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The pranks get better and more significant as the program goes on.
There seems to be a mix here (I'm just about 1/3 through). Some of this I see as admirable resistance, and some is just mean-spirited hijinx. I've always had a problem with treating police officers badly in random acts. Also, that guy that messes with golfers is just a jerk. Smashing up the aircraft seems reasonable. They assumed the risk and consequences. I'll watch on.
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I don't think that Banksy is advocating all of the tactics, just showing it as a novel form of street art and letting the viewer decide. That said, I think in Europe cops are looked at with even more suspicion than here, as evidenced by the recent violence in London over a single police incident.
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>I don't think that Banksy is advocating all of the tactics, just showing it as a novel form of street art and letting the viewer decide.
I suppose. But including them is advocating of a sort. The raising dick bridge was really clever. However, if they were really trying to stick it to the KGB, it would have been fantastic if they could have made a more direct reference or allusion to them. >That said, I think in Europe cops are looked at with even more suspicion than here, Unfortunately, I think that says more about the European and American people than about their police. The US police probably deserve as much or more scrutiny, but I think they have some patriotic shielding here in the US.