James Powderly of the Graffiti Research Lab talks about his work with Students for a Free Tibet during the Olympics, as well as his detention and deportation by the Chinese government. James went with the intention of using a laser to project messages in support of Tibet. James said this on the laser he planned to use:

 So this is like a really dangerous thing to only people who are nuts. Like to the rest of the world, this is just a silly toy. You can buy a version of this at the store that literally puts smiley faces and hearts and things like that. But to everybody else, this is just a silly toy.