V for Vendetta
Aug. 23rd, 2006 04:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helen99We finally saw "V for Vendetta" last night for the first time (I have a feeling I'll want to see it a couple of more times). It'll take me a while to process that one.
Was he a freedom fighter or was he a terrorist? Maybe neither one. Maybe both.
What makes someone a freedom fighter and another person a terrorist, when both act the same?
Was he the insane product of those with whom he was involved in a deadly dance?
Or was he the only one with any sanity at all, returning hope to humanity? Or both?
When does an ideal become more important than one's own life? More important than the lives of loved ones?
Was he fighting for the ideal of Free Will or to avenge a horrible wrong? Or both?
Did the ideal keep him alive or did the thirst for vengeance keep him alive? Or both?
Did vengeance feed the ideal, or did the ideal feed the vengeance?
When does an ideal become strong enough to keep death at bay?
Does facing the prospect of your own death, dismemberment, torture, etc., end all fear?
Is torture justified if it is the only way to achieve the victim's stated goal or save the victim's life?
Would blowing up a city change anything? (it hasn't worked in the past).
Given similar circumstances as those at the end of V, would I push the lever?
If I was the Inspector, would I have let her push the lever?
I hope to never have to answer any of the above...
"Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot..."
Was he a freedom fighter or was he a terrorist? Maybe neither one. Maybe both.
What makes someone a freedom fighter and another person a terrorist, when both act the same?
Was he the insane product of those with whom he was involved in a deadly dance?
Or was he the only one with any sanity at all, returning hope to humanity? Or both?
When does an ideal become more important than one's own life? More important than the lives of loved ones?
Was he fighting for the ideal of Free Will or to avenge a horrible wrong? Or both?
Did the ideal keep him alive or did the thirst for vengeance keep him alive? Or both?
Did vengeance feed the ideal, or did the ideal feed the vengeance?
When does an ideal become strong enough to keep death at bay?
Does facing the prospect of your own death, dismemberment, torture, etc., end all fear?
Is torture justified if it is the only way to achieve the victim's stated goal or save the victim's life?
Would blowing up a city change anything? (it hasn't worked in the past).
Given similar circumstances as those at the end of V, would I push the lever?
If I was the Inspector, would I have let her push the lever?
I hope to never have to answer any of the above...
"Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot..."