knives, All knives with a blade length over 8 cm (3.1 in) are prohibited from being carried, under law, with an exception for carrying for duty or other justifiable reasons. Should be the same deal with spraypaint

Brid Hegarty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118406142#Comment_118406142

I'm sure who ever does use spray paint for legit reasons wouldn't exactly be completely lost without it if it were banned. Like for example whoever has to spray something like "1 KM to finish" on a road would think of something else.

I appreciate the need to argue against the OP, but in all seriousness, it would probably be a sacrifice worth making. Like the banning of guns in Australia.