Alan Moore on V For Vendetta and the Rise of Anonymous

Posted by samzenpus on Friday February 10, 2012 @03:22AM from the verily-this-vichyssoise-of-verbiage-veers-most-verbose dept.

First time accepted submitter tmcb writes in with a piece by Alan Moore about the influence his comic has had on the hacker group Anonymous. "On Saturday protests are planned across the world against Acta — the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The treaty has become the focus of activists associated with the Anonymous hacking network because of concerns that it could undermine internet privacy and aid censorship. First published in 1982, the comic series V for Vendetta charted a masked vigilante's attempt to bring down a fascist British government and its complicit media. Many of the demonstrators are expected to wear masks based on the book's central character. Ahead of the protests, the BBC asked V for Vendetta's writer, Alan Moore, for his thoughts on how his creation had become an inspiration and identity to Anonymous."

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Re:At Least... by Oyjord · 2012-02-10 04:22 · Score: 1, Troll

"Don't believe in a creator? That's fine, but understand this country was founded by Religous people and we will always be fighting to govern it, because we know our rights are provided by our Creator."

*sigh* /facepalm

Was the United States of Dumbfuckistan founded by Yahweh, Zeus, the FSM, Amaterasu, Marduk, or Odin?

Deism != Christian God
Re:At Least... by dcherryholmes · 2012-02-10 05:44 · Score: 1, Troll

Franklin was a Deist, and suggesting that Jefferson was a Christian in any meaningful sense is hilarious.