You’re correct but missing the point entirely. I’m answering “why are the MoJ spending money on this?” Whether one should change the law is irrelevant to answering that question.

Once you've done that, think about the analogy you want to draw and ask it. Because your current analogy is fucking idiotic.

> The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) says it has spent £50,000 trying to remove paint from the wall of the Grade II-listed building in Carey Street. A further £35,300 was spent on overtime and security costs.

I also double-checked against Historic England and I think the one you're referring to is the Law Courts (https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1...). It looks like there's a number of buildings in the law courts area between Carey Street and The Strand and each one has its own grading.

That's your opinion and irrelevant. The Grade-II classification and the requirements it imposes don't care about your opinion.

> the artwork in contrast captures and hammers out the original character.

That's your opinion and irrelevant. The Grade-II classification and the requirements it imposes don't care about your opinion.

> It doesn't have to be true, nothing ever has, they just need to rubber stamp it as such.

What on earth are you waffling on about? Speak like a human being instead of getting ChatGPT to write comments for you.

> A HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) spokesperson said: "The Royal Courts of Justice is a listed building and HMCTS are obliged to maintain its original character."

This is the why. HMCTS don't have the option to "just leave it" because they're obligated by legislation to remove the graffiti. Discussions about whether it'll bring in tourism are irrelevant to the discussion. The law requires the listed building to be maintained in its original state, so the government department follows the law.

As for the costs:

> Court staff barricaded off the area and guarded it. Attempts to clean off the mural began immediately.

> Westminster City Council will have to inspect the wall and if the removal is deemed incomplete, another cleaning method will have to be used.

> As a final option, the affected stonework may have to be removed and replaced.

> A Listed Building Consent (LBC) application has been submitted for the installation of railings across the wall that Banksy targeted.

All of this costs money, it's not just a case of putting a bit of turps on the wall and job done. It'll require experts to remove it without causing further damage.

The sea is not part of Donald Trump’s property.

The article makes the fair point of the size of the change and the complete lack of information in the commit message, which should have set off alarm bells…

1. A novice who doesn't know how to debug issues.

2. Totally incompetent and copying code from Stack Overflow.

I don't think it's specific to microcontrollers, either, the error from the C compiler is something that a competent programmer would be able to interpret, or at least see it as a signal to get someone more experienced in the domain to learn about.

I never said that.

> If we're talking about games out in the park, then football is "part of a working class community"

I never said that though it’s true, it’s not necessary for my argument.

> Even if we go back a hundred years, the major clubs were owned by factory owners and other such types.

True but irrelevant to my argument.

> If you want working class football, then it's well outside the premier leagues and even first divisions. But unfortunately that's the stuff most people are interested in watching.

Modern day Premier League attendance is a mix, depends on the club and it’s harder to assess because the class makeup of the UK has changed a lot in the past 50 years.

> Anyway, I've probably written way too much on this subject.

You have, most of it total nonsense. Best you stop before you show yourself up even more.

I can tell.

> Maybe not yours.

So why do you continue to talk about it? I know the history and it’s not relevant to my argument.

> It's used this working class status thing to put down other sports.

I’m not doing that, so it’s irrelevant to this discussion.

> there were plenty of "gentleman amateur"

This is the only part that’s relevant. It’s not a rebuttal because a small number of clubs doesn’t change the fact that the vast majority were being supported as part of a working class community.

> depending on where you are in the UK,

I specifically referred to English clubs. The fact that other home nations prefer different sports has no bearing on English culture. The fact that multiple sports are considered working class has no bearing on the fact that football is one of those sports.

> Soccer has conflated its history with the medieval games of folk football

Irrelevant. My frame of reference was working class people over the last century. What Mediaeval England did was never part of my argument.

> If the company collapses, those people lose their jobs anyway?

We can do what you suggest but the result is the same for the people being laid off.

If the company collapses, those people lose their jobs anyway?

> Why the employees do not deserve this?

It's not about what employees "deserve," it's about the simple fact that the law allows the tax authorities to wind up a business to cover the tax bill. See the UK, where HMRC wound up Rangers FC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administration_and_liquidation...).