Dear Occupy People,
Look: I’m with you. Please, though, if you see a protester utilizing Guy Fawkes/V For Vendetta imagery in their protest paraphernalia, slap them upside the head (not too hard, they are technically on your side). Guy Fawkes was a failed revolutionary who wanted to reintroduce Catholic dogma into the English monarchy; the V character was either a megalomaniac/solipsist posing as an anarchist (the comic, which Alan Moore has long since partially disavowed), or a violent lefty with destruction on his mind, not construction, and a clumsy allegory for anti-Bush sentiment, at that (the movie). This is not what I’ve signed up for, for sure, and any intelligent person who’s on the fence and aware of the aforementioned fact is going to be alienated by this usage. Thanks for your time.

Sincerely,
Dustin Krcatovich