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Re:I’m the Accidental Owner of a Banksy by jychang on Monday October 21, 2013 @12:36AM (#6583354)
Yet he's widely considered an artist.

In an CS proofs class, that would be considered a "proof by contradiction".

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Re:I’m the Accidental Owner of a Banksy by arrrg on Monday October 21, 2013 @12:44AM (#6583386)
Only if you assume that vandalism and art are mutually exclusive.

I must say, I quite love this seeming (or maybe it’s real?) contradiction. There are no absolutes. That’s what makes Banksy’s work so cool.

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Re:I’m the Accidental Owner of a Banksy by biot on Monday October 21, 2013 @03:29AM (#6583902)
I could chisel down Michelangelo's David statue into a skeletal structure of David. I'm sure you could appreciate that both as art and an act of vandalism.
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