Banksy was back! (well, kind of...) - Harringay online2024-03-28T17:55:25Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topics/banksy-was-back-well-kind-of?feed=yes&xn_auth=noWhat? Not a decent replica y…tag:harringayonline.com,2013-06-07:844301:Comment:4979652013-06-07T12:11:12.878ZOld-Age-Emporium(OAE)https://harringayonline.com/profile/OldAgeEmporiumOAE
<p><img src="http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad93/ucsycybersmiley/37.gif"/> What? Not a decent replica yawn among all your smiley faces<img src="http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad93/ucsycybersmiley/37.gif"/>? At least they yawn in unison. (Is banksy in Unison?)</p>
<p><img src="http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad93/ucsycybersmiley/37.gif"/> What? Not a decent replica yawn among all your smiley faces<img src="http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad93/ucsycybersmiley/37.gif"/>? At least they yawn in unison. (Is banksy in Unison?)</p> I'm tempted to agree with Ala…tag:harringayonline.com,2013-06-07:844301:Comment:4978182013-06-07T11:32:15.912ZClive Carterhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/CliveCarter
<p>I'm <em>tempted</em> to agree with Alan: the magistrates <em>would</em> understand!</p>
<p>I'm <em>tempted</em> to agree with Alan: the magistrates <em>would</em> understand!</p> Don't worry about that, Finsb…tag:harringayonline.com,2013-06-07:844301:Comment:4978652013-06-07T10:00:30.256ZAlan Stantonhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/AlanStanton
<p>Don't worry about that, Finsbury. (I hope you don't mind me calling you by your first name.)</p>
<p>When you get to Court just tell the magistrates: <em>"Clive Carter told me to do it."</em></p>
<p>They'll understand.</p>
<p>Don't worry about that, Finsbury. (I hope you don't mind me calling you by your first name.)</p>
<p>When you get to Court just tell the magistrates: <em>"Clive Carter told me to do it."</em></p>
<p>They'll understand.</p> Or the new vandal ? :)tag:harringayonline.com,2013-06-07:844301:Comment:4977912013-06-07T09:20:20.436ZFinsbury Park Rangerhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/FinsburyParkRanger
Or the new vandal ? :)
Or the new vandal ? :) The only way to get rid of te…tag:harringayonline.com,2013-06-07:844301:Comment:4979462013-06-07T09:07:11.887ZClive Carterhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/CliveCarter
<blockquote><p>The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it ... I can resist everything but temptation.</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">Oscar Wilde</p>
<p>Will Finsbury Park Ranger become the new Banksy?!</p>
<blockquote><p>The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it ... I can resist everything but temptation.</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">Oscar Wilde</p>
<p>Will Finsbury Park Ranger become the new Banksy?!</p> I'm a Banksy fan but the Hari…tag:harringayonline.com,2013-06-07:844301:Comment:4976762013-06-07T08:36:40.741ZFinsbury Park Rangerhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/FinsburyParkRanger
I'm a Banksy fan but the Haringey council reaction is ridiculous philosophically - of course if someone illegally daubs paint your wall you have the right to keep your wall and do whatever you wish with it, unless there is a law stating otherwise.<br></br>
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It's all about economics. If that was an anonymous Eco hippy that tried to make a stand against cheap labour and did exactly the same piece on the same wall, they would be considered a 'vandal' by Haringey police.<br></br>
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I'm temped to…
I'm a Banksy fan but the Haringey council reaction is ridiculous philosophically - of course if someone illegally daubs paint your wall you have the right to keep your wall and do whatever you wish with it, unless there is a law stating otherwise.<br/>
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It's all about economics. If that was an anonymous Eco hippy that tried to make a stand against cheap labour and did exactly the same piece on the same wall, they would be considered a 'vandal' by Haringey police.<br/>
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I'm temped to prove my point by doing a stencil about populist bandwagon jumping on the front door of the Haringey council HQ myself. I thought it an unusual campa…tag:harringayonline.com,2013-06-06:844301:Comment:4972902013-06-06T13:14:31.120ZClive Carterhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/CliveCarter
<p>I thought it an unusual campaign for the council to support.</p>
<p>Haringey (the Borough) might well want some things back, but I would wager that Banksy was not near the top of the list for most people.</p>
<p>For many, things belonging "in the heart of the community", might include things like libraries, schools and facilities for old folks and youth services.</p>
