Re: graffiti in neighbour update
[Michael Caine voice]
Did you know - not a lot of people know this - that if someone dumps rubbish in your front garden and escapes unknown, the Council can pursue you to have it cleaned up at your own cost?
[end Michael Caine voice]
I think its the same for offensive graffitti.
Ordinary "graphic" or "Johnzer" name signing doesn't seem to ring that bell.
At the risk of sounding like I'm inciting you to commit a criminal act, have you any artistic or organizational skills in that area yourself?
Would there be a point in liaising with the local "yoofs" and the residents and agreeing a graffitti wall, to be used for displays of excellence only, perhaps even competitions?
I think there is a danger of demonizing all "youth" and/or "counter" culture to the point where we are in danger of becoming the people we used to hate then we were kids.
Unless we address and chennel that energy into some kind of positive channel, there is a danger that it'll be merely dissapated or worse, turned to destructive acts.