Remember, Remember

Remember, Remember the 5th of November.
The gunpowder treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.

I just saw V for Vendetta this past weekend, and I must say, it was one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. Basically, its 2020 and England is being run by a Fascist, totalitarian government. The anti-hero, V, uses terroristic tatics against the government (just like the government used terror to control its people) to start a revolution. I would go into more detail why I enjoyed this movie so much, but we can talk about that later. Anyways, after watching the movie, it made me wonder why Fascism or dictatorships rarely work out.

One explanation I could come up with was the fact that nobody likes to be treated as inferiors. Sure, they are the government, sure there needs to be rules so all chaos doesn't break loose, but when your goverment starts treating you like a kid, that's when people get angry. Nobody wants to have a curfew, nobody wants to be told how they can dress, or what to believe in. It seems as if there is a loss of uniqueness, no progress can be made because innovation is limited by the oppresive government. That is why V wears that silly (yet a little creepy) "scream" looking mask. He symbolizes individualism, freedom, uniqueness, etc. This is also why millions of people went to see the Parliament house blow up in those masks, then after it was blown up, everybody took off their mask to reveal their indivuduality.

So deep...

But V is a terrorist for crying out loud. He blows up 2 of London's most famous buildings! But is a government who controls its people through fear morally more correct? In a world ruled by violence, why not use violence to overcome it? Wasn't the Boston Tea Party an act of terrorism? When does terrorism become heroism?

V for Vietnam!

New topic...

Let's take a trip down memory lane, back to a blog I wrote on December 31st, 2005, where I vowed to stop relying on my blog so much to get a point across. Well, its been hard for me, but I think its a good thing that people don't find out that I'm angry through my blogs. I used to think that maybe people would get the idea if they read what I felt, but I'm starting to realize that people really need to hear what I have to say. I guess it helps them out more. I guess it helps me out too, so I have instant feedback of what they were thinking.

So yeah...this blog will probably be less ranting, and more of other stuff. Probably more ranting though :)

Randomness

EDIT: 3/12/06 2:22 am
I will never truely understand the logic and reasoning behind the actions of others. All I know is that I have to acknowledge that some people do not think like me. However, in a way they do kind of think like me because they feel as if they're action is the right way to do things. And who am I to tell them what is right and what is wrong?

From now on, I'm not going to concern myself with how others act. I'm just going to focus on what I do. I'm tired of getting pissed off and feeling embarassed by another person's actions. This also means that I'm going to stop relying so much on other people. Why should what I want to do be affected by someone else?

Basically what this means is, I'm not going to wait around for other people to decide how my night is going to go. I will decide how my night goes. And if I can't get a hold of who someone when I make my plans, they just won't be in them, even if we've made "plans" a week in advance, because what you told me a week ago means nothing to me because things change.

And I'm not a spontaneous type of person. Don't call me up 30 minutes before and tell me your plans and expect me to change mine.

Sounds like a rant now...but I thought I'd get that off my chest. I'll save the rest of what I have to say for a formal rant in a future post.

In something completely unrelated...

I did manage to finish my program before it was due. Spent about 24 of my 72 hours last weekend programming to get it finished, but it sure did feel good to finish. Before I had this jubilation when I finished a program, now I'm just glad its over. I still hate programming. But I was correct, all thoughts about auditing the class and dropping the major all went out the window.

Hooray for another program due in 3 weeks!

And another random thought...

What is love? (Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more.)
But seriously, what is it? The word seems to be tossed around so much that I don't think people actually know what it means anymore. I mean, is there any difference between the "love" between two people and the "love" one has for basketball or football? What about the "love" for Italian food as opposed to the "love" of a movie?

It's much too late to go into any more detail...