Essay: In Defence of Graffiti

There are two types of graffiti: one rambling, obscure, and sometimes offensive, the other more tangible, more political and accessible.  Whatever negative associations people sometimes have of graffiti and whatever steps are taken against it are usually the result of a perception based on the first kind.  But I believe there are often enough examples of the second kind to demonstrate that graffiti deserves more consideration.  If, after all, there is any value to it, then it deserves...