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This movie glorifies terrorism

posted 8 years ago by shaun3701
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"V" and the original Guy Fawkes in 1605 were not freedom fighters, they were terrorists. Nobody likes their government... but that doesn't give you the right to kill people in protest. All lives matter, even those of people you disagree with.

I find it laughable that young people go around wearing Guy Fawkes masks, when he was nothing but a religious fundamentalist. He was just a Catholic version of Osama Bin Laden... read some actual history instead of getting it from crappy movies.

[–] Boundeem 8 years ago

No.

Who reads to you?

[–] zingzangspillip 8 years ago

Not all terrorists are alike. I would suggest *you* read some history about the treatment of Roman Catholics in England during this period, and then try telling me Fawkes & bin Laden were the same.

[–] HATheLaughingManHA 8 years ago

Like Catholics didn't treat non Catholics harshly? Henry VIII's daughter was known as who again? Oh yeah Bloody Mary

[–] averagejoeman2013 8 years ago

Agreed. The people revolting were total lowlifes. Kind of ironic given demographic projections how something like this will likely occur in Europe sometime this century.

[–] SamuelSpade 8 years ago

V was fighting against a fascist state, a country where no one has any freedoms, not political, cultural or religious, when your leaders treat you like that you have the right to rise up and destroy them, though usually what replaces them is not much better.
It is a pity that Germany in the 1930's did not have a "V" of it's own, likewise Russia in just about any part of it's history.

Remember, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.

Run for it?, Runnings not a plan! Runnings what you do, once a plan fails!

Earl, Tremors.

[–] DocCasualty 8 years ago

Remember, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
Well put, SamuelSpade, well put.

"Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye." 2001: A Space Odyssey

[–] Grey-Phantom 8 years ago

Violent resistance to occupation =/= terrorism

HUGE difference between the two, I suggest you read some more before you take such an offended stance.

[–] shylock_pl 8 years ago

People must absolutely fight against oppression. The governments of fascist dictatorships do not deserve respect or obedience. Think of North Korea or Nazi Germany. Would you condemn violent resistance by the people in those states?

[–] ronmexicoirl 8 years ago

Ah good *beep* You ignorant, uneducated wretch. Have a look at a book sometime and see how Catholics were treated on those islands at the time. You absolute cretin.

[–] mstvincent 8 years ago

No, it glorifies revolution against those who oppress.

[–] SVU14_1 8 years ago

It glorifies revolution, free thought and the idea that government should work for and with the people.

Strangely enough the use of the Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot in the film creates a bit of a contradiction since the Gunpowder Plot was meant to remove the repressive Protestant aristocracy and replace it with another repressive institution, the Catholic Church.

I guess it was used for the whole "fighting for what you believe is right" idea.

[–] avortac4 (3744) 4 years ago

It's interesting how in so many movies, the 'protagonists' or the 'good guys' actually just murder a truckload (or more) people. And we're supposed to root for them.

Think about The Matrix, for example. From the perspective of normal people and 'authorities', the 'good guys' are actually just mass-murdering terrorists that regular people have to be scared of, because they murder them en masse.

If you change your perspective, you can realize that the people we root for in movies are actually really horrible very often. I wouldn't root for a terrorist in real life, or any mass-murderer, no matter HOW eloquently they try to rationalize their murder-spree. You can ALWAYS find rationalizations for murdering people, especially innocent people.

All you have to do is to look for the video clip, where George Bush "admits" that sometimes money is more important than people / life. (I can't remember the exact quote, but it's quite shocking that someone in his position thinks like that, and almost even more shocking that he'd admit it on camera!)

[–] MillerJones (531) 3 years ago

LOL

Not really this is the time to open your mind and take it what is beign shown and said.

On screen you may see what 100 people or thousand that die this comes down to is it ok to kill this many if you save millions in the future?

In the case of this film the govt had killed millions and not in one country this was even shown they could of helped many other countries.