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minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up143·2 months agoWith the London surveillance apparatus, I bet they could figure out who Banksy is. It’d be an insane waste of time and resources, but I bet they could.
minus-squareKoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up228·2 months agoThe fact that they’re going to all this trouble over this image proves the point the image was making better than anything else possibly could have.
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76arrow-down1·2 months agoStreisand Effect to the max.
minus-squareJoeKrogan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·2 months agoExactly and the image is already out on the internet now.
minus-squareccunning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up94·2 months ago Before and after they tried to remove it only to further bolster the message
minus-squareook@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-22 months agoIt’s almost like it was Banksy’s plan all along because the removed artwork looks just as powerful as the full artwork.
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoHonestly, they inadvertently made it better, and certainly made it more poignant
minus-squareTexas_Hangover@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThat is amazing. I love it when cesorship fucks its own ass lol.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoDo you think it was intentional with the choice of paint, or did the person removing it intentionally scrub just the silhouette?
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoLooks like possible malicious compliance by the cleaning crew. I know it’s what I’d do at least.
minus-squarecurbstickle@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoThis was the best I could find without people in it when it first went up:
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·2 months agoIf artwork is a threat to your system…
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agobut, BUT, MUH LAW AND ORDER
minus-squareshininghero@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·2 months agoCould always make them waste even more resources by adding noise to what little data they might have. I’m Spartacus Banksy!
minus-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·2 months agoI’M BANKSY!
minus-squareEl_Scapacabra@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoI’m Banksy and so is my wife!
minus-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI saw my dog with a stencil yesterday. Maybe he’s Banksy.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoMine peed on a wall today. Maybe Banksy is a team?
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·2 months agoDoes he still install them himself? Isn’t it likely he sent someone to do it for him?
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoCouldn’t tell ya, but that’s certainly plausible.
minus-squarekautau@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoFinally all that money they’re giving to antichrist speaker Peter Thiel going to good use
With the London surveillance apparatus, I bet they could figure out who Banksy is. It’d be an insane waste of time and resources, but I bet they could.
The fact that they’re going to all this trouble over this image proves the point the image was making better than anything else possibly could have.
Streisand Effect to the max.
Exactly and the image is already out on the internet now.
Link?
Before and after they tried to remove it only to further bolster the message
Hiroshima shadows
It’s almost like it was Banksy’s plan all along because the removed artwork looks just as powerful as the full artwork.
Honestly, they inadvertently made it better, and certainly made it more poignant
That is amazing. I love it when cesorship fucks its own ass lol.
Do you think it was intentional with the choice of paint, or did the person removing it intentionally scrub just the silhouette?
Looks like possible malicious compliance by the cleaning crew.
I know it’s what I’d do at least.
This was the best I could find without people in it when it first went up:
If artwork is a threat to your system…
but, BUT, MUH LAW AND ORDER
Could always make them waste even more resources by adding noise to what little data they might have.
I’m
SpartacusBanksy!I’M BANKSY!
I’m Banksy and so is my wife!
I saw my dog with a stencil yesterday. Maybe he’s Banksy.
Mine peed on a wall today. Maybe Banksy is a team?
Does he still install them himself? Isn’t it likely he sent someone to do it for him?
Couldn’t tell ya, but that’s certainly plausible.
They have done both.
Finally all that money they’re giving to antichrist speaker Peter Thiel going to good use
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