Banksy funds Refugee Rescue boat

[PC Baby]

Jul 8, 2024 22:13:59 GMT 1 lukas01 said:

This is all very bleak.
I think the prefect is very distant from the poor people. Both of those poor people who die at sea and of the poor people who die at home without public water in the taps.
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The prefect of Agrigento, Filippo Romano, signed the authorization for the movement of the NGO ship Louise Michele, flying the German flag, from the port of Lampedusa to that of Licata where the cargo ship will continue its administrative detention. Last 2 July it was blocked for 20 days by the soldiers of the maritime district office of Lampedusa and by the policemen of the Agrigento Police Headquarters because instead of heading for Pozzallo, a safe port indicated by the Italian authorities, it arrived on the island of Pelagie where they are the 37 migrants he had rescued disembarked. The commander of the Lampedusa Harbor Office requested the movement of the Louise Michele ship yesterday due to the lack of suitable moorings. Once the authorization has been signed, the Lampedusa Coast Guard will have to provide all the requirements to the NGO for the movement. The final term of the administrative detention, scheduled for July 21st, will be different due to the time needed for the transfer. An administrative fine was also imposed on the NGO, for which payment in a reduced amount is not permitted, and which will be quantified by the prefect of Agrigento.
www.google.com/amp/s/www.grandangoloagrigento.it/lampedusa/migranti-si-a-spostamento-nave-ong-louise-michel-da-lampedusa-a-licata/amp

Absolutely disgusting behaviour from the Italian authorities - not only in having their poor own 'poor people' lacking access to drinking water, but also their actions regarding the rescue of poor people at sea, who will have an even worse chance of survival - and, to top it all, issuing a fine as well as detaining the MV Louise Michel and adding a transfer to the already long enough detention, if I understand correctly ! One thing after another !!! 😩

They choose to forget about all those Italian citizens who spread across the world as immigrants themselves once and managed to carve out a decent life for themselves, wholly integrated !

[PC Baby]

Have just received my 'Search & Rescue Solidarity' t-shirt today, which had eluded me previously. I must say I love it as much as my 'Border Farce' one. They are just TOP !!! 👏

ryo have you received your t-shirt and patch yet ?

[ryo]

Hello all

Pc Baby , for time it is not arrive

I think one or two week maybe for France

glad you received yours, I also hate to have them

[loui]

Jul 12, 2024 7:08:41 GMT 1 ryo said:

Hello all

Pc Baby , for time it is not arrive

I think one or two week maybe for France

glad you received yours, I also hate to have them

Someone liked your post, which is probably meant kindly but it’s pretty odd as well because what are you actually saying: “I also hate to have them” ?🤔😅

[ryo]

Loui, i never understand your post sorry bye guy 

[PC Baby]

Jul 12, 2024 9:13:03 GMT 1 loui said:

Jul 12, 2024 7:08:41 GMT 1 ryo said:

Hello all

Pc Baby , for time it is not arrive

I think one or two week maybe for France

glad you received yours, I also hate to have them

Someone liked your post, which is probably meant kindly but it’s pretty odd as well because what are you actually saying: “I also hate to have them” ?🤔😅

...that's exactly why I liked the post, because buying a tee & patch because you 'hate to have them' is quite a unique reason, don't you think ryo ?!
Hilariously funny !!! 😅😅😅

[ryo]

Sorry guys 😅😅😅😂 i must have missed a step 😂😂🤣

[ryo]

Hi all

I received the package

the patch is rubbish, I find the tshirt a bit of low quality though.

good evening to all

[wardance]

Jul 19, 2024 21:51:29 GMT 1 ryo said:

Hi all

I received the package

the patch is rubbish, I find the tshirt a bit of low quality though.

good evening to all

My thoughts and prayers at your disappointment. 

[ryo]

Im happy thanks

[xite]

What a project. Didn’t really read about it before.

Now the Tories are out can’t it operate from the UK instead? Same problems here. Folkestone would have it with open arms I reckon 🤷‍♂️. They love their Banksy from years back. Still on display. 

[xite]

They have fitted a shop window for it right next to the harbour. Theres always people coming in there too from France on small boats. So their harbour is operational. Full of art too. Stunning Gormley pice on the harbour arm. Better than Margates

anyway I digress 

[xite]

looking at Google.. 4 people died, 63 rescued literally last week taking off from Boulogne. At night you can even see the traffic there from Folkestone. During the day you can see their cliffs. It’s so close. 

abcnews.go.com/amp/International/wireStory/4-migrants-die-attempting-cross-english-channel-northern-111871840

[Londown 01]

Jul 19, 2024 21:51:29 GMT 1 ryo said:

the patch is rubbish, I find the tshirt a bit of low quality though.

I bought the patch and t-shirt from the exhibition shop from a kind forum member on here, and are great quality!

Are the ones you can buy from the shop not identical? 

[loui]

Jul 20, 2024 18:34:22 GMT 1 xite said:

What a project. Didn’t really read about it before.

