James Powderly of Graffiti Research Labs Detained In China

Posted by timothy on Wednesday August 20, 2008 @06:43AM from the many-eyes-might-help dept.

An anonymous reader writes "News from Free Tibet 2008 that internationally known artist, technologist and co-founder of the Graffiti Research Lab, James Powderly, was detained in Beijing early on August 19th while preparing to debut a new work and technology of protest, the L.A.S.E.R. Stencil. According to a Twitter message received yesterday by Students for a Free Tibet at approximately 5 pm Beijing Standard Time, Powderly had been detained by Chinese authorities at 3 am. His current whereabouts remain unknown. Powderly was the inventor of throwies." (Powderly's detention was also mentioned at Make Magazine's blog.)

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Re:Rosa Parks by DaveV1.0 · 2008-08-20 07:33 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Please keep your jingoism to yourself.
Jingoism: extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy.
Please keep your self-righteous idiocy to yourself.

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Re:Not a chance, bucko by DaveV1.0 · 2008-08-20 11:06 · Score: 0, Flamebait

It's not ad hominem. It is the truth. You have proven your stupidity and incompetence.

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