Now symbols can be strong, the more they are being shown the stronger they become.
With this strength they can spread an idea, a philosophy.
And by spreading the idea, they become even more powerful.
That way the circle of symbols goes round.

Now there have been a lot of masks over time, all a symbols of their own philosophy.
Many people have been wearing these symbols to empower them.
The philosophy under a mask is never that of just one individual,
not in showing it, nor in creating and maintaining it.

The Guy Fawkes mask has gained quite some strength as a symbol the last few years.
Guy Fawkes had to fight the religious surpression in the UK, 400yrs later it still exists in this world.
Now I am not religious, but I do believe one should be able to believe as one feels comfortable.
And it’s great to realise that the Guy Fawkes mask is worn by people from different religious backgrounds.

With V for Vendetta the philosophy has grown to a broader political perspective.
Our governments are requesting our silent obedience and approval to matters we havent agreed on.
They use the fear there is nowadays to introduce more and more privacy intrusive regulations.
Yet they fail to be completely transparant about what is being discussed and decided.

Now more recently it has shown that banks and big capitalistic companies arent much better.
We have trusted them with our money and they have been giving it out to their directors with fancy bonusses.
But they have been building a ‘Jenga’ tower, secretly putting some blocks in their own pockets and faking this economic growth.
Now the economy is about to collapse, they wont take responsibility, making the taxpayers fill in the missing blocks.

This has brought us to a situation where 1% of our population that cheated has got everything.
But the other 99% is forced to pay for their lies and deception thru taxes.
Still being forced to pay ridiculous amounts of interest on their mortages, while the interests on their debet accounts are being cut back.
And our governments refuse to take proper action to stop their dirty tricks.

So what’s under the mask? Under the mask is an individual with an idea, a philosophy:

1. One should not be judged by his nationality, racial or religious background.
2. Freedom of speech and free access to information shouldnt be a privilege, but a fundemental right, Every person should be granted the privacy to use these fundamental rights.
3. 1% of the population shouldnt be more important then 99% in a democratic system.
4. People that cheat with ‘Jenga’ should give back the blocks and not be allowed to ever play the game again

11-11-11 there will be the Night of A Thousand Masks, where you can empower the mask,
Where you can empower the symbol, the idea and the philosophy. But also help shaping and maintaining it.
So if you think nothing has to change, go ahead and watch another talentshow sponsored by the capitalistic companies.
But if you have just the slightest desire to make a change, put on your mask on 11-11-11.

Allow me first to apologize for this interruption.
I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of the everyday routine, the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition.
I enjoy them as much as any bloke.
But in the spirit of commemoration – whereby those important events of the past, usually associated with someone’s death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, are celebrated with a nice holiday – I thought we could mark this November the fifth, 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 who are 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 that 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!

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