Nu vorbim, nimeni nu vorbește, de altfel, despre o doctrină teribilistă, cât despre evenimente ce s-au transformat în simboluri, fie că vrem, fie că nu și, de altfel, de care ar trebui să ținem cont. Când vine vorba de Gunpowder Plot, ar trebui să vă gândiți la dreptul vostru de om, de cetățean. Ar trebui să vă aduceți aminte că voi însemnați ceva în lumea asta, că vârful stă pe-o bază - această bază suntem noi - ca să ne servească. Dacă nu face asta, avem puterea s-o dărâmăm și să construim alta.
Pe 5 noiembrie 1605 Guy Fawkes, cel desemnat să mânuiască cele 36 de butoaie cu praf de pușcă, a fost descoperit sub Camera Lorzilor cu tot cu butoaie, în jur de miezul nopții. Ideea e foarte concretă: revoluționarii vroiau să bubuie întreaga clasă politică de atunci și s-o schimbe, dar nu s-a întâmplat. Însă noi, în calitate de oameni, trebuie să ținem cont de ce s-a întâmplat. Și nu, nu instig la violență, dar acest lucru s-ar fi putut întâmpla și s-ar putea întâmpla oricând, trebuie doar să știm că noi conducem, nu ei, că suntem oameni simpli din popor, dar putem fi și din topor.
Și ca să citez din filmul V for Vendetta, cel care a readus în rândul nostru aceste concepte, am să vă dau 3 minute din film. No spoiler, doar un discurs cât se poate de expresiv: la un click distanță. Aveți textul mai jos:
„Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine- the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, thereby those important events of the past usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, a celebration of a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence. Last night I destroyed the Old Bailey, to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you then I would suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot.”
După cum am spus în alte postări, filmul a inspirat organizația Anonymous. Dacă zvonurile sunt corecte, atunci Operațiunea Facebook va avea loc. Dacă va avea loc și va fi un succes, atunci va fi un lucru extrem de interesant.