Now the Tories are out can’t it operate from the UK instead? Same problems here. Folkestone would have it with open arms I reckon 🤷‍♂️. They love their Banksy from years back. Still on display. 

Interesting idea. 

[ryo]

Yes there are identical...

[gdb91]

so he's absolutely right...he must be happy to have provided support to the boats and to have a Banksy o jet...I did it too...but let's talk real... the t-shirt is of poor quality

[ryo]

basically you're right...very happy to have participated...but it's true the tshirt is magnificent but of poor quality...
the patches are beautiful too

[PC Baby]

Love both my T-shirts and the patches are good quality and look great - all in all the message they convey is effective and important!
Would you rather the donations were spent on rescuing drowning people, or on providing top-quality Tees ?? 😎 !!

[ryo]

Rescue people....

[gdb91]

be careful ryo by saying that you will attract the wrath of everyone although I agree, we are doing a good deed... it's great... but let's not hide our faces the quality is shit but we don't care, it's the gesture that counts... but let's see these t-shirts are of superior quality lol... my artist friends are of much better quality, all you have to do is look at the labels, the width of the t-shirt ...we still have the right to say that t-shirts are low quality without a Banksy ass licker telling us that they're good quality, right??? poor ryo you don't know what you're getting yourself into by saying that!

[gdb91]

There isn't a member who gives a coin to the homeless person but it's a Banksy thing oh my god. Don't touch it, it makes you give lessons. “oh my god but the most important thing is to save lives”
instead of buying canvases for 50k go help the poor homeless person within your reach and yes the tshirt is of poor quality it must be admitted

[PC Baby]

It's a noble act to donate to the MV Louise Michel in order to help their mission to save lives at sea - every life saved is a good deed carried out successfully IMHO.
The quality of the t-shirts is totally beside the point!
Moreover, I'm sure there are plenty of kind forum members who see to it that a homeless person they come across also gets a few quid now and again (doesn't mean you have to advertise on here that you do so). 😎

[gdb91]

Good morning,

it's true PC baby, it's for a noble cause I completely agree... where I don't agree with you that's why we don't have the right to talk about the quality of the tshirt... everyone does as he wants it, why say it is irrelevant when it is still something that we buy...tomorrow if I go to the supermarket and there are steaks to buy for a charity donation I would do it with pleasure but if the latter are disgusting I only have the right to shut up and say "well in any case it's for good causes...
In short, everyone is free if they want to talk about quality or whatever they want.

[lukas01]

Jul 21, 2024 15:37:55 GMT 1 gdb91 said:

Good morning,

it's true PC baby, it's for a noble cause I completely agree... where I don't agree with you that's why we don't have the right to talk about the quality of the tshirt... everyone does as he wants it, why say it is irrelevant when it is still something that we buy...tomorrow if I go to the supermarket and there are steaks to buy for a charity donation I would do it with pleasure but if the latter are disgusting I only have the right to shut up and say "well in any case it's for good causes...
In short, everyone is free if they want to talk about quality or whatever they want.

Honestly the shirts are pretty good.
Did you buy what... and at what price? For what you spent... let's say that the money left at Louise Michel... is very little indeed.
If you had spent £300 you would have had every right to criticise.
In this case you have/have missed a valid opportunity to remain silent.
And it has nothing to do with the fact that you are free to say what you want.
Where I come from, if you say that donkeys fly, they look at you with a smile on their faces.

[lukas01]

Jul 20, 2024 21:16:22 GMT 1 Londown 01 said:

Jul 19, 2024 21:51:29 GMT 1 ryo said:

the patch is rubbish, I find the tshirt a bit of low quality though.

I bought the patch and t-shirt from the exhibition shop from a kind forum member on here, and are great quality!

Are the ones you can buy from the shop not identical? 

They are identical to those in the Glasgow store. The difference is in the patch. In Louise Michel's shop, they give you an extra piece that wasn't there in Glasgow.

[gdb91]

C'est toi l'âne batte pauvre imbécile va, tant qu'on me vire pas je continuerais de vous insulter espece de débile va...tu t'es pris pour qui encore? D'où je viens moi on te regarde et on t'insulte pauvre con va

[gdb91]

Voilà le problème avec ce forum..dire amen à tout le monde, ça va pas la tête? Je vous emmerde et c'est comme ça!! Dites au chef qu'il me viré mais tant que je suis la jinsulterais qui je veux me manquera de respect et toi tu me manque de respect pauvre con va

[gdb91]

Pauvre merde va

[PC Baby]

As I said before and I'm happy to repeat, I love both my MV Louise Michel t-shirts and agree with lukas01 that they are pretty good quality - good enough for my liking! I have worn each on several occasions already and am proud to do so and parade the messages.
After all, they are affordable Banksy-accredited items; what more could you possibly want!
The patches have been hand-sown onto one of my favourite jackets and look absolutely great!

All in all, I am happy to find enjoyment in the smallest things - it makes for a harmonious existence!

*envy & hate are so outta date..