Thought for the day

[edling]

For four centuries Guy Fawkes has been remembered as the country's most infamous traitor, with effigies of him being burnt every year, nursery rhymes reminding everyone how terrible the plot was, etc. Only now he's turning into a bit of folk hero and a symbol of resistance to an oppressive government (helped considerably by a certain film,

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[boblink]

Interesting one this - and one we can carry on over dinner on Saturday maybe - I suspect he has always had sympathy/vilification depending on the national mood at the time. I heard a tale recently of crowds gathering round to laugh last time the houses of parliament burnt down. The other strand to this is are we celebrating stopping him killing the king or stopping him blowing up parliament?

[ajntornj]

Or do we actually burn him each year in order to keep his memory alive, whilst ostensibly vilifying him in order to avoid suspicion from the authorities. Kinda like the way black slaves in Brazil used to disguise their martial arts training by making it look like dance....