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For the people in San Francisco, Banksy has apparently done some art at Valencia between 19th and 20th. It's above Little Otsu.

We went to see it yesterday and it's fairly awesome.

There is another one in Chinatown I haven't seen yet.

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I saw it on Thursday indeed. It's the rat seen on the OP webpage with "Exit at the gift shop", if I remember correctly.

Found right here, above Amnesia actually: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&...

Interesting artifact: Amnesia is one of the hippest live venues / bars in the area, kind of ground zero for Mission hipsterdom. That it now has the art of Banksy really only elevates it to new echelons of cool never before seen this side of Valencia.

It's not the rat.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/troyholden/4544878324/

Although the rat has apparently been spotted in SOMA.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kapshure/4547103038/

On whose property? Did he get the owner's permission beforehand?

This is someone who has done graffiti on the west bank wall mocking the IDF. My guess is probably not.

Then why would anyone want to support this asshole? I'm tempted to go paint over whatever he did.

I don't think getting permission was ever part of the protocol with graffiti artists.

I don't think you are getting the whole 'street art' thing, hugh3.

I guess you are also wondering where people collected all of those permissions to share media on Pirate Bay, too?

Poor analogy.

It's only poor if you don't consider intellectual property "real" property.

If you do, it's reasonable.

It's the obligation of the person choosing the analogy to pick one that connects with the audience.

It's supposed to make the communication simpler, not to add more burden.

Hence, it was a poor analogy.

I doubt the business would appreciate you blacking out their Banksy:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1549107/Banksys-30000...

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