Guy Fawkes Day (5th Of November)

I like the concept of Guy Fawkes Day. It appeals to the anti establishment in me. However, the concept of blowing something up, simply because you dont like it, never solved any problems. Then again, the only way to overthrow government, it to get up there and kick the sons of bitches in the head. So, indeed i believe that people should not be afraid of their governments, governments should be afraid of their people. But i also believe violence is not the answer, ever....im not sure the point im trying to make, if i am trying to make one.:juggle:

 

Guy Fawkes wasn't anti-establishment at all.
He was a fighter for Spain and the Catholic Church.

 

He tried to blow up our government.

 

In order to re-establish the Catholic regime.
That isn't so much anti-establishment as it is anti-protestant.

 

Pedantic. Don't tell history, it can tell itself.

 

Truth=pedantic.
Good to know.

And to be honest, I'd say pointing out the irony of Guy Fawkes' modern cultural symbol isn't pedantic at all.

 

I just think, regardless of religion and even if religion played a one hundred percent role in Fawkes' motive, the fact that he tried to blow up parliament makes it anti-establishment. There we others who felt the same as he did, but they didn't plot to destroy government.

 

fawke this

 

only fawkes that ever did anything for me:

 

Did I miss it?

 

Is'nt this the holiday where you make effigies of this Guy and burn him in the street?

 

Yes, but no one here in america gives a shit :2thumbsup:



Guy Fawkes Celebration




Hotwater

 

yup, cool huh?

 

It does look like fun, you probably get hang out all night, get drunk and roast marshmallows

 

that's about the long and short of it. And we set out a crap load of fireworks..

I guess it's like your independance day, 'cos we have nothing like that.