Guy Fawlke
IRA operatives
06-06-2005, 23:24
Why do the British celebrate the day they arrested this poor man? He was fighting for equal rights for Catholics and when he tried to blow up Parliament the British arrest and torture him before executing him. Now why do the British celebrate that? First off it just shows they were so horrid to Catholics people went to extremes like this. Second, what kind of nation celebrates torturing someone?
FairyTInkArisen
06-06-2005, 23:24
because he tried to kill the king
Marmite Toast
06-06-2005, 23:25
Why do the British celebrate the day they arrested this poor man? He was fighting for equal rights for Catholics and when he tried to blow up Parliament the British arrest and torture him before executing him. Now why do the British celebrate that? First off it just shows they were so horrid to Catholics people went to extremes like this. Second, what kind of nation celebrates torturing someone?
He committed treason. That's why people used to celebrate it. Nowadays people don't give a damn, they just want a night to watch fireworks.
IRA operatives
06-06-2005, 23:26
Guy Fawlke was fighting oppression.
Bodies Without Organs
06-06-2005, 23:28
Why do the British celebrate the day they arrested this poor man?
They are comemorating the only man to enter the Houses of Parliament with honest intentions. Its been 400 years, and we're still waiting for another one to come along.
FairyTInkArisen
06-06-2005, 23:30
Guy Fawlke was fighting oppression.
well if he's gonna attempt treason then he has to face the consequences
Cannot think of a name
06-06-2005, 23:33
How big a celebration is it? I've only ever heard of him because of Moore's V for Vendetta. Of course, I'm on the west coast of the US, so it's not like a lot of what you all do in your day to day makes it to me...
Marmite Toast
06-06-2005, 23:35
How big a celebration is it? I've only ever heard of him because of Moore's V for Vendetta. Of course, I'm on the west coast of the US, so it's not like a lot of what you all do in your day to day makes it to me...
Not very big, really. A lot of people don't even call it "Guy Fawlkes' Day" any more, just "Fireworks Night" or "Bonfire Night", i.e. a celebration for the sake of celebration.
Jordaxia
06-06-2005, 23:35
It can be fairly big in a small way, if you understand. Generally, groups of people gather, set off some fireworks in their back garden, barbecque some stuff if they please and it isn't raining, or go to one of the big organised events and see really expensive fireworks being set off for about an hour, with a big bonfire. Animals hate it though. It's widespread, but it's nothing like christmas.
Cannot think of a name
06-06-2005, 23:38
Kinda sounds like 4th of July. Picnic, drink, blow stuff up. Open movies a few days earlier. Have a sale. Dress like Uncle Sam and walk on stilts, for some reason. Huh.
Bodies Without Organs
06-06-2005, 23:40
How big a celebration is it?
No celebration at all in Northern Ireland: instead we do the whole bonfire and firework thing at Halloween.
Frisbeeteria
07-06-2005, 01:38
Why do the British celebrate the day they arrested this poor man? He was fighting for equal rights for Catholics and when he tried to blow up Parliament the British arrest and torture him before executing him. Now why do the British celebrate that? First off it just shows they were so horrid to Catholics people went to extremes like this. Second, what kind of nation celebrates torturing someone?
IRA operatives, creating thread after thread with one or two pro-Irish rants and no real substance is just going to get your threads locked and you kicked off the boards. Either post a legitimate argument in ONE thread and hang around to debate intelligently, or prepare for a spectacularly short life as an NS member.
Stop trolling. Immediately.
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