Coming into London this morning on a graffiti ridden train, through graffiti ridden stations, into a graffiti ridden city centre, I wondered how the "taggers" of London would react if the British government followed the example of their Japanese counterparts who recently traced and prosecuted visitors who had left their mark on a Florence catherdral.
The authorities managed to trace some students through appeals for information in two of Japan's NATIONAL newspapers, with their university offering to send the students back to clear the graffiti off, and pay for the damage.
A more serious fate may yet await a teacher who visited Florence in January, left his mark, and has since been traced and dismissed from coaching his school baseball team, but may yet lose his job.
All this was undertaken as the Japanese government felt the visitors had "....made (the) Japanese lose face abroad." "They offended their hosts - that is to say Italy - and this, for their mentality, is unacceptable".
With respect and honour so valued in the Japanese culture, I wonder if they are suffering any of the current issues British society are?
Angela
I think this one is cool, and maybe will be used in one of the next BMW ads. If not maybe we can borrow this device for something...let see... anyway I'm so sure one day will be one of this with no wires... thats something that really amazes me.
While M&S has just reported a nasty downturn in trade (this isn't an ordinary slump, it's a M&S slump etc), online retailer ASOS is going great guns, with trade almost twice what it was this time last year. And not simply because of the growth in online shopping.
Remember where-the-hell-is-matt from a few years ago? Well, he's back with SPONSORSHIP making his dancing odyessy glossier, more ambitious and, if anything, more life-affirming than the first one. Vid not embedded so click on the link.
