Comments on: V Vs Scientology

By: Kaleb

Kaleb — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:17:40 +0000

Haha, well said Joe. :D Any “religion” that allows its members to harass people who exercise their democratic rights clearly has some explaining to do.

But enough of that – I do believe, aside from whatever the protest of this article was about, that the V mask as a protesting symbol would be quite striking. It might make quite a good tradition for political protests. Like a dress-code of sorts.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:08:42 +0000

Well thanks for that, Lincoln, a deep and well reasoned defence of Scientology :-) And as for ‘publishing crap’ as you so eloquently put it, how is reporting of a legitimate event being mentioned in the worldwide media ‘publishing crap. And as for ‘criminals’ – when did the freedom to peacefully protest in a democratic society become a criminal offence?

By: Lincoln

Lincoln — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:00:06 +0000

Scientology is great and they just don’t get it. Time mag. lost millions in a liable suit in 1993 for publishing crap as above. Hiding behind masks is perfect for criminals, eh?

By: The Forrener

The Forrener — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:33:09 +0000

This has happened several times in Birmingham, England – where all the protestors (mostly students I guess) wore ‘V’ masks.

It wasn’t until I saw the movie on HD DVD that I realised what the point was, so I bought my own mask, you never know when you might need one these days… :O)

The Forrener

By: efg

efg — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:05:07 +0000

[spoiler] anons use of the masks has little to do with the movie/comic.[/spoiler]

By: Skeptobot

Skeptobot — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:08:46 +0000

Incidentally. I was in FP in London, during the gap in the protests as I went to try and pick up some V masks. There was 2 Scientologists their with cameras looking for people trying to do that who followed us out and down the street.

Creepy.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:40:54 +0000

You may be right about many of them not having seen the film or read the book, but politicians have to be media savvy and if they saw a sea of faces with the same mask it wouldn’t take them long to find out where that image had been appropriated from and from there achieve some understanding that it was an additional sign of the protest power of citizens. And one thing that frightens politicians is not just a mass of citizens telling them they are wrong (and therefore possibly out of their jobs at the next election), its an eye-catching, visually attractive protest which is likely to draw the media to cover it, because then it is harder for them to ignore what’s being said.

By: Hyphen

Hyphen — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:10:44 +0000

“Wouldn’t that scare the life out of the politicians and other large organisations?” What? Why? I can’t imagine many of them have read the comic or seen the film.