40in40 – V for Vendetta
V.V.V.V.V. – Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici
“By the Power of Truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.”
About a week ago, a Korean-American girl was freed from North Korea. I call her a “girl” because she was stupid enough to try and sneak across the border… while filming everything. Anyways, I reference this because I completely missed the news. Here is my brethren (my sister!) being pardoned from twelve years of hard labor (thank you Bill Clinton) and I had no idea. God, my NY Times iPhone app is dying of atrophy.
In the quote above, V could not be anymore more clear. Knowledge is power (it’s also half the battle).
NBC has had PSAs on this since I was a kid. It’s okay to be a little educated! Being disillusioned is never a bad thing! Ignorance, though it may be bliss, is not happiness. No, happiness is knowing. Happiness is being comfortable with the truth, and with the world.
The news of that American, it was a joyful ending, but let us not forget the horrible alternative. That is what will remind us of what really makes us happy. That is what we need to know. And now you know.
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