THE PROS AND CONS OF GRAFFITI.

Urban culture has become more widely known and readily available than in recent years. Whether it be listening and purchasing rap and hip hop music or viewing urban art which has been termed Graffiti. It used to be the only graffiti known was gang symbols and taggings of a perverse or threatening nature on the side of a liquor store or any monolith in an area usually deemed unsuitable for any middle class and especially caucasian individual to roam. Now taggings and gang slogans have turned into poignant, positive pieces of art that are intended to not only ignite, but coalesce a community of graffiti artists or taggers into adding to the concrete jungles of  the world with a positive message turning concrete streets into walks of art. Sure the random gang symbol and moronic amphigory's are still readily available for everyone to turn their cheeks from but now the occasional bad has also turned into the occasional obsequious work of art. The issue for most is whether it is an exercise of a basic liberty or an encroachment on personal space. For most their speech and voice can be heard in many different ways, whether it be a pen to paper, a guitar to a song, or a can of paint and a brush to a wall. artistic freedom and liberties go hand in hand with the first amendment, but yet graffiti has been deemed highly illegal regardless of its nature. Gang slogans are viewed the same as epic murals with only positive messages in the court of law. Should all graffiti be illegal unless funded and paid for or should someones self expression and voice be allowed and legal even if their voice and message comes from a tin can?