Guy Fawke's Night

[Draken]

It's Guy Fawke's Night tommorow.

GET YOUR FIREWORKS READY!

[Atemu]

Who?

(insert some random ten extra letters here)

[Draken]

Damn Americans know nothing.

The guy who tried to blow up parliament to spark a revolution.
Bonfire night? WHERE DO YOU THINK IT CAME FROM.

[Atemu]

Don't act like that. Why would I even care about some random sicko? I'm random enough, and everyone else thinks I'm sicko. >:|

[missingno]

Let's celebrate terrorism?

Way to go, England.

[Cocoa]

No thanks, I'll hold off until some pulls of a semi-successful coup on the USA.

[Kettlehead]

It's celebrating burning terrorists at the stake. Doesn't the USA have that too?
I was making a recording today and at the end there are all these firework sounds coming in from my window, which is very atmospheric. Plus fireworks party next weekend. Last time we set of fireworks, and then drank. But this year, to mix it up a bit, I thought I'd drink the fireworks first and set the drink on fire second.

Conclusion Hurrah!

[Cocoa]

Nah, we burnt witches, not terrorists. We put those guys through torture down in the bay.

[HawkZombie]

Remember Remember the 5th of November
The Gun Power Treason and Plot
I See No Reason
The Gun Power Treason
Should Ever Be Forgot.

[Ronove]

I know about Guy Fawkes! I have to do a history project on how the celebration of the day has changed over the year (and if it means the same thing now as it did back then or if something has changed). :O I know one thing so far, haven't they banned certain fireworks?

[2-D]

Does no one else find it weird that halloween has become as big a celebration (if not bigger) in the U.K than Guy Fawkes? ... Crazy stuff :/

[ccoa]

Montana has Vigilante Day, in which we celebrate, yes, vigilantes. It involves a parade which will often have multiple Old West themed floats, at least one of which will have someone strung up for a hangin'.

Montanans are weird.

[$t3v0]

Let's celebrate terrorism?

Way to go, England.
Actually ... We're celebrating the fact the French bastard was stopped :| Could have been a bit of a problem if our king and parliament was blown away. Jesus christ.

It's also the same day as my birthday. I've always wanted to blow something up.

@Camisado - I don't even know WHY anyone outside of the US celebrates it. Infact, Despain ... Doesn't Halloween stem from the salem witch trials ... You know, The ones were "witches" were burnt at the stake and cut into a 1000 pieces.

Celebrating cold blooded murder, Way to go America!

[Buster]

So much love in this topic... explosions and burnings and vigilantes...

The only reason I know about Guy Fawkes is because of V for Vendetta. Of course, I forgot it was today...

[ccoa]

@Camisado - I don't even know WHY anyone outside of the US celebrates it. Infact, Despain ... Doesn't Halloween stem from the salem witch trials ... You know, The ones were "witches" were burnt at the stake and cut into a 1000 pieces.

Celebrating cold blooded murder, Way to go America!

How easy it is to do research before speaking. -_-

The modern holiday of Halloween has its origins in the ancient Gaelic festival known as Samhain (pronounced /ˈsˠaunʲ/ from the Old Irish samain). The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture, and is sometimes erroneously[2] regarded as the "Celtic New Year".[3] Traditionally, the festival was a time used by the ancient pagans to take stock of supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would come back to life and cause havoc such as sickness or damaged crops. The festivals would frequently involve bonfires, where the bones of slaughtered livestock were thrown. Costumes and masks were also worn at the festivals in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or placate them.[4][5] When the Romans occupied Celtic territory, several Roman traditions were also incorporated into the festivals. Feralia, a day celebrated in late October by the Romans for the passing of the dead as well as a festival which celebrated the Roman Goddess Pomona, the goddess of fruit were incorporated into the celebrations. The symbol of Pomona was an apple, which is a proposed origin for the tradition of bobbing for apples on Halloween.

Not an "American" holiday in the slightest, and having nothing to do with the Salem witch trials.

[$t3v0]

Heh, sorry ccoa. Lets just call it a dry comment from an angry citizen. I sincerely thought it was an American holiday from the foundations of which I stated.

[ccoa]

Well, at least it's not more uninformed than the original comments about Guy Fawkes day. :P

It always amazes me that people don't Google or Wiki if they don't know. Much faster and less embarrassing!

[$t3v0]

I've learnt my lesson haha. I've never in my life gone red in the face from a comment on the internet ... until now.

Bastard :P

[Kettlehead]

Yeah, they did ban some fireworks. The ones where you actually strap people to them and pretend they're Guy Fawkes :) Damn nanny state.

[ccoa]

Isn't anyone disturbed by celebrating the torture and death of people, no matter what they tried to do? Heck, one of them was a priest some of the traitors used as a confessor who was entirely against the plan, but bound by the rules of his order not to reveal it.

[$t3v0]

I think most holidays are blown so out of proportion that hardly anybody knows what they are even celebrating. They just see it as a chance to receive gifts, Dress up or watch big flashes in the sky. I can hardly talk as I thought Halloween originated in the states. Again, Burn :(

[Draken]

Guy Fawkes night, it's about the Catholic/Protestant quarrel, no?
As I remember, UK at the time was a Protestant country, and Catholicism wasn't allowed (or something like that, I can't remember exactly) and Guy Fawkes made the Gunpowder Plot to kill King James I as a way to allow Catholics to preach however they want.

Like before, I'm not sure if this is it, or I'm mixing it up with something else.

[Mr_Smit]

I'm not American (Phew) and I dont know where ur talking 'bout...

[Draken]

Guy Fawkes ISN'T an American holiday! It's British!

[Ronove]

From what my history teacher told us, Guy Fawkes was one of few people who planned to blow of Parliment. It was a group of angry Catholics who were pissed that just because their ancestors didn't believe that King Henry 8th was Pope of England, they were not citizans and all that jazz. So, years and years later, they developed this plot to get revenge. Or something like that. I have like 12 pages of notes from that lecture and I really don't feel like rewriting them. :O I have to study on how it's celebrations changed from 1800-1900, so if anyone knows anything, feel free to tell me! XD

(Of course, shoot me if I am wrong--this is from an American College course and who knows if the prof is right or wrong? And I put it in really simple terms, so if I offend, sorry!)

[Kettlehead]

Well nowadays we celebrate a) the celebrations and b) the survival of pariliament + the English government.