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The Islamic suck-up of V For Vendetta

posted 11 years ago by AxeMarc
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"The Corane" ...

It is mentioned here and there in V For Vendetta, always implying that the banning of this book is the ultimate and/or most iconic act of ignorence from the fascists. A symbol for the evil intolerance created by the white, christian man.

Why not let the villains bann buddhism, hindue, voodoo or whatever? No, that wouldn't be too soft. This was 2005, so to stirr up some debate, they just HAD to take the Corane as the religious victim ...

It's too bad. that a movie such as good and unique as "V", just couldn't resist to squeeze in a pro-muslim-message, tryig to state that "We're hip, we got b*lls, we're ahead of our time, threading new paths, as we did with The Matrix".

I sincerly hope, that the Wachowski Bros, are aware that The Corane got VERY "modified" when translated to other languages, conviently leaving out explicit parts with messages, tails and ideas that, well, wouldn't be accepted by the western wourld in any shape, way or form, regardless of nation or religion.

Again, "V" is great. It brings a pefect blend of entertainment, quality, and message. EXCEPT för that whole "We gotta suck up to the muslim-world!"

No, I'm not from the US, no, I'm not christian, no, I don't hate muslims, I wish for Islam to have the exact same right to exist as any other religion. But just stop using Islam as a flag for "We're sooo tolerant!". It doesn't achieve anything. It's just helps the violence to linger.

[–] mitch_crane83 8 years ago

Can you tell me the book of Buddhism? How about Shintoism? What's Hindu's book?

No? THAT's why they used the Quaran, because other than the bible that's the holy nook most westerners would recognise

[–] Jag85 8 years ago

...And three years later, America is now ruled by a fascist despot who used the fear of Islam and immigrants as tools to manipulate the masses. V For Vendetta was right on the mark.

[–] SVU14_1 8 years ago

V For Vendetta is being realistic. It doesn't make sense to ban Hinduism, or Buddhism, or Judaism, since those are not the targets of right-wing hatred in the present day (though they certainly were in the past, and may well again be in the future).

In the film, the Norsefire Party banned a great deal of art and culture so it can be assumed that other religions were also banned with special emphasis on Islam.