"remember, remember..."

while everyone is focused on november 4th because of our election, (and rightly so,) i am inclined to mention that the very next day will be november 5th.

"remember, remember, the 5th of november."

yes, november 5th is guy fawkes day. while i was oblivious to guy fawkes and all things related until the movie 'v for vendetta,' came out, i did love the movie and the idea that the masses might in a time of corruption and opression, rise up and resist en masse, is like a dream to me. plus the movie is rife with great lines. i've compiled a bunch of them here. read and savor.

"artists use lies to tell the truth while politicians use lies to cover it up."

"people should not be afraid of their governments, their governments should be afraid of their people." -v

"...if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you..."

Oppenheimer was able to change more than the course of a war. He changed the entire course of human history. Is it wrong to hold on to that kind of hope?

More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives.

Remember, remember the 5th of November. The gunpowder, treason, and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.

I remember how the meaning of words began to change. How unfamiliar words like "collateral" and "rendition" became frightening, while things like Norsefire and the Articles of Allegiance became powerful. I remember how "different" became dangerous. I still don't understand it, why they hate us so much. -valerie

Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot... But what of the man? I know his name was Guy Fawkes and I know, in 1605, he attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. But who was he really? What was he like? We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world. I've witnessed first hand the power of ideas, I've seen people kill in the name of them, and die defending them... but you cannot kiss an idea, cannot touch it, or hold it... ideas do not bleed, they do not feel pain, they do not love... And it is not an idea that I miss, it is a man... A man that made me remember the Fifth of November. A man that I will never forget. -evey

Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. -evey

By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe. -v

A building is a symbol, as is the act of destroying it. Symbols are given power by people. A symbol, in and of itself is powerless, but with enough people behind it, blowing up a building can change the world. -v

You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it. -gordon

Fear became the ultimate tool of this government. -v

Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof. -v

A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having! -v

One thing is true of all governments - their most reliable records are tax records. -finch

God is in the rain... -evey

There are no coincidences, Delia... only the illusion of coincidence. -v

Concerning non-violence: It is criminal to teach man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks. -male voice-over

Sex and Race, because they are easy, visible differences, have been the primary ways of organising human beings into superior and inferior groups and into the cheap labour on which this system still depends. We are talking about a society in which there will be no roles other than those chosen, or those earned. We are really talking about Humanism. -v

and then there is this:

Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. [V carves 'V' into poster on wall] The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V. -v

isn't that fun?