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James Powderly of Graffiti Research Labs Detained In China

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. idiot by anotherone · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The stupid motherfucker. What did he expect?

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  2. So many ways to make a point by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The issue of Tibet and Chinese imperialism is well-known and is never out of the public eye.

    However, making a spectacle of yourself in a venue designed to showcase the absolute best of the best athletes in the world, when your total contribution to their preparation is all but zero, seems to be an act of hubris and self-absorption. Even if what you are doing is ostensibly for the benefit of someone else.

    The Olympics aren't about you, and they aren't about your pet issue. There are plenty of other venues to air these protests. Disrespecting the athletes by marring the games with these protests is no better than what happened in Munich in 1972.

  3. Re:One doesn't need to be a member of the oppresse by ShieldW0lf · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Protestors... always demanding people change what they're doing, never buckling down to create infrastructure to support new ways of life.

    Tibet is better off now than they were before. China is doing all the right things.

    I hope they shoot the guy.

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  4. Re:Rosa Parks by DaveV1.0 · · 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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  5. Re:Not a chance, bucko by DaveV1.0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

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

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