Matt BlazeThat Banksy (which just got painted over) of a judge beating a protester is a powerful piece of street art, but I can’t resist pointing out that British judges don’t use gavels.
I’m told that I don’t understand art.
Canela Blanca@mattblaze this toot is art. 👆🏻
Deborah Rose ❌👑@mattblaze Political art is unique. It has the power to initiate change.
@DebErupts thank you for the information.
Worik@mattblaze That's Mastodon for you...
I saw two OCDs at play, no harm done...
I did not know England does not use gavels, useful. Does not diminish the value of the art and the utter humourlessness of the English establishment
England never was a free country....
Jean-Sébastien Guay@mattblaze [sources needed]
maya_b 🇨🇦I though the same thing when it first came out, but didn't seem relevant at the time.
bless US tv dramas for their influence over the world 🤦♀️
Norman Wilson@maya_b @mattblaze Yeah, I've seen gavels in British TV drama.
Marius@mattblaze Sorry, are you saying that the iconic Monty Python sketch is wrong? Did he not in fact bang his gavel :)
Ted Lemon@mattblaze Adding insult to injury, no doubt...
BoneHouseWasps🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺@mattblaze But we all think they do. So much so that, in our 'orientation' at jury service, they actually pointed it out. 😆
spmatich vk3spm 
I Voted for McGovern@mattblaze
Do you even*get* art?
Do you even*get* art?
@goatrodeo I do not. I require literal accuracy in everything. Abstraction is degenerate subversion.
@mattblaze @goatrodeo I hear there's a vaccine these days so you needn't get art.
@goatrodeo @mattblaze Only if they're too blunt.
Dreaming of dad jazz.
Bruce Heerssen 
As long as we're being literal, I usually *get* my art from the internet. I like that Banksy fellow. He's got a bit of talent.
@mattblaze today is no day for snark, sorry I don’t make the schedule
@goatrodeo I’m sorry for any distress my comments caused you.
@mattblaze @goatrodeo Evidently you got their goat.
Darryl RammUnd gestatten Sie mir, „Entartete Kunst“ Godwins Gesetz vorzustellen!
awk@mattblaze
Apparently the BBC has also gotten this wrong:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/nov/23/writ-large-courtroom-drama-bbc
Apparently the BBC has also gotten this wrong:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/nov/23/writ-large-courtroom-drama-bbc
@awk wigs or gavels. One or the other, please.
Not a Spring OnionFirst version was a judge holding a tiny bobby.
~n@mattblaze This is the kind of quality content I’m here for.
Quinn Norton@mattblaze why can't we all just focus on that fantastic wig. maybe we *should* do wigs, damn it.
@quinn ir would be unfair for a judge to get both a wig AND a gavel. That’s too much power for any individual to have.
@mattblaze look, you don't make the rules...
Mark T. Tomczak@quinn @mattblaze NGL, the older I get, the more appreciation I feel for Britain's bullshit political traditions. 😉
I think I'm mostly jealous that we don't get any Swan Uppers.