tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19661843.post114358402915008605..comments2023-10-30T05:17:04.156-05:00Comments on The Memo: Big Brother is watchingDi-Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18085970992321764085noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19661843.post-1143666420434858642006-03-29T15:07:00.000-06:002006-03-29T15:07:00.000-06:00"If that means donning a V for Vendetta mask and b..."If that means donning a V for Vendetta mask and blowing up the White House, then so be it"<BR/><BR/>~I'm reporting you to the authorities. Not because of that comment, but for giving away the plot to a movie I will no longer think about going to see in the theater ... thanks.Chashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569200166680470862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19661843.post-1143597313537269702006-03-28T19:55:00.000-06:002006-03-28T19:55:00.000-06:00At the risk of revealing my lack of knowledge abou...At the risk of revealing my lack of knowledge about the Bush administration's reasons for going to war -- does anybody really know? -- I'll only attempt to draw a thin correlation between our government's current state of affairs and that of Britain in 2025 in the new film V for Vendetta. <BR/>In V, the U.S. has already fallen and weak Britain and its fearful citizens are being controlled by a tyrannical chancellor and his gaggle of idiot puppets. <BR/>Over 100,000 British citizens, mostly children, died from what was thought to be a virus brought into the country by terrorists, but was in fact led and covered up by its own leaders to evoke fear and unite the divided country. All religious extremists, political activists, gays, lesbians, and transgender people were rounded up and blacklisted, if not murdered, to rid the country of people of difference.<BR/>The British television network delivered lies, lies, and more lies (rubbish, or bollocks, if you will) as it was run by the chancellor and his men who hid all of this from the public.<BR/>The parallels of the U.S. and this warped futuristic Britain are, again, somewhat forced, but this is all to say, the movie makes you realize how vulnerable we Americans are and how we're allowing ourselves, in some ways, to be mislead by being ill-informed. <BR/>I've stayed relatively out of the Iraq debate because, again, my lack of knowledge prevents me from doing so, but I feel compelled to educate myself about what's going on, compelled as an American taxpayer and as a human being. There are people still dying for no reason --for no fucking reason. The least I can do is find out why and how to voice my (not-yet-but-working-on-it) educated opinion about why I think it's wrong and what we can do to stop it. <BR/>If that means donning a V for Vendetta mask and blowing up the White House, then so be it, or if it means just talking to my friends, having healthy debates, and voting for policymakers who will protect not put citizens in harms way, if such people still exist, then I'll try to do that, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com