I am appalled at the extremism shown here as manifested by the comments calling for imprisonment, gross bodily harm, and death for the offender mentioned in this article and those committing similar acts.

Regardless of whether or not you agree that what she did had value or caused devaluation, what she did alone most certainly does not warrant such extreme punishment.

In reading these comments, I am thankful that we have at least a provision in our constitution against cruel and unusual punishment, for if not, certainly those of you who propose these things would be more likely to be satisfied.

To those who would be satisfied in this way, I call you as you are: barbarous and uncivilized. You may wear the trappings of this current society, and may play some part in it for which you may be considered to be an "upstanding citizen." But at your heart, you are an animal, no better than a commoner in the stadiums of Rome, thirsting for blood, and no better than those that take part in the modern stonings of the Taliban.

For your own infractions I hope judgment is passed upon you by your own standards, and that punishment is enacted with the same extremism you would enact on others.

I think people now a days have so much envy & are insecure.

putting people down makes them feels great. its really sad & dark

Bury that bitch !

Graffiti iz one of the Few True Art formz today. Every Billy & Tommy want to participate but few really have Talent. Go after white collar college grads!

Graff is a part of NYC.

7 years is a bit harsh but I seriously doubt she'll get that.

But seriously, hands being cut off, people being beaten?

Probation and jail time are perfect punishments for this impulsive crime.

I have no problem with graff writers being arrested. It's the risk they take, and the risk that makes the experience exciting.

There is a certain extra element to seeing a ballsy piece that obviously took time and skill but was also illegal.

Well, I've never into cutting off the hands of graffiti vandals. However, I've always thought that they should be held down with their hands flat against an anvil and then have those same hands hit hard with a hammer. Underage vandals could be hit with a hard rubber mallet.

While they recovered, they would have lots of time to mull on the errors of their ways.

To the asshole defending the Abercrombie ad - are you fucking serious? How is that giant piece of shit adding anything to the urban landscape? Let's just turn the entire fucking city into a giant mall...We can turn the West Village into a food court...the Upper East Side into a giant Saks and Brooklyn into a parking lot.

I'll not get into defending graffiti as an art form but these ads all over the place are just as ugly and literally bombard you with stupid shit.

All you sheep just keep lapping up those Gossip Girl, Pepsi, Snickers and Boost Mobile ads......baahh, baahh.

I don't think anyone is defending the artistic or aesthetic value of billboards...but the clear difference between billboards and graffiti is that one is there with permission (and paid for..."commissioned," if you will), and one is there against the property owner's permission.

There can be no debate about that.

Grafitti sucks.

But "possession of grafitti tools"? How the fuck can that really be a statute. The crime is in the commission. WTF?

Should all men and women be locked up for "possession of prostitution tools"? All locksmiths for "possession of burglary tools"?

Excellent that the cops snared her and her male cohort in filth. And that 'tagger's nest' with 450 spray paint cans has to be some kind of record. 7 years is too light, I'd throw the switch.

Right on, but will you let me punch her in the face first a few times?

Goody Bye First Amendment, Sanitize your reality. Art must go at all costs. Cops barely let street musicians perform anymore unless they are part of muisc under new york.

It's not art when you're painting it on city owned or government property without permission. Anybody who thinks otherwise is deluded. This selfish little bitch should have her hands cut off. 7 years in jail is nobody's fault but her own. I hope she gets it.

In response to the person who posted the link to the AF billboard. YES I'd much rather look at the Billboard that was put there legally than some little FIT white bitch who thinks she's so goddam special and above everyone else that she can go around defacing both public and private property. I wish cops had the right to shoot these vandals on sight.

7 years. Good.

Graffiti isn't art. It's vandalism.

If these "artists" want canvas for their paint, they should buy fucking canvases.

Or buy their own buildings and spray 'em up.

But if she ran over and killed little children with her car, the DA wouldn't be able to figure out a way to send her to prison for 1 year, let alone 7. What a crock of shit.

One is premeditated. The other is an accident. If you can't figure out the difference, please don't ever vote.

All you Graffiti haters, is this better?

http://www.pbase.com/ckuhn55/image/63205464

Let me guess, this is excusable because it falls in the realm of capitalism.

Billboards are not acceptable strictly because they fall in the realm of capitalism, but since they are capitalist tools, the people who make them generally try to make them attractive to a wide audience of people...whereas the number of people who find any visual appeal in the word UTAH bubble lettered onto bricks is nearly non-existent.

Exactly, piknyc! If it were up to me, billboards would be considered unsightly urban blights and banned forever.

27 years old? Seriously? Jackasses.