Comments by "Seven Proxies" (@sevenproxies4255) on "Analyzing Evil: V For Vendetta" video.

One thing I like to keep in mind is that V in the graphic novel is more morally ambigous of a character, while in the movie he's portrayed as being a charming man in pursuit of righteous revenge. I like the movie, but I think the novel did a better job at posing implicit questions about V's morality and the morality of his actions. When V is done right, people would argue over whether he's a radical activist with a righteous cause or a lunatic terrorist.
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What V doesn't understand is that the anarchy he wishes to bring about is basically the state of being that the UK was in before Norsefire took over. Gangs with guns fighting for supremacy and limited resources. He has a naive and idealized view (like many anarchists) that if no government is present, people will just sing, dance and find a way to get along voluntarily. But that has never happened at any point during the course of human history.
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@djinnxx7050 The difference is that the movie clumbsily painted V in an overtly positive light with zero moral ambiguity to his character. The comic book did not.
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@djinnxx7050 So you haven't even read the comic, and you come here trying to argue against someone who has? Why should anyone bother with your commentary then? 🤔
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@djinnxx7050 Also the rest of your post is kind of inconsequential to mine. I'm not here to debate your political theory.
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@djinnxx7050 Dude you responded to MY original post. A post where I started a discussion comparing the comic book version and the film version of the character. And now you think you can change the parameters of the discussion by claiming that it's only the film version of the character being discussed without anyone noticing? 😆 The fact that i'm better than you is self evident and not because I read the comic book. 🙄
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@djinnxx7050 No but it makes your view of the character less relevant since you only have 50 percent of the knowledge about it's portrayal.
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@mattgilbert7347 Well, people throw around words like "fascist", "racist', "nazi" way too casually these days so I just assume by default that whenever a person use any of these words online in derision of what someone else has posted, they'll probably call me the same thing. Because in this day and age, everything is apparently fascist, racist and white supremacist.
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@malbasedvalentine3210 I think Alan Moore can be taken seriously, even though I'm an opponent to his views. Taking something seriously isn't the same as agreeing with it in my view. It's about trying to learn something from different perspectives, even the ones you disagree with.
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@djinnxx7050 He does worse in the comic book. The movie ends up justifying his abdudction and imprisonment of Evey a lot more.
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@Somebodyherefornow A government without a state is an oxymoron. Please understand that.
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 @mattgilbert7347 You'd probably call me a fascist too. But I recommend the comic book. And I enjoyed it more than the film.
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@mattgilbert7347 Because I oppose left wing ideology and what you'd probably call "social justice". I am also opposed to immigration and taking on refugees and allowing the lgbt lobby to subject children to their propaganda. I also believe that crime ridden minority groups in society should be dealt with through harsher policing and sentencing and not useless and ineffectual "community outreach" programs.
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I think it's a bad idea to have immature students read it as part of the curriculum. Smells of political indoctrination to me.
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@heavens_best1905 Anarchy is also a state of being where no government or higher authority is present. And there are ZERO guarantees that the people existing within a state of anarchy would adhere to any principles or even morals at all. It's dog eat dog, until someone manage to find a bigger stick and beat everyone else into submission and obedience.
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nm7358 Wait... There is a NON-twisted form of O'Brien? 🤔
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