Prompt
Some people feel that cities should allow for spaces for graffiti while others feel it should be banned. Discuss both sides and give your own opinion.
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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 argues graffiti can be good expression but property needs protection, while Band 9 recognizes the false binary by noting cities can designate legal graffiti spaces, that some vandalism becomes valued art, and that the real tension is between spontaneous expression and planned aesthetics—resolved through hybrid policies that neither ban nor allow all graffiti.
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