V for Vendetta- The Price Of Freedom

What is the price of freedom?
That's a question people have been asking for centuries.
First, lets define our terms. By freedom, i mean the freedom to worship, love, and speak how you want. the freedom to have your own political views. Freedom like that for everyone, no matter what nationality or race. I think everyone should agree that that is freedom.
And by price, i mean the cost of lives and other morals. What do you have to sacrifice in order to 'free' yourself and others? your religious beliefs? your moral ones? your life? someone else's?

In V for Vendetta, people either seem to think that freedom is worthless, or that it is priceless, two very similar sounding extremes.
on one hand, there's the government, who have a saying something like 'strength through unity, unity through faith'. they are a fascist government who control every aspect of peoples lives, from entertainment to news to hospitals. they lock their people up in concentration camps if they rebel or are radicals, or for reasons such as race or religion. The 'leader' is worshipped like a god. there is very little freedom in their regime.
On the other hand, there is V. V is raceless, faceless, and more than a little bit insane (in a dangerous way) and is the very embodiment of radicalism. He listens to music that the government has outlawed, like Motown, and watches movies they've tried to erase from ever existing. but not just that. he also kills and tortures important figures in the government.
of course, he's taking revenge for his own personal reason too, but he is mostly, through bombings and murders, taking down the government.

V stands up for what he believes in. but is it worth all that death? He kills so many people, just for an ideal. this seems terrible to me. but, then again, was there any other way? He is trying to free people from an oppressive and cruel government, so in the long run, i guess he's doing a good thing. But it sure doesn't seem like he's doing a good thing when he's quoting violent  Shakespeare and sticking his fingers through people's chests. (well, it doesn't seem morally good, at least, even though it's really cinematic.)

The government does terrible things too. but does that mean that it's okay for V to? of course, he doesn't seem to have any moral scruples (the whole completely insane thing helps). But Evey does, and the readers do too. So, do the ends justify the means? I don't think so. But what if that's the only way to be free?

maybe. i hate to say this, because i don't think violence is ever necessary or okay, (at least not killing) but if i had to choose between some illegal death and very legal concentration camps, i'd choose death. because even though death is terrible, extermination is worse. and freedom is needed.