Tomada de una historieta inglesa surgida e inspirada en la época
de la 'Iron Maiden' británica, V for Vendetta abre la posibilidad
de volver a creer en nosotros mismos tanto como especie, como
sociedad.
Gracias a esta
maravilla que es el YouTube, me premito mostrarles este par de
segmentos de la que se ha convertido en una de mis películas
favoritas (V for Vendetta, V de Venganza, en español).
A más de considerarme fan de los Wachwoski, debo decir
que las líneas de este par de discursos, representan verdaderas
piezas de poética, compromiso y autencidad.
Se los dejo. ya me dirán qué opinan. incluyo el
discurso abajo.
Good evening London. Allow me first to apologize for this intrusion.
I do, like many of you, appreciate the comfort 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 commemeration
and therby those important events of the past usually associated
with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle.
A celebration of 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. Why? Because while
the truncheon may be used in leiu of conversation, words will
always retain their power. Words are the means to meaning and
for those who will listen the announciation of truth. And the
truth is; there is something terribly wrong with this country
isn't that? 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 surveilliance
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 obidient
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 400 years ago a great citizen wished
to embed 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've seen
nothing. If the crimes of this government remain unknown to
you, than 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 will give them a 5th of November that shall
never ever, be forgotten!
Creedy: It's time to have a look on your face. Take off your
mask.
V: No
Creedy: Defying to the end. But you won't cry like him will
you? You're not afraid of death, you're like me.
V: The only thing that you and I have in common, Mr. Creedy,
is we are both about to die.
Creedy: How do you imagine that's going to happen?
V: With my hands around your neck.
Creedy: Bollucks. Watch you going to do, huh? We've swept this
place, you've got nothing, nothing but your bloody knives and
your fancy karate gimmicks. We have guns.
V: No, what you have are bullets, and the hope that when your
guns are empty, I am no longer standing, because if I am, you'll
all be dead before you've it reloaded.
Creedy: That's impossible. Kill him!
...
V: My turn.
...
Creedy: Die!... Die!..
V: Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this
mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof.