{"id":1346,"date":"2009-06-04T11:27:44","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T03:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.84tt.cn\/blog\/?p=1346"},"modified":"2011-11-05T23:19:24","modified_gmt":"2011-11-05T15:19:24","slug":"reading-comprehension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.84tt.com\/blog\/?p=1346","title":{"rendered":"Reading Comprehension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1347\" title=\"V for Vendetta\" src=\"https:\/\/www.84tt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/20090604-1.jpg\" alt=\"V for Vendetta\" width=\"400\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.84tt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/20090604-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.84tt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/20090604-1-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Good evening London,<\/p>\n<p>Allow me first to apologize. 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 important events of the past usually associated with someone\u2019s death or the end of some awful, bloody struggle are celebrated with a nice holiday. I thought we could mark this November the 5th 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.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019t it there?<\/p>\n<p>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 system of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting submission.How did this happen? Who\u2019s to blame? Certainly there are those who are more responsible than others. And they will be held accountable. But again, truth be told, if you\u2019re looking for the guilty you need only look into a mirror.<\/p>\n<p>I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n<p>Last night, I sought to end that silence. Last night, I destroyed the Old Bailey to remind this country of what it has forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>More than 400 years ago, a great citizen wished to imbed the 5th 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\u2019ve seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you, then I would suggest that you allow the 5th 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 5th of November that shall never ever be forgot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1348\" title=\"V for Vendetta\" src=\"https:\/\/www.84tt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/20090604-2.jpg\" alt=\"V for Vendetta\" width=\"400\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.84tt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/20090604-2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.84tt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/20090604-2-300x126.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.douban.com\/subject\/1309046\/\">V for Vendetta<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"http:\/\/herock.net\/2009\/06\/today.html\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flymod.com\/weblog\/article.asp?id=154\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/milkpig.ycool.com\/post.3336090.html\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/amofirenze.blogbus.com\/logs\/40452675.html\">4<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening London, Allow me first to apologize. I do, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[308],"class_list":["post-1346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","tag-v-for-vendetta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.84tt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.84tt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.84tt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.84tt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.84tt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.84tt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.84tt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.84tt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.84tt.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}