Occupy - GUY FAWKES !
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OCCUPY GUY FAWKES
A persistent image oft seen among the Occupy milieu these days is a mask depicting a sallow, smirking, moustached alleged likeness of Guy Fawkes, a nearly legendary British failed revolutionary who plotted to blow up Parliament some four centuries ago. The mask was initially created by David Lloyd for Alan Moore’s 1982 graphic novel, V for Vendetta, whose protagonist seeks to destroy the government. Over the Guy Fawkes Day weekend — "Remember, remember, the Fifth of November: the gunpowder treason and plot" — Michael Cavna at ComicRiffs asked Lloyd for his thoughts on the mass appropriation of his mask:
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http://gocomics.typepad.com/rcharvey/2012/01/occupy-guy-fawkes.html
AND,....BONUS ! a related LINK - - -
"Guy Fawkes Day"
http://students.cis.uab.edu/caitlin4/Britain.html
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remanns
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V for Vendetta 1812 Overture opening and ending scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9gYhnUKehU&feature=related - 4 months ago
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Milieu
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Perhaps this is what the Fawkes Icon means to those to wear it: Ideas are bullet-proof
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Milieu
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Milieu:
Its just SOOOOOOOOOOOO rewarding to take out the fascists ! +^d
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remanns
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FreeSpiritMuse
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Thank you for the article.
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FreeSpiritMuse
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FreeSpiritMuse
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Thank you for the article.
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FreeSpiritMuse
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circlesquared
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most of my life I have thought there is a great deal of truth in our fiction and reality is what is actually filled with the false
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circlesquared
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noxidereus
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circlesquared:
"Artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up"
That's a quote from the movie, V for Vendetta.
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noxidereus
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remanns
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noxidereus:
yepper..............+^d
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remanns
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the memeing of life CAN be rebellion !
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remanns
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remanns:
Dawkins would be proud to see his meme theme being thrown around a public forum I believe
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remanns
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circlesquared:
I think so as well. +^d
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