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Banksy Encourages Fans to Shoplift From Guess Since Company 'Helped Themselves to My Artwork Without Asking’ (www.complex.com)
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Banksy isn’t happy with Guess’ latest collaboration.

The legendary anonymous graffiti artist had a directive for his followers on Friday, encouraging them—possibly tongue in cheek, possibly not—to visit the Regent Street Guess store in London and steal the brand’s new collection that features his artwork.

“Attention all shoplifters. Please go to Guess on Regents Street. They’ve helped themselves to my artwork without asking, how can it be wrong for you to do the same to their clothes?”

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[-] MrBusinessMan@lemm.ee -4 points 1 year ago

This is horrifying. There’s no good reason to ever steal from a store, period.

[-] Venus@hexbear.net 48 points 1 year ago

Actually, stealing from a corporation is always good under all circumstances. Everything they have is obtained by theft.

[-] MrBusinessMan@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That’s wrong, stealing from a business is never ok. Businesses are what give people jobs and money, and you think it’s ok to just go around taking even more from them? After everything they have done for you? The owner of this shop can probably barely afford to make ends meet. When you steal a Banksy shirt you’re basically stealing food from that business man’s many children. Just because you love Banksy shirts so much. Think about that.

Everything they have is from theft? Wrong, they buy that stuff from other countries like Bangladesh (where they are also creating jobs by the way).

[-] commiewithoutorgans@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Damn nice bit, I had to read 2 times before I decided it was a bit.

[-] MrBusinessMan@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago

How about having a bit of respect for the law?

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