Humour Can Be Funny Or Offensive,

so what is your take on these?

 an artist or maybe prankster decided to add his or her comments to city benches in Chester, 

 but the messages do have a serious side, 

the artist/prankster aim to raise awareness about a proposed Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) which the council want to use to ban homeless people from hanging around in the city centre, the response from the city council, officials removed the plaques after saying some people could be "offended" by them, the council have not found the plaques as amusing as locals have, and have already taken them down, Maria Byrne, head of place operations for Chester Council, said removing the "offensive" pranks have put pressure on vital funds, Mrs Byrne said: "We have removed the plaques from the benches and although they may appear humorous, some people may find them offensive and it has cost the Council taxpayer money for officers to locate and remove them, if anyone knows who is responsible we would like to hear from them', so I am guessing the hunt is on as Mrs. Byrne spends more precious funds to find out who the culprit is.