Citizens Display Outrage About Graff-related Toys
Reminds me of that one time at band camp…
CHILDREN as young as seven are being taught graffiti vandalism techniques through a new range of toys.
Graffiti opponents have called for an Australia-wide ban on Urban Colourz, toys inspired by street graffiti, for fear they glorify a criminal act.
The State Government is investigating if sale of the toys breaches new laws that outlaw promotion of illegal street art.
The toys teach children how to create graffiti “tags” of the sort illegally scrawled on Victorian walls and buildings.
A range of products are available under the Urban Colourz brand name including:
A BATTERY-powered airbrush that sprays paint.
MULTI-coloured coloured pens shaped like spray paint cans.
BOOKS filled with graffiti tags, drawings and pictures.
STENCILS of graffiti motifs to colour in and copy.
TEMPORARY tattoos and graffiti stickers.
Residents Against Graffiti Everywhere (RAGE) president Steve Beardon says the toys glorify a crime that costs Victorian tax payers millions of dollars each year.
Read More: Outrage on graffiti toys
You can check out the toys they are arguing about here: Urban Colourz
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