Guy Fawkes Symbol
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Another Guardian piece , makes some good points but also makes a questionable statement that anonymous is “a loose collective mainly of teenagers.” This may true; it might be reasonable to suggest this as it is likely that many teenagers are involved but there is no way to state as fact, as it is quite hard to characterize things like the age, gender, and background of participants on IRC, especially when there are thousands of folks logged on, some of them also being journalists, researchers, bots, and lets’ not forget the FBI, which are the subject of some of the best humor on the chat channels. But I do think it is safe to say that at least on IRC, Anonymous is composed of geeky types since they tend to know how to get on IRC whereas non-geeky types, have a bit of trouble doing so (for those that want to try, it is easy). But geeks come in all ages, not just tweens and teenagers.
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When members appear in public to protest censorship and what they view as corruption, they don a plastic mask of , the 17th-century Englishman who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Stark white, with blushed pink cheeks, a wide grin and a thin black mustache and goatee, the mask resonates with the hackers because it was worn by a rogue anarchist challenging an authoritarian government in “V for Vendetta,” the movie produced in 2006 by Warner Brothers. What few people seem to know, though, is that , one of the largest media companies in the world and parent of Warner Brothers, owns the rights to the image and is paid a licensing fee with the sale of each mask.An Anonymous protester wears a Guy Fawkes mask in Madrid earlier this month. Photograph: Mario Pereda/Demotix They call themselves " Anonymous ", and they are the world's most famous group of hacker-anarchists. When they have left the glow of their computers to protest in public – against anti-piracy laws, perhaps, or the imprisonment of Julian Assange – they have taken, very wisely, to wearing masks.
The irony of the Anonymous mask | Technology | The Guardian
The real meaning of the Guy Fawkes mask seen around the world is sophisticated, self-knowing and carnivalesque The skin is pallid, the cheeks touched with pink. The eyes are holes. And the smile is frozen, set forever, a fixed uncanny moustachioed grin above a devilish goatee beard. This is the face of protest in 2011. At Occupy demonstrations from Wall Street to St Paul's people choose to wear the same mask, an eerie phantom face of a diabolical musketeer, a cheerfully sinister underground d'Artagnan.
Occupy's V for Vendetta protest mask is a symbol of festive citizenship | Jonathan Jones | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
From Wall St to Athens and Occupy sit-ins worldwide, protesters are wearing masks inspired by V for Vendetta. Here, its author discusses why his avenging hero has such potency today The comic-book writer Alan Moore is not usually surprised when his creations find a life for themselves away from the printed page. Strips he penned in the 1980s and 90s have been fed through the Hollywood patty-maker, never to his great satisfaction, resulting in both critical hits and terrible flops; fads for T-shirts, badges and shouted slogans have emerged from characters and conceits he has dreamed up for titles such as Watchmen and From Hell.
Alan Moore – meet the man behind the protest mask | Books | The Observer
Today is Guy Fawkes Day. In Great Britain, Guy Fawkes Day — and its post-meridian counterpart, Bonfire Night — have been celebrated every Nov. 5 for centuries, since soon after Fawkes’ death in 1605. In the lead-up to today, a Guy Fawkes mask spawned by the 2006 movie “V for Vendetta” has become the accessory of choice at Occupy Wall Street and similar protests around the world. So who was Guy Fawkes, and how did he become a symbol of protesters more than 400 years after his death? Guy Fawkes was a Catholic who, spurred by religious persecution, led a plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament and bring down England’s Protestant monarchy.