azteclady has moved"They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains." Adrian and Shane (on Bluesky)
"The stain remains"
I'll say.
Aaron@herhandsmyhands Lots of people thinking the same thing here as me, it would seem:
By attempting to remove it, they've only added to and reinforced the message.
groff 🇺🇦It's a Grade I listed building. What did they think would happen? Could have painted it on many of the surrounding buildings instead.
noodlejetski 
@geoffl @hosford42 @herhandsmyhands yeah, preferably somewhere out of sight so that it doesn't inconvenience anyone. maybe in some back alley, or even better, in their own apartment.
@noodlejetski @hosford42 @herhandsmyhands
Well you completely missed the point. If he'd painted it on one of the surrounding buildings it would have been covered with polycarbonate and protected for decades. Now it'll be forgotten in weeks. Anyway he destroyed enough of other artists work by overspraying it in the 90s, bit rich of him to complain if his gets destroyed.
@geoffl @hosford42 @herhandsmyhands wow, thank you so much for explaining to me how it was me who missed the point! you're so smart and eloquent omg
@noodlejetski Indeed, that was some weird understanding of sarcasm--and the Streisand effect--work
@noodlejetski @geoffl @herhandsmyhands LOLOLOL The irony... Also, I don't recall any mention of Banksy complaining. My whole point was that it added to the impact, if you think of it as performance art. Good think @geoffl could come along and 'splain it to us all!