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Tory billboards re-subvertised

@ | 05.04.2010 23:11 | South Coast

3 Tory billboards re-subvertised and others freshly vandalised in Taunton (Somerset).

Tories = rich scum, tories = homophobes, don’t vote – nobody cares were painted on them. Screwing us all was additionally put as a response to the blanked out part after but they care about... (Thanks to however set that one up!) A blank billboard got free your mind… and a supermarket billboard received don’t buy – steal. All were left with the anarchist symbol. A few slogans were also painted around the town centre including save vivary green wedge and vote nobody.

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07.04.2010 01:02

free your mind
free your mind

screwing us all
screwing us all

don't buy - steal
don't buy - steal

place on the scrapper / homophobes
place on the scrapper / homophobes

they'll kill the nhs / rich scum
they'll kill the nhs / rich scum

vote nobody
vote nobody

vote nobody
vote nobody

save viviary green wedge
save viviary green wedge

save vivary green wedge
save vivary green wedge

weren't had to find, they are bang in the centre. as for the other one though can't find it.
also note the spelling is wrong on one of them...oops!

anon


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welldone

05.04.2010 23:44

with this heroic deed, the world will have little choice but to change.

Is that all you can achieve given say 6 hours of time?
The youth of today (sigh)

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I think that..

05.04.2010 23:59

all you will have achieved is to ensure the blue rinse set get so agrieved that they will actually get of their overfed arse and vote........... a more positive message next time?

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Nothing constructive

06.04.2010 00:33

People will just shake their heads and talk about how the country is soft on crime

Anarx


Good work

06.04.2010 13:34

This is good work. I can just see that the running dogs of our capitalist system are crumbling around us as we speak after your comments bravely sprayed onto their poster. It is surely just a matter of time before the whole capitalist system collapses under the weight of its own contradictions.

Joe Blow


Blow Joe

06.04.2010 16:29

I think the point is that even though almost all public spaces are occupied by people presenting the same messages ('Vote this group of liars' or 'Buy this product' essentially offering one route to society) there are some who still realise the significance of reclaiming these spaces and offering alternatives to the people who-particularly in the UK-have for decades been presented with such a limited scope for change.

T


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Thought provoking as a damp rag

06.04.2010 16:49

It has all been replaced with something that can best be described as very, very low IQ

Teedy


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Target Audience

06.04.2010 18:03

That's precisely the type of people we are trying to engage with. The general public is the definition of low IQ. Unless you think all the other ads that people absorb on a daily basis are of a considerably high standard. Difference being that an alternative viewpoint will at least provoke the minds of some people (granted a small number) and may allow them to raise their 'IQ' levels by looking into things a bit more. Call me arrogant, patronising or a twat, that's the sorry state of affairs we call modern day society.

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not a twat

06.04.2010 18:34

Nah, I wouldn't call you a twat.
Maybe somewhat elitist. But your opinions are just that - opinions. They will no-doubt differ from the next person. At the end of the day, you arn't anything special, just a person with ideas like the rest of us. To denouce people as low IQ because they don't hold the same opinions as you is elitist.

Consider the message "don't buy - steal". Whats all that about?! So, if you need a new lawnmower, don't buy one, steal it? Sneak into you neighbours shed and pinch his? Or break into a shop and take one?

You may think the general public has a low IQ, but you may find that they think the same of you.
And there is lots more of them than you.

Presumably if you did have a higher IQ, then you wouldn't need to steal?
I've always associated stealing with people of a low IQ who want things without working for them

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'Stealing'

06.04.2010 18:59

It all depends on your definition of stealing. The slogan was sprayed on a supermarket ad. So it's clear that they are advocating 'stealing' from large corporations (supermarket chains, banks etc) Now if we were to have a look at the way in which these companies make their money and the effects their methods have on everyone from start to finish of the production chain be it an African farmer, or a Chinese factory worker, a child sewing up clothes in Pakistan or even the person behind the till on the shop floor, i would be more inclined to call them thieves and not someone who is just trying to redistribute the wealth (be it on a small scale) by taking something from there without paying for it.

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nice one!

06.04.2010 20:23

It's obviously rattled the cages of a few of the establishment brown-nosing trolls who hang around Indymedia, so it's worth it just for that! Maybe it will make them think (though I doubt it).

It always cheers me up when I see graffiti like this anyway, and I know it makes a lot of other people smile too.

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Getting stuff for free

06.04.2010 21:18

Ok, I get the gist of your point. But...
If your re-distributing the wealth argument held true, then people would steal and then give it to the poor or a charity, not keep it for themselves. Sorry, doesn't hold much water for me.

I have a feel that the main incentive driving these people is getting something for nothing (something we all want). Its just been dressed up in a 'take it off the nasty man / i'm down-trodden' wrapping. At least be honest about it!

As far as the foreign worker who is underpaid. Surely thats an issue with the foreign countries government rather than the supermarket. If Tesco isn't buying that sweatshirt, then some one else will.

Tesco pay our product people fair prices. The only difference is clearly the countries' rules.
Thats not a problem here, its a problem there.

Troll? Pffff! Is that the best you can do! "I don't know what to say, so I'll say "troll" because it makes me look cool!"

Tweed


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There's fair and then there's Tescos

06.04.2010 22:21

Just a couple of points on Tweed's comment.

1. A lot of people who steal from supermarkets etc are poor. They may not have a political mindset for are doing nor may they feel their actions are justified. But when the rent/mortgage payments are due, when the bills come through the post and when you have mouths to feed yet forced to live on the 5pound an hour Tesco (and every Tesco outthere) are paying you, then stealing stops being an option and becomes a necessity. Now you've assumed that the people who wrote that slogan did so because they want 'something for nothing'. Even if we were to disregard Anarchist contribution to the community with the limited means they posses (Squats turned community centres, Free lunches, Free bookfairs etc) why would these people try to encourage others to do the same as them,when an increase in 'theft' would only lead to added security and more chances of them getting caught. Why not remain that fringe group that steals and gets 'something for nothing' relatively risk free. The message was directed to those who are not doing this. It's a clear viewpoint which believes that workers the world throughout are the true producers of wealth, yet they are forced to buy their produce back for a lot more than they get paid to produce it in the first place.


2."Tesco pay our product people fair prices. The only difference is clearly the countries' rules.
Thats not a problem here, its a problem there."

I wont go into what constitutes 'fair' and 'unfair' at this point. Suffice to say that if you look at the history of 'other countries Governments' you'll most definitely find a lot of political interference by governments and organisations a lot closer to home, to such an extent that calling these countries independent becomes a bit of a joke. Things aren't always as clear cut as they are presented by some.

T


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