24.2.07

What I learned from V for Vendetta

1. Guns are bad.
Our hero has about everything that is censored, forbidden or controlled by the government -from great works of art to butter- except for guns. Not one of the sympathetic characters ever uses a gun. Not quite sure how this reconciles with the observations "[only one thing] happens when people without guns stand up to people with guns" and "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."

2. People in the entertainment industry who use their "art" to mock or discredit their evil governments are courageous heroes.
But if the evil totalitarian government against which they protest actually does something about it (like fucking kills them), they have every right to be shocked and appalled.

3. Killing in defense of self or others is bad. Cold-hearted vengeful murder is ok.
Our hero uses non-deadly force to neutralize rapist thugs when he shows up to save Evey (his most violent blow is dealt to an already helpless non-threat with his pants down.) On the other hand, he does not hesitate to kill in her sleep an old woman who has repented for her past evil.

4. Torture is ok as long as it's for a greater good.
Look, don't question us on the specifics here. Torture is ok when we say so. Otherwise it's horribly evil. So far, the only general rule seems to be that pathetically ineffectual torture is better.

5. Murderous, irrational hatred of homosexuals is a tenet of conservatism.
There's just no way around it. If you want to be a conservative you have to hate gay people. And don't be trying to just hate homosexuality either. No, you actually have to want to hunt down and kill the gay people.
That's evil, by the way. Gays are wonderful, beautiful people suffering from society's horribly unjust rejection and persecution. Also note that while Catholic priests and bishops are fucked up pedophiles (not to mention evil) they aren't gay pedophiles.

...and the final, most important lesson learned from V for Vendetta: It's not terrorism if there's fireworks.

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Blogger LMO said...

hmm... guess that'll go on my see-it-soon list

Sun Feb 25, 12:31:00 AM  

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