November 5th

Discussion in 'The Political/Current Events Coffee House' started by pedro3131, Nov 6, 2011.

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  1. pedro3131 Running the Show While the Big Guy's Gone

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    I realize it's now November 6th, but I had a few thoughts and questions running through my mind yesterday.

    What is the fascination on the internet with Guy Fawkes? Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't he trying to overthrow a popular, democratically elected government to restore a catholic monarch? Why do people celebrate him as some sort of bastion of freedom of expression or thought? To the many British members of the forum, why at do you guys think about all this? Isn't he nothing more then a terrorist, that the whole world seems to celebrate as a result of a movie?
    pedro3131, Nov 6, 2011
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  2. Demondaze Xenos Scum

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    Yep.

    Yep.
    Demondaze, Nov 6, 2011
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  3. matthewchris Guest

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    Well, most people on the internet don't really know who Guy Fawkes is, or his actual history. As far as they are concerned, it's the mask V wore in the comics and movies, and take him as the symbol of freedom, rather than Fawkes himself.

    At least that's what I can grasp.
    matthewchris, Nov 6, 2011
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  4. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    Lol i gusse its the entire thing of going against the powers at hand and trying to blow up the parliament. Maybe he just lucked out and his legacy returned well he does have Guy Fawkes day in Britain.

    So wait if Osama bin laden had failed would we have Osama day???
    Viking Socrates, Nov 6, 2011
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  5. 0bserver92 Grand King of Moderation

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    I believe it would be the fact that he tried to over throw the government is why he's used as a symbol.
    0bserver92, Nov 6, 2011
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  6. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    Then why not use one who Succeeded in the overthrow of the Government??? or is it the fact that he failed is what made him great in a way.
    Viking Socrates, Nov 6, 2011
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  7. CoExIsTeNcE LeonTrotsky in Disguse

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    Probably this. There was probably some other significant meaning to the mask that most people did not understand.
    CoExIsTeNcE, Nov 6, 2011
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  8. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    Why did they use him in the movie? Aside from it being an all around retarded and nonsensical movie and whatnot.
    The Shaw, Nov 6, 2011
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  9. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    I rather liked the movie, tough i wasen't really watching it. Infact i don't think i've seen it at all.
    Viking Socrates, Nov 6, 2011
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  10. MayorEmanuel Do not weep, for salvation is coming.

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    matthewchris, Nov 6, 2011
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  12. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    I can't recall what Scientology said back, but the lulz where amazing.
    Viking Socrates, Nov 6, 2011
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  13. LeonTrotsky Well-Known Member

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    There are better people to use, like Huey Long or Jefferson Davis. (They make about as much sense as Guy Fawkes)
    LeonTrotsky, Nov 6, 2011
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  14. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    Or nixon. They actually have a mask of him too so it makes better sense.
    The Shaw, Nov 6, 2011
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  15. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    They have a mask of Reagan, besides Nixon didn't have a fail bombing of the parliament.
    Viking Socrates, Nov 6, 2011
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  16. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    Nixon was the embodiment of fail.
    The Shaw, Nov 6, 2011
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  17. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    He at least in my view wasn't that bad a guy or a president for that matter. Besides he did get cheated out of winning in 1960.
    Viking Socrates, Nov 6, 2011
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  18. Karakoran Well-Known Member

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    Didn't he try to stop the oppression of Catholics by destroying Parliament? I don't think he was out to cause a Catholic revolution, although he might've said that would've been his ideal system.
    Karakoran, Nov 7, 2011
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  19. Demondaze Xenos Scum

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    He was working for Spain and the Church bro. His plan was to takeout the predominantly Protestant government in order to install a Catholic in the position of absolute monarch.
    Demondaze, Nov 7, 2011
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  20. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    I still don't get why the English celebrated his failure.
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  21. LeonTrotsky Well-Known Member

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    He tried to assassinate the king.
    LeonTrotsky, Nov 7, 2011
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