“It's a pollution of our environment,” he stated. “There is a certain anarchist situation prevailing in our country…something that has a negative impact in our tourism, among other things. And, if we ourselves can't respect our buildings and national monuments, why should our visitors? Abroad, graffiti 'artists' are brought to justice. Why not here?”

Marina Petraki, an English language professor from Nea Alikarnassos, said she is not altogether against graffiti.

“It depends where it shows up, and if the colours are friendly to the environment and the messages they bring forth,” she explained. “However, I'm against vulgar graffiti that offends our society and our environment. These types of people lack any kind of social sense."   

Dr. Nikolaos Hronakis of Gournes, a noted psychologist, had this to say about graffiti:

“I remember, immediately after the junta in Dikeosinis street, on the walls of the courts, youths had written ‘vulgar’ signs about priests. It resulted in them being arrested and subsequently serving one and a half years at the Neapolis prison. One of them was a friend and schoolmate of mine and he had a complete psychological breakdown.

“Thinking about graffiti brings to mind an interview of a well-known Italian director, who maintained that maturity in a person is reached through overstepping the legal boundaries. Therefore, we could perceive the graffiti artists as people searching for their maturity. 

“You could wonder why these people don't display their graffiti on their own houses. The answer is simple. It would not be illegal. However, I do believe that the Iraklitos philosophy ‘everything in the universe is on a continuous motion and therefore constantly changing’ is befitting to the issue.”