Esmond Million's Bung Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-27050321 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 I actually think GF is probably right on this one - they had no right to lift that off the wall and then ask for donations to view it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 If the youth club didn't take it, somebody else would, and we may have never seen it again. But then again Banksy's art is 'for the people' and should stay in public. Who's to blame? Banksy for picking a stupid location Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmond Million's Bung Posted April 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 I actually think GF is probably right on this one - they had no right to lift that off the wall and then ask for donations to view it. There's a surprise, Tomarse supporting GF. GF said it was not in the spirit of Banksy street art to remove it, what definitely isn't in the spirit of Banksy street art is politicians claiming ownership of it and hiding it in a museum or using any profit for another GF crackpot scheme, let Banksy decide I would be surprised if he vetoed the club using any funds to save it from extinction, GF sure as **** won't save the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 The youth club guy was taking the piss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipdawg Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 It was probably the right call to remove it, but I did think the claim from that Stinchcombe chap that Banksy must have done it to support the boys club was a bit of a stretch. To be fair, it'd better it goes to support a community organisation than some scrote comes and takes in the middle of the night and sells it on the black market to some city trader in London who sticks it in his bog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmond Million's Bung Posted April 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 The youth club guy was taking the piss. Just like the mayor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 There's a surprise, Tomarse supporting GF. What's that supposed to mean? I disagree with a lot of things he's proposed and I've told him so - BRT2, RPZs amongst other. I don't agree about budget cuts on funds - just purely the issue that it wasn't the clubs to remove in the first place - only that issue do I agree with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixtyseconds Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Banksy donates work to charidee, community and anarcho lefty groups ... It was on a board not a wall metres away from a stuggling yoof. club. Take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmond Million's Bung Posted April 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 What's that supposed to mean? I disagree with a lot of things he's proposed and I've told him so - BRT2, RPZs amongst other. I don't agree about budget cuts on funds - just purely the issue that it wasn't the clubs to remove in the first place - only that issue do I agree with. Mr Self promoter red trousers hadn't been in the news for a few days, so he decides to prevent a club that has been in existence for as long as I can remember a chance to ease their burden, a club that has done more good for Bristol than GF can ever will (his legacy will be self interest, sound bytes??). Was Banksy thinking about a struggling under funded youth club or Mr Self promoter when he he left his art work?. Me, me, me........................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Mr Self promoter red trousers hadn't been in the news for a few days, so he decides to prevent a club that has been in existence for as long as I can remember a chance to ease their burden, a club that has done more good for Bristol than GF can ever will (his legacy will be self interest, sound bytes??). Was Banksy thinking about a struggling under funded youth club or Mr Self promoter when he he left his art work?. Me, me, me...........................I wasn't really agreeing with that - I just don't think the club should have taken it. This view that I'm pro GF is hilarious. I'm generally the most hated bloke in the building - some people have even taken it to fabricate stories of me threatening him, organising boycotts of the bar and I'm definitely not welcome in some of the shops on north street! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray White Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Fck red trousers and fck banksy. Both self promoting w4nkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristolCity1992 Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 I wasn't really agreeing with that - I just don't think the club should have taken it. This view that I'm pro GF is hilarious. I'm generally the most hated bloke in the building - some people have even taken it to fabricate stories of me threatening him, organising boycotts of the bar and I'm definitely not welcome in some of the shops on north street! Is North Street that clicky then? I work in the area once awake and although its the sort of area I would normally like I've always felt it was a bit off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 History won't be kind to Ferguson after he's forced RPZs on people, vandalised the central library and taken an unprofessional - and at times downright abusive - approach to dealing with his critics. People like him are exactly the reason that I voted against having an elected mayor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixtyseconds Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Fck red trousers and fck banksy. Both self promoting w4nkers. How is being annonymous self promoting? What have you done for Bristol? The elf promoting w4nker can leave something inside / outside the charidee I work in anytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 It should be put back where it was - the setting was part of the art work - the secluded back street, the door way.. And what people haven't noticed much is the heart shaped barbwire above the door! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kid in the Riot Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Special delivery? No fun or interest in it. Get the Weasels on TV angry ... That is fun. Civic pride is just happening to leave stuff near people who need stuff before. That is self help ... There it is, you need help, take it. That is a street art philosophy going back decades. What if someone else had nicked it before youth club man got there? I don't believe Banksy put it there in order for it to be nicked by someone and sold to the highest bidder. Doesn't sound like his ethos at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray White Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 How is being annonymous self promoting? What have you done for Bristol? The elf promoting w4nker can leave something inside / outside the charidee I work in anytime. Just because he is anonymous doesn't mean he isn't self promoting. He writes on his own website and says 'hey everyone, i've painted something new on a wall somewhere, go and find it'. Or how about when he was in New York and he set up a pop-up booth in Central Park and then proclaimed on his website that he was selling 100% authentic original signed canvases for $60 [uSD] each. He's not a graffiti artist (in fact he never really was as he was shit with a spray can) he's just an artist that's trying to make as much money from pretentious people as possible whilst inflating his own ego. In my mind he's a nob and I don't like the fact that Bristol is known for his sh1t stencils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezgimed Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Don't agree with ripping it down and pimping it out. Leave it be. If it gets nicked, so what. The one on park street got vandalised, Thats the risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RedM Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Can I just hijack this thread to ask this, does anyone know the answer...after GF has served his term in office do the voting public of Bristol get to vote 'no Mayor' at the election or is it set in stone from now on that we have a Mayor? I was asked this the other day and realised I didn't know the answer. All I can remember is the Mayor yes/no, but not sure if there is a get out option for the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davros Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Must be nice to be able to spray money on a wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 If the youth club didn't take it, somebody else would, and we may have never seen it again. But then again Banksy's art is 'for the people' and should stay in public. Who's to blame? Banksy for picking a stupid location No blame really. Banksy's probably chuckling to himself. Any attention is good attention etc Fair play to the bloke from the Boys club - he's trying to use this to save the club after all. Rather that than someone using for their own gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Can I just hijack this thread to ask this, does anyone know the answer...after GF has served his term in office do the voting public of Bristol get to vote 'no Mayor' at the election or is it set in stone from now on that we have a Mayor? I was asked this the other day and realised I didn't know the answer. All I can remember is the Mayor yes/no, but not sure if there is a get out option for the future? Apparently the Local Government Act 2000 permits citizens the power to remove elected Mayor's, presumably through some sort of petition/referendum or plebiscite (I do love that word). I've been told it's a fascinating read if you're interested M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Apparently the Local Government Act 2000 permits citizens the power to remove elected Mayor's, presumably through some sort of petition/referendum or plebiscite (I do love that word). I've been told it's a fascinating read if you're interested M Hartlepool got rid of theirs at same time GF was elected I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 sorry emb GF is right this time that man had no reason to take it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFiGO!?! Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 It is my opinion that Red Trousers should keep his beak out, the money is going to a worthy cause, there is the man's reason to take it. Eco, was there any mention of guillotines in the 2000 Act? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBibs Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 History won't be kind to Ferguson after he's forced RPZs on people, vandalised the central library and taken an unprofessional - and at times downright abusive - approach to dealing with his critics. People like him are exactly the reason that I voted against having an elected mayor. If only more people could have been arsed to vote against having an elected mayor Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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