Good or Bad?

Nikon D3100, F/6.3, 1/160 seconds 

As we made our way down Dundas Street, taking pictures of anything and everything that might make a good picture. We walked past the police station and found this sign. I found the “No Fun” sticker on the sign both funny and symbolic. It’s funny because 1. Someone put a “No Fun Sticker” on an already boring sign and 2. Because someone is trying to defy the law with a petty little sticker. It is symbolic though of the way people often feel about the police, and of a free art form that can be seen in Toronto.

Brutality and racial profiling have become two very big issues for police lately. Any look at a news source and you will see headlines such as “To Protect and Hurt?” This photo describes a headline like that perfectly. Do the police do more harm than good? That question is being asked every day and that question is also being asked in this photo.  This photo also could represent another news worthy topic, how far can self-expression and art go before it crosses a line. The subject of graffiti as art or as an illegal form of vandalism is a question that often arises in the media. So is this a small harmless form of self-expression or vandalism is a question that must be asked.