Remember, Remember.....
The 5th of November,
Gunpowder, Treason and Plot.
I know of no reason
why Gunpowder Treason
should ever be forgot.
Freedom Forever.
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4 comments:
How apropos.
Ah, but should we be celebrating Guido himself, who was fighting against the undemocratic government of the day, but who was a career terrorist.
Or should we be celebrating the fact that the said government of the day murdered him on the most atrocious manner publicly declaring his religion was evil?
hmmmmmmm.......
dbackdad said: How apropos.
Merely coincidental.... [grin]
JM aid: Ah, but should we be celebrating Guido himself, who was fighting against the undemocratic government of the day, but who was a career terrorist.
He was a career soldier rather than a career terrorist. He was only forced into terrorism by the long term actions of an opressive government.
The celebration which has apparently been running pretty much regularly for 403 years is to commemorate the *failure* of the plot and the survival of the King and his ministers. Naturally I am rather conflicted about this [grin]
JM said: Or should we be celebrating the fact that the said government of the day murdered him on the most atrocious manner publicly declaring his religion was evil?
Well, they didn't murder him (and the other plotters) the legally executed them in what was the fashion of the time.
The plotters were indeed terrorists and were members of an oppressed minority group living under the heel of a theocratic police state. I must admit that I was rather sympathetic to their plight when I read about it recently. I wonder if I would have done the same..... officially being a Catholic and all that...
It is somewhat fitting, I suppose, that the day after elections is Nov 5. It's also the day the American Left and the American Right switch roles as the accuser/excuse maker of government abuses.
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