Remember remember

Remember remember
The 5th of November
The gunpowder, treason and plot.

I know no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot

But what of the man? I know his name was Guy Fawkes, and I know that, in 1605, he attempted to blow up the houses of Parliament. But who was he really? What was he like? We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught. He can be killed and forgotten. But four hundred years later an idea can still change the world. I've witnessed firsthand the power of ideas. I've seen people kill in the name of them; and die defending them. But you cannot touch an idea, cannot hold it or kiss it. An idea does not bleed, it cannot feel pain, and it does not love. And it is not an idea that I miss, it is a man. A man who made me remember the fifth of November. A man I will never forget.

今年 VIIV 那天，我请假躺在床上睡了一整天。晚上跑完步，把这部片子温习了一遍。

影片结尾的场面在现实世界里重演了。一次是2008年4月12日伦敦维多利亚女王大街基督教科学派（没错，就是汤姆·克鲁斯代言的那个邪教）总部外示威的人群头戴 V 的面具。



最近的一次是在上个月英国国会成员收入曝光后，伦敦街头的快闪族（flashmob）



英国那边发生的事离我们太远，我想到的是《吴思：平反清算周期律》，读书笔记如下：

1、西方认为“迟来的公正不算公正”，因为他们有分权制约，横向纠错。我们只有纵向纠错，即权力更替后继任对前任的纠错。这也聊胜于无，好比长期投资回报。

2、这种长期回报率很低，清算比平反更难。善有善报如果还有七八成，恶有恶报似乎不足四五成。原因很简单，谁也不想得罪人，“过去的就让他过去吧”。这种损益计算的结果是，为虎作伥很划算。

3、吴思老师把迟来的公正归为第二等的公正，对本人或家庭后代有些实际补偿。那些永不平反的人，在后代的史书上人们的口碑中留下美名，也可视作第三等公正。但是，大多数的平民百姓，广场上倒下的无名氏，黑窑里死去的奴工，地震垮掉的校舍里的孩子们，他们的名字和数字都是 GFW 的敏感词，他们就连第三等的公正都没有。