Indeed, there were more than a few of those there. It's kinda funny, the Hong Kong protests were basically a real world sandbox for devising and testing countermeasures for riot police tactics. Masks for covid somewhere negated the need for the guy fawkes ones but most of the other lessons they learned showed up here.
Speaking of V for Vendetta have you read the graphic novel? The movie is okay but the book is much better, it's also something of an introductory primer to anarchism.
I haven't read the book now, but the movie was pretty good (I am a bit of a Natalie Portman fan to be honest) so I imagine the book would be good. You know, I never thought of reading it for some reason. I'm on it.
Just on a side note, I have seen Guy Fawke's lantern in person, at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford UK. It was pretty cool to be honest, you know, just to see something so mundane, but was a small part of something that has meant so much, all the way to now. I thought it was cool.
From the Ashmolean website: The lantern was given to the University of Oxford by Robert Heywood who had been a Proctor – an official responsible for ensuring the rules of the University are observed. His brother, Peter Heywood, had accompanied Sir Thomas Knyvett, Keeper of Whitehall Palace, in his fateful search of the cellars and is credited with taking the lantern from Guy Fawkes during the initial struggle and preventing him from detonating the gunpowder. The lantern seems to have been passed to Robert sometime after an assassination attempt in 1640 left Peter mortally wounded. Robert then passed the lantern to the University in 1641. For many years it was on display in the Bodleian Library’s Picture Gallery but was transferred to the Ashmolean in 1887 as part of a reorganisation of the University’s collections.
That is neat as hell. I always wondered why the Brits burned effigies of a guy who tried to blow up a bunch of aristocratic politicians...
I felt like the movie was a product of its time (the Bush years and the early days of the 'War on Terror') and that it was changed from the book to deemphasize the more radical aspects of the book. I still enjoyed the movie and have yet to find one with Natalie Portman that I didn't enjoy :)
Anyhow...Yeah it's a very cool story and shows how strongly a person can feel about government and injustice...And at least he acted...So many these days do not. Anyway, the old boy was done in, but that's ok, we can still learn from it.
By the way...Look what arrived today from bookdepository.com...Thanks for the recommendation.
Nice! I'm curious to know what you think of it after you've read it. My best friend is who got me to read it, we spent a good deal of time debating it afterwards.
Indeed, there were more than a few of those there. It's kinda funny, the Hong Kong protests were basically a real world sandbox for devising and testing countermeasures for riot police tactics. Masks for covid somewhere negated the need for the guy fawkes ones but most of the other lessons they learned showed up here.
Speaking of V for Vendetta have you read the graphic novel? The movie is okay but the book is much better, it's also something of an introductory primer to anarchism.
I haven't read the book now, but the movie was pretty good (I am a bit of a Natalie Portman fan to be honest) so I imagine the book would be good. You know, I never thought of reading it for some reason. I'm on it.
Just on a side note, I have seen Guy Fawke's lantern in person, at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford UK. It was pretty cool to be honest, you know, just to see something so mundane, but was a small part of something that has meant so much, all the way to now. I thought it was cool.
https://www.ashmolean.org/guy-fawkes-lantern
That is neat as hell. I always wondered why the Brits burned effigies of a guy who tried to blow up a bunch of aristocratic politicians...
I felt like the movie was a product of its time (the Bush years and the early days of the 'War on Terror') and that it was changed from the book to deemphasize the more radical aspects of the book. I still enjoyed the movie and have yet to find one with Natalie Portman that I didn't enjoy :)
I know right? Natalie Portman. ❤️
Anyhow...Yeah it's a very cool story and shows how strongly a person can feel about government and injustice...And at least he acted...So many these days do not. Anyway, the old boy was done in, but that's ok, we can still learn from it.
By the way...Look what arrived today from bookdepository.com...Thanks for the recommendation.
Nice! I'm curious to know what you think of it after you've read it. My best friend is who got me to read it, we spent a good deal of time debating it afterwards.
I'll be starting it tonight and will see how it goes. I'm interested to see the perspectives on the topic. I'll let you know.