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72. Yeah it's only alluded to in the first one
Sat Jan 19, 2013, 02:25 PM
Jan 2013

They gave jack the brand that lets the Commodore recognize him.

Moore himself is troubled by that Recursion Jan 2013 #1
What franchise is that? Marr Jan 2013 #65
Pirates of the Caribbean Recursion Jan 2013 #66
Ah, I never saw the ones with the East India Company. Marr Jan 2013 #71
Yeah it's only alluded to in the first one Recursion Jan 2013 #72
The third film has the greatest negotiation scene. Leopolds Ghost Jan 2013 #106
Let me help you with that MattBaggins Jan 2013 #69
You mean "Vendetta". Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #2
Even if choice A and choice B.. sendero Jan 2013 #31
Politicians work for what gets them elected Chathamization Jan 2013 #59
I vacillate... sendero Jan 2013 #70
Apathy's a problem Chathamization Jan 2013 #76
Except when "the people" include corporations. krispos42 Jan 2013 #34
Because of the perception theKed Jan 2013 #49
Wasn't the building filled with bad guys? nt MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #3
Well, bad only if you're Catholic Marengo Jan 2013 #40
I think the OP was referring to the movie MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #42
Random thought I had yesterday: XemaSab Jan 2013 #4
One quibble riqster Jan 2013 #32
Which makes the film even more like Fight Club XemaSab Jan 2013 #82
I agree... Dr Hobbitstein Jan 2013 #5
Uh, anarchists punks are not right wingers.., a la izquierda Jan 2013 #75
Anarchists punks Dr Hobbitstein Jan 2013 #92
Reread the Declaration of Independence. Our country was founded on treason and anarchy. rhett o rick Jan 2013 #6
So President Obama did not win two democratic elections? Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #9
Bringing up the "debates" to provide evidence of legitimacy is indicative of missing the point TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #78
Obama was chosen well before the elections Leopolds Ghost Jan 2013 #81
Sorry to be the one to break it to you. By-the-way look up the definition of rhett o rick Jan 2013 #94
It was hardly anarchy frazzled Jan 2013 #14
Exactly--the colonists really did try to reason with the crown. King George put his boot up their MADem Jan 2013 #24
Well, he seemed pretty fond of the conquired Quebecois Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2013 #83
That's something of a simplification. Both sides misunderstood what the other was aiming at.... Moonwalk Jan 2013 #103
Common misconception tama Jan 2013 #27
I think perhaps the misconception is yours frazzled Jan 2013 #41
There were plenty of radicals at the time of the American Revolution. They didn't win the debate Leopolds Ghost Jan 2013 #85
Huh? frazzled Jan 2013 #93
I don't think you quite grok the intent of the mask. Leopolds Ghost Jan 2013 #101
The colonists were British subjects and even some of the representatives at the Continental Congress rhett o rick Jan 2013 #57
Organized armed revolt is not the same as anarchism frazzled Jan 2013 #64
I stand corrected. I check the internets and see what you are saying. rhett o rick Jan 2013 #99
Thanks for the thanks! frazzled Jan 2013 #100
Shhh, dont spread it around. Not sure it's legal. nm rhett o rick Jan 2013 #102
Do you understand the meaning of anarchy? enlightenment Jan 2013 #52
Yes I think I do rhett o rick Jan 2013 #61
That's true, but your avatar blew up Indochina DerekG Jan 2013 #7
I proudly wear my avitar to remember the actual good that was done in America. graham4anything Jan 2013 #26
Well, I guess it was a good thing to be an American under LbJ... a la izquierda Jan 2013 #73
Wasn't good to be anyone in the way of V who was in Big Ben at the time graham4anything Jan 2013 #110
Interesting thoughts... I will say this Leopolds Ghost Jan 2013 #105
At least get the movie's title right. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #8
Fawkes wanted to make it illegal to be a Protestant Recursion Jan 2013 #11
The creation and use of symbols doesn't always make sense. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #12
I don't think V was very much of a villain hfojvt Jan 2013 #15
He was very much an anti-hero, and at times, he was incredibly cruel. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #16
so it's his fault that the cops will shoot somebody who is not threatening them? hfojvt Jan 2013 #18
V knew perfectly well the cops were looking for a guy in a black cloak and a Guy Fawkes mask. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #68
what did he do to Evey? hfojvt Jan 2013 #74
Ah, then the scalding with hot steam must have been good clean fun... backscatter712 Jan 2013 #112
This message was self-deleted by its author backscatter712 Jan 2013 #62
I think the guy ordering the troops to stand down was likely following protocol Hippo_Tron Jan 2013 #97
why does he seem like a villain? he was an ordinary soldier, & as such, unlikely to have been HiPointDem Jan 2013 #115
Because there are a hell of a lot of angry people on both sides of the political spectrum. randome Jan 2013 #10
