Fawkes was a Great man, so was V.
Sutler was a coward, he used peoples fear to coerce them into acquiescing to to his rule in true Owellian-style, an example of Oligarachial Collectivism in practice...so to speak.
Finch was not a great man, but he had the makings of one. He, near the end, broke free of what was the supposed idea of reality, and he viewed the world through his own eyes, just like Eve.
Since I have started this thread my life has changed alot, mostly internally within myself, my ideas and beliefs. My view of reality is different apropos so is my view upon greatness.
Greatness is not defined by the End, but by the means. A man who stops a war by nuking the enemy into oblivion is not great. A man who stops a war by (through some miracle) resolving the ideological differences between the two warring peoples IS great. The war has stopped in both circumstances, but the means are different.
And the means do not justify the end, regardless of what the end might be.
In the end the single mother who successfully raises her children is Great.
The businessman who made his way to the top but only after treading on a lot of people, ruining a lot of careers and telling some lies, is NOT great. Despite objective appearences.
Greatness is is being fearless, being courageous, and being able to say, being a minority does not become equivocal to insanity as so many Government Nay-sayers are prepared to impress upon society.
Greatness is swimming against the pack, if you think it's the right thing to do.
Finally...greatness is convincing your hardened sceptical parents, that you should be allowed to buy the Photoreading course whilst the discount is still valid...
Just call me Akashic The Great...
(for the slower amongst you, they let me order it haha)
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