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I liked Banksy until the day someone spray painted my girlfriend bakery delivery truck (she was store owner), and I got stuck trying to clean off the vandalism
by teddyb82 8y ago
I liked Banksy until the day someone spray painted my girlfriend bakery delivery truck (she was store owner), and I got stuck trying to clean off the vandalism from her personal property.
Edit: just because it’s pretty doesn’t change the fact it’s vandalism.
Edit 2: to answer the question, how does my story relate to Banksy? Well, I doubt Banksy gets permission from property owners before he vandalize their property. Vandalism is vandalism - it shouldn’t be celebrated just because the vandalism is pretty.
- giarc 8y agoAre you attributing all graffiti to Banksy? Or are you implying Banksy spray painted the truck?
- teddyb82 8y agoDoes Banksy get permission to vandalize people property? I don’t think so.
- chrismatheson 8y agosure, but if he had vandalised the truck it would now be worth more than the business
- trcollinson 8y agoIs that really the sort of argument we want to attribute to crime? I am going to go out on a limb and say that the OP's truck was not spray painted by Banksy. But the person who spray painted it might have thought their efforts were artistic and even beautiful. That doesn't make it less of a crime. On the other hand, if you don't want your truck turned into a priceless work of art without your permission, you have a right to not have that done. It is your property. Banksy, and no one else, has a right to fundamentally change it without permission.
- procinct 8y agoHow would you know or prove it was Banksy?
- heavenlyblue 8y agoI believe Banksy authorizes their artwork. But they do not authorize the display of it in the museums?
- brewtide 8y agohey man, but have you tried their muffins?!?
- ChuckMcM 8y agoTechnically, if Banksy had sprayed the truck it would have become way more valuable than the bakery, after all an original Banksy you could drive around would likely value at the top end of his work.
- x2f10 8y agoHe's saying he was OK with the idea until it directly affected him.
- teddyb82 8y ago+1
- celticninja 8y agoWhat does that have to do with your disliking Banksy? Did he paint your girlfriend's truck?
- teddyb82 8y agoSee comment below
- deft 8y agoVandalism is universally bad because why?
- ixtli 8y agoBecause once the state says you have legal ownership of something it means that 1) it was always correct for you to have owned it and 2) it will always be correct no matter what! Private property ownership is the means AND the ends!
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- Udik 8y ago> Edit: just because it’s pretty doesn’t change the fact it’s vandalism. Also, just because it's vandalism doesn't change the fact that it's pretty. You said you don't like Banksy any more, that has multiple meanings. You don't like his art, or you don't like him as a person? Because the former would be unjustified. As for the latter, you could say that Banksy (not the guy that vandalised your gf's truck) actually adds value to the objects he paints on. So maybe you should have disliked him at the beginning, but should like him now even more, as a benefactor?