Today is Guy Fawkes Day. When I noticed the Occupy Wallstreet (OWS) hippies started wearing "Guy Fawkes" masks, I had to look him up on Wikipedia. The masks are actually from the graphic novel, V for Vendetta, which was made into a movie back in 2006.
How did a 17th Century traitor and 20th Century graphic novel become symbols of OWS?
Edward Lovett explains in this article on the ABC News Blog.
(Image: from the movie V for Vendetta).
The rest of us non-V-mask-wearers are both dismayed and delighted by irony of the corporate sponsorship of this "anti-capitalism" movement. Mark Steyn, however, points out, this unholy alliance is directed against the most productive portions of society. From the OC Register.
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