<p>The council wasn't speaking for me when they made their odd claim; I do hope that it was a mere lapse of judgement rather…</p>
<p>I thought it an unusual campaign for the council to support.</p>
<p>Haringey (the Borough) might well want some things back, but I would wager that Banksy was not near the top of the list for most people.</p>
<p>For many, things belonging "in the heart of the community", might include things like libraries, schools and facilities for old folks and youth services.</p>
<p>The council wasn't speaking for me when they made their odd claim; I do hope that it was a mere lapse of judgement rather than a deliberate distraction device (from such things as potholes).</p>
<p>IMO opinion it's a clever, interesting piece of work (so far as one can judge without having seen it in the flesh) but not worth the reported £750k that someone's apparently paid for it.</p>
<p>As for the indignation by which some are exercised, the situation in which the building owners found themselves is the moral equivalence of a big lottery win: neither deserved nor undeserved.</p>
<p>I confess to being attracted to Hugh's challenge, <em>I wonder how many of us would at least be tempted if the work had turned up on a building we owned?</em></p>
<p></p> Clive, I've always said that…tag:harringayonline.com,2013-06-06:844301:Comment:4971332013-06-06T07:26:05.605ZAlan Stantonhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/AlanStanton
<p>Clive, I've always said that should Council "Leader" Claire Kober ever do something constructive, show sound judgement, or express a fresh, interesting opinion on anything, then I would be among the first to praise her. (To avoid any doubt, I make exactly the same promise about Cllr Richard Wilson the LibDem "Leader".)</p>
<p>So I have great pleasure in praising the highly ingenious method which Cllr Kober has chosen to safeguard Haringey's graffiti art heritage.</p>
<p>Plainly, she has…</p>
<p>Clive, I've always said that should Council "Leader" Claire Kober ever do something constructive, show sound judgement, or express a fresh, interesting opinion on anything, then I would be among the first to praise her. (To avoid any doubt, I make exactly the same promise about Cllr Richard Wilson the LibDem "Leader".)</p>
<p>So I have great pleasure in praising the highly ingenious method which Cllr Kober has chosen to safeguard Haringey's graffiti art heritage.</p>
<p>Plainly, she has listened carefully to the advice of millionaire art lovers <strong><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.harringayonline.com/xn/detail/844301:Comment:463556" target="_blank">Robert Davies and Les Gilbert</a></strong> - and who wouldn't? But the Dear Maximum Leader has improved on their plan by burying it in bullet-proof boxes for posterity. <em><strong>While at the same time</strong> </em>strengthening Haringey's streets and solving the winter pothole crisis.</p>
<p><em>(Tottenham Hale ward councillor for another 349 days 22 hours)</em></p> Alan I read with interest you…tag:harringayonline.com,2013-06-06:844301:Comment:4972132013-06-06T06:28:15.453ZClive Carterhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/CliveCarter
<p>Alan I read with interest your earlier comments on the Banksy issue. I wonder if you have any view about the involvement of Local Government? I refer to the Council's <strong><em><a href="http://www.haringey.gov.uk/index/news_and_events/banksy-campaign.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bring Back Banksy Campaign</a>.</em></strong></p>
<blockquote><p><em>Haringey Council is backing the campaign to bring the Banksy back to where it belongs in the heart of the community. Haringey wants its…</em></p>
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<p>Alan I read with interest your earlier comments on the Banksy issue. I wonder if you have any view about the involvement of Local Government? I refer to the Council's <strong><em><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.haringey.gov.uk/index/news_and_events/banksy-campaign.htm" target="_blank">Bring Back Banksy Campaign</a>.</em></strong></p>
<blockquote><p><em>Haringey Council is backing the campaign to bring the Banksy back to where it belongs in the heart of the community. Haringey wants its Banksy back!</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>.</em></strong></p> Colin, I'm not asking Banksy…tag:harringayonline.com,2013-06-05:844301:Comment:4972062013-06-05T23:52:00.091ZAlan Stantonhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/AlanStanton
<p>Colin, I'm not asking Banksy to defend his work or break his cover. I'm simply suggesting that he could, if he wished, raise $1m and donate it to excellent voluntary sector causes in Wood Green.</p>
<p>Colin, I'm not asking Banksy to defend his work or break his cover. I'm simply suggesting that he could, if he wished, raise $1m and donate it to excellent voluntary sector causes in Wood Green.</p>