Last weekend I saw “V for Vendetta”. I’m a little late in mentioning on my blog.

First I suggest everyone see it, specially if you are living in America. A fantastic movie that helped me to see even more clearly how dangerous the fear that the Bush Administration falsely creates is.

The movie is set in the near future, where the United States is referred to as the “Former US” because we are in civil war (which is not far fetched). Great Britain has turned into a totalitarian regime and the main character “V” has plans for a quickly restoring freedom to the people of Great Britain.

Quotes from the movie I thought were great!

1. Creedy: We've swept this place. All you've got are your knives and your silly karate thing. We've got guns.
   V: No, what you've got are bullets, and the hope that when your guns are empty of them I will no longer be standing, because if I am then you will all be dead before you can reload.
   


2. Evey Hammond: Who are you?
   V: "Who?" "Who" is but the form following the function of "what", and *what* I am is a man in a mask.
   Evey Hammond: Well I can see that!
   V: Of course you can. I'm not questioning your powers of observation, I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.
   Evey Hammond: [short pause] Oh... right.
   


3. V: People should not be afraid of their governments, governments should be afraid of their people.
   


4. V: Fear became the ultimate tool of this government.
   


5. Finch: If our own government was responsible for the deaths of a hundred thousand people... would you really want to know?
   
   ( This last one I heard in the movie, but can’t remember it word for word and can’t find it online. )
   


6. V: Artists tell lies to show us the truth, governments lie to hide the truth from us.