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minus-squareKoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up221·2 days 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-up74·2 days agoStreisand Effect to the max.
minus-squareJoeKrogan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·2 days agoExactly and the image is already out on the internet now.
minus-squareccunning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up92·2 days ago Before and after they tried to remove it only to further bolster the message
minus-squareook@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-21 day 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-up13·2 days agoHonestly, they inadvertently made it better, and certainly made it more poignant
minus-squareTexas_Hangover@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoThat is amazing. I love it when cesorship fucks its own ass lol.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days 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-up6·1 day 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 days agoThis was the best I could find without people in it when it first went up:
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·2 days agoIf artwork is a threat to your system…
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