Banksy SF: The Great Double-Standard

It's kooky when the news does a piece about saving graffitti.

Yes, it's Banksy -- whose works are awesome, by the way -- but when the mainstream newspeople feign awe, even telling a shop owner that they're destroying $40k in art, I have to shake my head.  It's silly enough that the mainstream news took a complete 180 in their usual demonizing of street art, but when the motivation for that turn is money, they should get a big 'ol punch to the face.

Yeah, let's get rid of graffitti on our streets...but we need to preserve works of art!

Here's CBS 5's list of Banksy work in SF:

• 853 Valencia St. between 20th and Cunningham: a boy with the writing "This will look nice when it's framed." (Has been painted over.)
• 672 Haight Street between Belvedere & Cole: a rat with "This is where I draw the line."
• 720 Grant Ave between Commercial & Sacramento: a doctor with a peace sign and a heart.
• On Cafe Prague at 2140 Mission Street at Sycamore Street: A Native American holding a "No Trespassing" sign. (Was repainted to reflect Frank Chu, the Bay Area man known as "Galaxy Man" and is now difficult to see under more paint.)
• Erie & Mission Street above the parking lot: a bird singing in a tree.
• 1309 Howard Street at 9th: a rat with skull and crossbones.
• North Beach: a figure wearing a gas mask with "If at first you don't succeed - call an airstrike."
• Alcatraz Ferry at Fishermans Wharf - a rat with a shovel. (Has been painted over.)
• On Alcatraz: another rat with a shovel.
• Location unknown: a rat with ZipCars sign.
• 9th Street & Howard: a rat with a Muni sign.
• Fern Alley: a rat with the Anarchy sign.