< War on Graffiti
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"They say there "appears to be a link between litter and graffiti... and drug peddling, muggings and burglary". "
Could that link be that they all happen in socially deprived areas? ie they are all possible outcomes of people growing up in poverty? in which case reducing graffiti (which in my opinion is sometimes a fantastically positive artistic expression, as well as often being shite) is hardly going to reduce drug peddling, muggings and burglary.
That's like saying ok we've discovered an important link between bloody marys, spaghetti bolognaise and a certain critically acclaimed uk design agency. (hint: the link is "tomato"). The govt has discovered that thousands of bloody marys are drunk every week at the huge social cost of people taking days off sick with hangovers. Therefore they've decided to ban spaghetti bolognaise, close down Tomato UK and rename Tomato Sauce to Red Sauce in order to preemptively prevent the possibility of an epidemic of deviant tendencies being unwittingly fostered in fertile breeding grounds such as chip shops and supermarket condiment aisles.