I can agree that the line between terrorist/insurgent and freedom fighter can be a fuzzy one, but the American Founding Fathers did not try to blow up any English buildings or commit mass murder, at least not before actually going to war. For the most part the American Founding Fatherss were grossly disrespectful at best. Throwing snowballs at British soldiers, and throwing cargo into the Boston Harbor is more annoying than "terrifying."
Claiming to be "aware" through some video and actually being it are two different things...I actually agree with you and share similar interests with you going by some of your past posts so I don't want to be on bad terms, Its just the V/Fawkes mask thing irks me...like people are so simplistic they saw that movie and said "hey, we should totally protest while wearin those masks from that movie...cool"
This was my point. Personally I think Fawkes and his actions make him a terrorist, or an insurgent at the very least. The real point is that there are way better people throughout history to use as a symbol for a just revolution. I agree the post that @Battlepig made, and I would also say I don't think throwing up a bunch of YouTube videos without proper explanation and support isn't effective.
@turoksonofstone: Okay, I can see where that "Guy Fawkes was a Catholic terrorist" comment might have rubbed you the wrong way. I doubt we'll come to terms on that, so i'll just let it go.
You still have not presented your viewpoint in a clear fashion, beyond "rebel!" So please what are you rebelling for/against?
You keep posting these videos and making these threads, but I can't tell where you're going. Anti-Free-Market? Anti-Government? Anti-Socialism? Anti-Multiculturalism? Anti-Uniculturalism? You want wealth redistribution perhaps? You've been listening to John Lannon and only John Lennon for far too long? Just read a book on Marxism? You're a hippie? You're a want to kill hippies?
I can't help but say that I feel that many countries in the world, including America, are not like the Police State government found in the movie V for Vendetta. Do not mistake simple police brutality as a government suppression. We are free to vote, and we do govern ourselves with a Democratic Republic.
On a side note, V was justified in the film V for Vendetta, however the original Guy Fawkes was no grand revolutionary fighting for the individual, he was a Catholic terrorist!
@turoksonofstone: The problem that I have with a lot of these protesters that they don't want actual freedom and power for themselves, and the truly sad part is that I think a lot of them DON'T know that. They're want a stronger, more socialist government that will have more control over corporations. I am beside them in wanting the corporations to give us our money back but they need to understand 2 things: 1. Hindering the free-market won't help our downed economy, and 2. If they want to change the power ballance they need to take a serious look at who would be getting that power. Not doing so leads to Adolf Hitlers and Julius Caesars.
It is the fault of the people for depending on either a socialism or capitalism. There is a third option, and that is self-reliance. To say, "no thank you," to the government and it's socialist hand-outs, and "no thank you" to the free-market's producer-consumer relationship. We can choose to not rely on them, but we opt for complexity. In exchange for the simplicity of self-reliance we do get truly wonderful things in life that we could never get on our by ourselves. However, if either socialism or capitalism gets too much of a grasp on our freedom we must show them that we don't need them, and that we the people have the power to control our own lives!
@baron2011: It was satire, but there was a specific point in time where Prime did nothing but sit in his basement, read the internet, and get fat. We would restrict Prime to just that point in time for the sake of silliness to deprive him of useful feats. Sort of like picking out and restricting Parallax to just its Blackest Night feats (or lack thereof).**
To sum up my original post: why would you do that**?
Kyle with ION is a lot smarter than Yat with ION; maybe a little less durable, but Kyle won't be going in close to brawl Prime either.
While Parallax doesn't have much for feats during Blackest Night, Hal is still experienced with Parallax, and should be formidable if he gets some additional common sense feats. Unless of course Supermandefender wants ONLY the feats exhibited in the Blackest Night. (In which case I would question his motives about making a battle with those rules. If you're going to do that we should make it fair by using the Post-Crisis Prime that doesn't do anything besides sit in his basement and get fat.)
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