Scripts of Paradox

Evey Hammond: Who are you?
V: Who? Who is but the form following the function of the what, and what I am is a man in a mask.
Evey Hammond: Well I can see that.
V: Of course you can. I am not questioning your powers of observation. I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.
Evey Hammond: Oh, right.
--V for Vendetta

Several students at Virginia Commonwealth University were arrested last week while protesting at a neo-confederate rally. Their alleged crime: wearing masks. In Virginia, wearing masks to conceal your identity is considered a felony.

This is ironic for a couple of reasons. One, the trial for the students has been set for...Halloween.

Two, the law that they were accused of breaking was passed in 1952 in an effort to stymie activities of...the KKK.

Stupid laws are scripts of paradox.