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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. Remember James.... by Itninja · · Score: 0, Troll

    At least all the Chinese prisons serve Chinese food (or as the Chinese call it, "food").

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  2. Thank you China by OrangeTide · · Score: 0, Troll

    We should send more of our hippies and crackpots there to be detained. We have completely failed to deal with them here due to these silly laws we have.

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  3. This guy agrees with you by Weaselmancer · · Score: 1, Troll

    And he wasn't even protesting.

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    rediculous.
  4. Re:Rosa Parks!=Powderly// but he still has worth by DaveV1.0 · · Score: 0, Troll

    He is not helping anyone. He is an attention hound, nothing more. And, I suggest you learn to comprehend what you are reading because you have failed to understand what I wrote.

    He is not trying to reclaim public space. He is to claim public space as his own personal canvas which he can deface at will, with no regard for the rest of the public.

    I guess you forgot that there are OTHER people in the public, just like he did. Or is it that you believe you somehow have a greater right to public space than anyone else?

    You are obviously ignorant because you don't even know the meaning of the word "coward". You, however, are the epitome of "arrogant, self-righteous fool".

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  5. Hehe by X.25 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Israelis shot foreign protestors on multiple occasions.

    How is China worse than that?

    (mind you, I don't like what either of them are doing, but that's another story)

  6. So much for freedom and openness of china by unity100 · · Score: 0, Troll

    and to think that chinese were trying to feed the bullshit before the opening of olympic games ...

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