I want to read 'V for Vendetta' written by Allan Moore, 'Just for Fun' by Linus Torvalds and Wikipedia.org.
V original - The comic series
This morning I got up at about 8 O'clock after a good six-hour sleep and opened the language centre at ten to nine before teaching two classes, then second of which ended before 12. Now I'm sleepily procrastinating and waiting for my friend to pick me up and take me to Port Dickson, where I will teach two more classes again finishing at 9pm. That's a twelve-hour day, and then I'm going along to see the new film, "2012" for which I'm not too expectant. I expect I would otherwise be dissapointed, and I expect to be wrong either way!
I will probably say my bit about it after I've seen it anyway... so all you readers... out there... stay tooned around @.@
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Written by choben at 02:05 PM.
I have found strength where one does not look for it: in simple, mild, and pleasant people, without the least desire to rule—and, conversely, the desire to rule has often appeared to me a sign of inward weakness: they fear their own slave soul and shroud it in a royal cloak (in the end, they still become the slaves of their followers, their fame, etc.) The powerful natures dominate, it is a necessity, they need not lift one finger. Even if, during their lifetime, they bury themselves in a garden house!
Nachlass, Friedrich Nietzsche
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_to_Power#Interpretation
...a favourite anarchist concept
I started watching 'V for Vendetta' last night for the first time in a while, and it inspired me to compile a little scrapbook here of things that interest me from wikipedia.org...
V for Vendetta deals with issues of race, homosexuality, religion, totalitarianism, and terrorism. Its controversial story line and themes have, inevitably, made it the target of both criticism and praise from sociopolitical groups.
Several anarchist groups have rejected the film, while others have used it as a means to promote anarchism as a political philosophy. On April 17, 2006 the New York Metro Alliance of Anarchists protested DC Comics and Time Warner, accusing it of watering down the story’s original message in favour of violence and special effects.[48][49] David Graeber, an anarchist scholar and former professor at Yale University, was not upset by the film. "I thought the message of anarchy got out in spite of Hollywood." However, Graeber went on to state: "Anarchy is about creating communities and democratic decision making. That’s what is absent from Hollywood’s interpretation.
While the film may lack acceptance by some anarchists, it has brought renewed interest to Alan Moore's original story, as sales of the original graphic novel rose dramatically in the United States."[48]
I think I want a copy now!
V - "V" in the film 'V for Vendetta'
Written by choben at 05:56 PM.
