Thursday, August 4, 2011

Question

Why use a question mark for your identity?
Why a faceless mask?
Why not?
Firstly, all answers arise by questions
Curiosity is the key to the Universe
We must learn to question
Always question
If the answer is insufficient, take it with grain of salt
And question again
Keep questioning, for as we know
Every question has an answer
Every question deserves an answer
And no question can be silenced
My favorite comic heroes asked questions
No capes; no powers
Only truth, only questions
Question battled corruption
Wore a faceless mask
Never quite won, but no one does

The Guy Fawkes mask is white
Almost faceless
It stands for truth, for heroism through anonymity
It has become the symbol for anonymity
Not necessarily secrecy; but anonymity
It is the face of Anonymous
Used by myself, as well
For sometimes one feels the need to be anonymous
On the Internet, all are anonymous
Unless they choose otherwise
Which is why I don't like it when Apple collects users' locations
Or when news corporations begin hacking into private phones
Or when our government does both of these
To its own people

I can be myself
Around family and friends
And the absence of the smile
Does not necessarily mean unhappiness
Perhaps only concealed contentedness
I do not wear my mask of anonymity
To conduct illegal activity
Or because I am sad
Or angry
Or angstful
Or shameful
I do it because I can
And I do it for myself

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