Charles Purcell had a big whinge about Banksy in the paper today:
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/hey-banksy-graffiti-is-vandalism-not-art-20100504-u69x.html
I'm not going to comment on what he said cause I don't care, and he's an old bored dude with nothing else to whinge about, but I do want to highlight on the excellent reply left by Margaret Roller in the reader's comments bit:
Here here Charles, I say that we go one step further and castrate all teenagers who are caught grafitting our fair city. This would ensure that they can never breed children who grow up in a society where painting on walls is considered acceptable.
Leaving aside the fact that that only teenagers would be punished by castration in grafitti related offences, I fully support the removal of balls and ovaries as a new punishment in NSW. Lets not limit it to grafitti. Commit fraud under the Corporations Act? That will be one left testicle Mr Brownley. Failure to hold a current licence under the Explosives Act (which I recently discovered the existence of - also awesome)? That'll be both ovaries. I comepletely agree with you Ms Roller - let's have less creativity on the streets and more creativity in punishment. Here here indeed.
