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Anon: What makes this movement different from the rest is that the internet puts us on a level playing field with the government and corporations. Hopefully it’ll create a situation where the government is afraid of its citizens and not the other way around.Are the government afraid of that already?
Well, they’re definitely cautious or they wouldn’t have the police out.Why does the V for Vendetta mask come into it?
Anonymous started as a joke and on forums we would joke about V for Vendetta masks. Then the first non-internet thing we did was to protest against Scientology, which has a history of following its critics and doing nasty things to people who say bad stuff about it, so we had to mask up and we chose the V for Vendetta mask.
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But it does kind of symbolise what Anonymous thinks it is – that last scene when they blow up Parliament.Do you think you could actually blow up Parliament?
Probably not, no.But do you think Anonymous could lead to a genuine revolution?
I see it getting further towards change than anyone else has.Don't you think it’s a bit problematic having the symbolism of a movement for radical social change based on a comic book that turned into a Hollywood film?
Erm, nah. It started as a joke. None of us thought it would get this far.

Ben: I’m here to show my opposition to social injustice, so the Guy Fawkes mask is a bit problematic. Guy Fawkes wanted to blow up Parliament because it was controlled by Protestants and he was Catholic. It was obviously very wrong that he was being persecuted for that, but he wanted to reinstate the power of the Pope over England, which was also very wrong.Oh yeah, good point!

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