Date: March 27th, 2006 03:56 pm (UTC)From:idonotlikepeas
bradhicks had a good take on it. The character isn't so much glorifying terrorism as using it to prove a point. The government has said, basically, "give up your rights and we'll make sure terrorism will go away". So V says, "I'm going to perform this terrorist act and you all have a year of warning to prepare and stop me." And if he pulls it off, the government's promise is shown to be false; even after taking away civil rights, they can't manage to stop terrorism. Which means that they were unjustified in doing so, and lied to their people, and that those who were hauled away by jack-booted thugs to die in concentration camps died in vain.
(The book has a different take on it, of course. It's much more nuanced and interesting. Well, to me anyway.)
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Date: March 27th, 2006 03:56 pm (UTC)From:(The book has a different take on it, of course. It's much more nuanced and interesting. Well, to me anyway.)