I don't see many people "idolizing" it Scootaloo Jan 2013 #13
I don't appreciate being likened to those monsters... Comrade_McKenzie Jan 2013 #17
If you're going to get your panties in a knot over a COMIC BOOK Matariki Jan 2013 #19
you mean . . . Batman and Superman are fictional?!? That hurts. ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2013 #54
Where is the anarchy? hfojvt Jan 2013 #20
except for one chemistry grad student and a few unimportant janitors you are saying??? graham4anything Jan 2013 #25
I work as a janitor myself hfojvt Jan 2013 #39
Alan Moore is anarchist tama Jan 2013 #28
maybe Chevy Chase is too hfojvt Jan 2013 #43
You are free tama Jan 2013 #44
actually, not really hfojvt Jan 2013 #46
What makes art art tama Jan 2013 #48
to me that sounds like hfojvt Jan 2013 #58
To me that sounds tama Jan 2013 #67
dialogue would involve hfojvt Jan 2013 #116
No intention to attack, quite the opposite tama Jan 2013 #119
In the film - which is what most people know intaglio Jan 2013 #21
Wow, can you get anymore apples to oranges with a post? Rex Jan 2013 #22
Because V was fighting what was basically, a neo-Nazi government. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #23
The American Revolution was not very Democratic either stultusporcos Jan 2013 #29
Oh, but that was a GOOD revolution! So many are BAD (Cuba, e.g.)! *sarcasm* WinkyDink Jan 2013 #47
and what of China? ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2013 #55
Anarchy is democracy tama Jan 2013 #30
anarchy is NOT the democratic party, which this particular site is graham4anything Jan 2013 #33
Do you have problem tama Jan 2013 #35
You simply don't understand what anarchy is all about Harmony Blue Jan 2013 #36
There has been a meme floated about lately...... socialist_n_TN Jan 2013 #50
BTW, there's a pretty good discussion in the Socialist Progressives group....... socialist_n_TN Jan 2013 #51
anarchy on either side is not the democratic way. It is anarchy graham4anything Jan 2013 #84
Precisely the opposite problem. What the ancient Greeks called democracy is now labeled anarchy Leopolds Ghost Jan 2013 #90
We don't live in ancient greece though. And the founders did not set up one person/one vote graham4anything Jan 2013 #108
Blowing up buildings is not anarchism, that was a right wing theocrat Leopolds Ghost Jan 2013 #125
Libertarians are NOT anarchists Downtown Hound Jan 2013 #98
LBJ was infinitely more liberal than Obama. n/t Leopolds Ghost Jan 2013 #86
This site is not the democratic party. redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #91
this particular site is not the democratic party n/t fishwax Jan 2013 #111
I Dunno---Maybe Because It Was Just A Fucking Movie? Paladin Jan 2013 #37
Based on a well respected graphic novel Leopolds Ghost Jan 2013 #88
The book is brilliant Nevernose Jan 2013 #38
I think someone is metaphorically challenged. marmar Jan 2013 #45
Ya think? Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #114
I've never seen the movie or read the book, but I'm tired of seeing those masks everywhere n/t arcane1 Jan 2013 #53
Well, institutional democracy is one form... Deep13 Jan 2013 #56
..... obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #60
Immediate gratification, instead of disciplined and work-wo/manly commitment to change of the patrice Jan 2013 #63
Within the context of the movie, what the hell else was to be done? TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #107
What are you talking about? tama Jan 2013 #120
Thanks for the timely post. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #77
v is an anti-hero part of a long tradition in superhero comic books Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #79
suttler is bush; creedy is cheney and dwp6577 Jan 2013 #80
It's like when the Rebel Alliance blew up the Death Star in Star Wars. limpyhobbler Jan 2013 #87
Using violence against tyranny is justified. Using violence against a democracy isn't. redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #89
that sounds like the NRA simplicity. graham4anything Jan 2013 #109
Words have meanings. redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #118
sheesh, complain, complain, yet you are free/open to write on a board google searched worldwide graham4anything Jan 2013 #121
Point to where I said that the USA is a tyranny? redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #123
Don't vote for Jeb Bush and it never will. Don't vote 3rd party and it never will. graham4anything Jan 2013 #124
US tama Jan 2013 #122
That is easy to answer. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #95
It wasn't very democratic for the American colonists Downtown Hound Jan 2013 #96
Thank you for pointing this out(+1) Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #117
Here's some interesting Guy Fawkes Day poems from the era before Guy Fawkes became "safe" Leopolds Ghost Jan 2013 #104
Our founding fathers were at one time traitors davidn3600 Jan 2013 #113
I would... deathrind Jan 2013 #126
Sometimes the only viable solution is to blow shit up. bowens43 Jan 2013 #127
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