Rush right out to your local Tesco, Superstore, or WalMart (okay, maybe not WalMart. Target) and stock up on V masks, wigs, and devilishly sexy cloaks in time for the big V rally in Washington this Tuesday, November 14th. Hat optional.
quarsan dropped this in a comment on Guido‘s site; it seems that V has visited the White House. Not only the White House, in fact, but several other important sites including the Department of Justice, and brought along a cameraman to document the whole, lamentably fireworks-free yet historic event.
And what did the masked man encounter? A round dozen security personnel everywhere he went, virtually all of whom were supportive and polite. Whodathunkit? Then again, it’s a New Day in America, Rumsfeld is on pogey, Britney is getting divorced, and the Democrats have arisen after spending their last several Midterms in darkness.
Anything could happen. This is what did:
“V” Meets The Secret Service
Accepted As The Vox PopuliOn Monday, November 6, 2006, “V” visited security check points at the White House, the main Treasury, IRS and Justice Department Buildings and the Capitol. “V’s” purpose was to deliver the People’s Petitions for Redress of Grievances relating to the Government’s violations of the war powers, tax, privacy and money clauses of the Constitution, and to inform key Government officials that at least 100 more “Vs” would be at their doorstep on November 14th expecting a response to the Petitions.
At the White House about a dozen Secret Service agents appeared on foot, bicycles and car to meet “V.” While virtuously assuring the security of the state, they were curious about the image of “V” and asked many questions. Most, when asked if they had seen the movie “V for Vendetta”, smiled their approval.
When an agent asked if “V” would remove his mask for identification purposes, “V” explained that would defeat the very purpose of the mask, which was to give expression to the fact that the nation was becoming a police state, that too many people were becoming afraid to be identified as dissenters or protestors, and that this was not in the long term interest of a free people. The agents accepted the veracity of “V’s” message and refrained from veering “V” from his vanguard visit as the vox populi.
Bestill my foolish heart! I’m a sucker for a politically active anarchist who’s a whiz with alliteration.
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So all well and good. I particularly like the secret service guys who accept the statement of the potential terrorist (I do mean protester, I’m just trying to speak their language).
It actually gives me hope for the eloquent.
Anyway, Basically I think they missed a beat by not doing it on the 5th of November. Just a thought.
Still..you gotta love that mask.
Interesting–why d’you think they didn’t simply show up on the 5th–all 100-plus of them?
Perhaps they feel the advance notice is likely to lead to fewer of them getting shot by nervous Fatherland Insanity types?
I’ve organized things like this and there are probably two reasons: 1, they thought they’d get arrested with the tension leading up to the election, 2 they didn’t organize it in time. With the presentation of the petition, there has to be time for the government to mull it over, so there were always going to be two dates. Also, come to think of it, the 5th was Sunday and everything would have been closed.
I was surprised people were as accomodating as they were. I really thought he’d be arrested.