Its Guy Fawlkes night here in UK. Never really understood what we are celebrating. Certainly the guy who did the deed is far more famous than his accusers. Its all about how you read a book and the variety of hat you wear. Anyway listening to all the fireworks makes me think, this is what it must sound like to live in a war zone.
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I don't know the history of Guy Fawlkes night but I bet my bottom dollar that the fireworks are nothing like being in a war zone.
Jolanta
Level 9
Nov 5, 2018
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Oh I am sure...it just sounds like. Its about two weeks of a constant barage of them. Very scary for domestic animals
I only know what you're talking about because I've seen V for Vendetta. Otherwise, I'd be all like "the fuq?"
Sgt_Spanky
Level 8
Nov 5, 2018
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Of course being a history nerd, I understand the history, just not the intent. Catholicism is a different arm of the same religion. I have no idea why we still burn effigies of a rather minor character and celebrate, which really amounts to the same idea, just different hats. I did not explain myself well
Amisja
Level 8
Nov 5, 2018
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I think that the celebration is to honour the last time that a man entered the British Parliament with honest intent. 
Surfpirate
Level 9
Nov 5, 2018
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A friend of mine who lives in England explained to me that Guy Fawkes wanted to kill the king and plotted with another person to blow up parliament, but the police were tipped off when he was setting up the gun powder kegs in the basement and he was caught red handed. The celebration is actually celebrating the king NOT being killed and Guy Fawkes bring caught and sentenced to death. From what I understand anyway.
WrenVett
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Nov 5, 2018
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Jnei:
That pretty much sums it up. Interestingly, Fawkes wasn't one of the most important figures in the Plot and probably wouldn't even be remembered had he not have been caught with the gunpowder. The intentions of the Plot were somewhat less heroic than many people imagine too - rather than ridding the nation of an oppressive government, as depicted in V For Vendetta, their aim was to install a Catholic monarch on the throne and return Britain to being a Catholic nation, which in those days meant burning everyone at the stake.
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