DOES it seems fair for graffiti hero Banksy to be heralded as a cutting-edge artist only for youngsters to land themselves in court for copying him?
While Banksy receives praise and the prospect of great wealth, a 17-year-old from Ainsdale faces an ASBO for damaging trains and stations with graffiti.
It is wrong for him to create £20,500 of damage - but surely it is more wrong of society to create icons, which young people are forbidden to emulate?
Detective Inspector Collier said the artistic merits of this boy’s graffiti were irrelevant.
Would he say the same about Banksy’s if his art showed up on a Southport train?
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