Comments on: Graffiti by-law in Cape Town – sign the petition http://www.webaddict.co.za/2009/03/30/graffiti-by-law-in-cape-town-sign-the-petition/ Web Apps, Design, Development & Innovation in Cape Town Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bankruptcy Guyhttp://www.webaddict.co.za/2009/03/30/graffiti-by-law-in-cape-town-sign-the-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-58669 Bankruptcy Guy Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:34:00 +0000 http://www.webaddict.co.za/?p=1705#comment-58669 very hard to accept and really main issues as stated very hard to accept and really main issues as stated

]]> By: dukehttp://www.webaddict.co.za/2009/03/30/graffiti-by-law-in-cape-town-sign-the-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-52575 duke Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:25:50 +0000 http://www.webaddict.co.za/?p=1705#comment-52575 geez our politicians are so outta touch.shame on them, yet we carry the burden... geez our politicians are so outta touch.

shame on them, yet we carry the burden…

]]> By: Nanimahttp://www.webaddict.co.za/2009/03/30/graffiti-by-law-in-cape-town-sign-the-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-52565 Nanima Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:48:03 +0000 http://www.webaddict.co.za/?p=1705#comment-52565 It's called the broken window theory. The same reasons why some complexes fine people when they hang washing on their patios.From wiki Broken window theory -James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling,Consider a building with a few broken windows. If the windows are not repaired, the tendency is for vandals to break a few more windows. Eventually, they may even break into the building, and if it's unoccupied, perhaps become squatters or light fires inside.Or consider a sidewalk. Some litter accumulates. Soon, more litter accumulates. Eventually, people even start leaving bags of trash from take-out restaurants there or breaking into cars.George L. Kelling, was hired as a consultant to the New York City Transit Authority in 1985, and robust measures to test the Broken Windows theory were implemented by David Gunn. Graffiti vandalism was intensively targeted, and the subway system was cleaned line by line and car by car from 1984 until 1990. Kelling has also been hired as a consultant to the LAPD and to the Boston Police Department. It’s called the broken window theory.
The same reasons why some complexes fine people when they hang washing on their patios.

From wiki Broken window theory -James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling,

Consider a building with a few broken windows. If the windows are not repaired, the tendency is for vandals to break a few more windows. Eventually, they may even break into the building, and if it’s unoccupied, perhaps become squatters or light fires inside.

Or consider a sidewalk. Some litter accumulates. Soon, more litter accumulates. Eventually, people even start leaving bags of trash from take-out restaurants there or breaking into cars.

George L. Kelling, was hired as a consultant to the New York City Transit Authority in 1985, and robust measures to test the Broken Windows theory were implemented by David Gunn. Graffiti vandalism was intensively targeted, and the subway system was cleaned line by line and car by car from 1984 until 1990. Kelling has also been hired as a consultant to the LAPD and to the Boston Police Department.

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