Remember, remember the 5th of November. The gunpowder treason and plot.

"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond) 11/05/2019 at 11:20 • Filed to: None

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Happy Guy Fawkes day! I think. Well, It’s up to all of us to decide for ourselves. I mean, he was trying to blow up Parliment and the king all at once, for in 1605 they (Protestant controlleg parliment) were penning the new King James Bible. Yes, it wasn’t a thing until after their efforts . However, had Guy and his interests (Hardcore Catholics) succeeded, the King James bible could easily have been a hardline roman catholic version. So with the King James Bible today in play, created with many interest groups and lobbyists having a say in what gets to stay in, and with female preiests now out, whose to say that praising this man is a good thing or bad? Either way, things didn’t turn out perfect for all. But what is celebratory? Standing up to the dominating powers and freaking doing something abou it. Standing up for what you believe in and going down with the ship, the rest be damned!

So happy Guy Fawkes day to you.

Remember, remember!
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Guy Fawkes and his companions
Did the scheme contrive,
To blow the King and Parliament
All up alive.
Threescore barrels, laid below,
To prove old England’s overthrow.
But, by God’s providence, him they catch,
With a dark lantern, lighting a match!
A stick and a stake
For King James’s sake!
If you won’t give me one,
I’ll take two,
The better for me,
And the worse for you.
A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope,
A penn’orth of cheese to choke him,
A pint of beer to wash it down,
And a jolly good fire to burn him.
Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring!
Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King!
Hip, hip, hooor-r-r-ray!

MonkeePuzzle > Grindintosecond 11/05/2019 at 11:23

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 we don’t need no water... 

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Grindintosecond 11/05/2019 at 11:26

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Great, now I just want to watch V for Vendetta .

For Sweden > Grindintosecond 11/05/2019 at 11:27

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The most palatable religious extremist terrorist in the Western world.

Svend > Grindintosecond 11/05/2019 at 11:39

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What do people not get?

whose to say that praising this man is a good thing or bad?

It’s not praising Guy Fawkes, it’s praising he was stopped. That not one or a few Men could overthrow government and the King because they didn’t like it. That’s why an effigy of him* is burned on the bonfire.

*though some if not many places no longer put an effigy of him, the bonfires still remains. 

fintail > Grindintosecond 11/05/2019 at 11:44

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Religious cultists, what can’t they do

Azrek > Grindintosecond 11/05/2019 at 11:58

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I think I remember reading something that said, “Guy was the only man to walk into Parliament with honest intentions.”

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 11/05/2019 at 12:34

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Just did the other day... well-done movie, but a bit meta. (the movie i tself is a left- slanted cultural narrative that it’s own subject matter decries. more than a little ironic)

benn454 > Grindintosecond 11/05/2019 at 12:42

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Catholics tr ied to blow up Parliament.

We just threw some tea in the harbor.

 Apparently, that was a step too far.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Grindintosecond 11/05/2019 at 14:32

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“ going down with the ship”

His plan wasn’t to stick around. His plan was to hightail it on the first ship to France

ranwhenparked > benn454 11/05/2019 at 15:21

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We thought the same thing, apparently. A bunch of prominent Bostonians took up a collection to reimburse the company for the loss of the tea.

benn454 > ranwhenparked 11/05/2019 at 15:23

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 Goddamn Tories! Tar and feather the lot!