“I was there. I saw it all. Immigrants, Muslims... Homosexuals, terrorists. Disease-ridden degenerates. They had to go. Strength through unity. Unity through faith.” As quoted from the movie V for Vendetta by Director James McTeique, V believes he is not a terrorist by blaming others as terrorists. By pursuing a dominant ideology along with the government treating him as a threat, V is a heroic terrorist in view of his violent acts, strategies, political standpoint, and his rationality. A hero and a terrorist are seemingly contradictory concepts. Nonetheless, V fits in both descriptions. Terrorism is defined as utilizing violent means to cause fear towards enemies. Yet if acts of heroes are under court judgments, murdering specific villains …show more content…
The Anti-Qing sentiment well exemplified the justified violence. Before the war ended, the rally activists were entitled as traitors. After they defeated and the dynasty transformed backward to restore the Ming dynasty, the activists became the conquerors. The title of “Emperor Wu” given to the Chinese emperors glorifying traitors who were excellent warriors in history. Fundamentally, V is a terrorist considering his violent acts. He targets certain politicians he hates and blows up infrastructure. He does not kill innocent citizens or undergo massacre to form fear. Rather, his heroic trait makes him kill the ones he treated as society villains - the politicians and to scare the government officials. Further, he draws public attention and persuades them they have the same spirituality with seemingly persuasive speeches as the strategy. He also creates terror in his target to show he is stronger than the government officials and therefore weaken the enemy. That eventually his followers help him accomplish his missions by blowing up more infrastructures and let out fireworks. The alternative terrorism of V is enlightened and continued with the