Alan Moore Meets Occupy Londoners In Their V For Vendetta Masks [VIDEO]

[Rich Johnston]

Channel 4 News last night interviewed Alan Moore, and took him to meet the Occupy London demonstrators for the first time at St Paul's Cathedral. And he came away "amazed, I'm very impressed and I'm rather touched. The people here are amazing, I think that this is the best organised, most forward thinking protest that I've ever had experience of."

Channel 4 also asked him about Frank Miller's words, gets into Alan's From Hell work, and has Alan citing The Bash Street Kids and Dennis The Menace for anarchic inspiration.

[drachenfells]

for a news report, that was rather good.

[rohrmuller]

I concur. This was a very good report.

[Joe B. Pangrazio]

For the forum (not sure if the embed will work).

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[CHEZ]

I feel like, as I am getting older, my opinions and judgments on things are more on the fence than ever before. I just don't know what to make of the "occupy movements".
On the one hand, I understand the need to protest corporate greed- especially in a time when the economy is in such shambles. So I have a deep respect and admiration for the protestors.
On the other hand, the protesters appear to be spoiled, obnoxious people with nothing better to do but annoy everybody. They spend the day eating junk food and littering the parks etc.

I just don't know what's right.

It's funny how we have two iconic writers like Miller and Moore on *clearly* both sides of the fence.

I also thought it was funny how the reporter noted the irony, in that the masks so many are buying for the protests, is money being put into the pockets of a corporation.

[Joe B. Pangrazio]

I feel like, as I am getting older, my opinions and judgments on things are more on the fence than ever before. I just don't know what to make of the "occupy movements".
On the one hand, I understand the need to protest corporate greed- especially in a time when the economy is in such shambles. So I have a deep respect and admiration for the protestors.
On the other hand, the protesters appear to be spoiled, obnoxious people with nothing better to do but annoy everybody. They spend the day eating junk food and littering the parks etc.

In fairness, that's what protestors almost always are (protestors that aren't supporting a status quo, that is). Annoying everyone is kind of part of the point of protest (and protest on its own is not change).

But aye, I think most people have issues. I support the idea of OWS but even I don't sign on wholesale with everything.

Few things have clear, direct answers/solutions.

[CHEZ]

Fair enough.

[abcdiablo]

But aye, I think most people have issues. I support the idea of OWS but even I don't sign on wholesale with everything.

And that's a fair point as well. Within every protest and revolutionary group there are people that don't agree on everything. It took years for the American founders to come to any sort of agreement on what to make of the freedom they fought for. The French Revolution started out as a revolt against the monarchy and then just kept going on and on and on because no one could really agree on what to do with it. And if the OWSers accomplish anything I don't think it's going to be obvious what comes from it until a bit after the dust settles.

[Joe B. Pangrazio]

And that's a fair point as well. Within every protest and revolutionary group there are people that don't agree on everything. It took years for the American founders to come to any sort of agreement on what to make of the freedom they fought for. The French Revolution started out as a revolt against the monarchy and then just kept going on and on and on because no one could really agree on what to do with it. And if the OWSers accomplish anything I don't think it's going to be obvious what comes from it until a bit after the dust settles.

And some people forget (or genuinely don't know) that while there were Tories (colonists that sided with the British) there were also those among the Revolutionary movement that wanted America to remain under the crown, but ended up fighting on the American side in the war (because it came down to a matter of defending their home).

Issues like this are rarely clear cut, as much as some would like them to be.

[CHEZ]

That is absolutely true. Almost 50% of the American colonists still sided with the British or were undecided even while the war was happening.