Um, I can't really talk about how he was perceived back then, but from what I vaguely remember learning is that the government basically propagandised the whole event, turning Fawkes' execution into something that would be remembered (I think, in part, to attempt to quell sympathy for their actions). As for currently, no-one really cares about what they did and why. You learn about it in like... primary school, or something? But with regards to the actual celebration, it's mostly seen as an excuse to have fireworks, have a bonfire, eat jacket potatoes and, if you're an adult, get drunk. The political side to it is more or less forgotten, and in schools and stuff, you generally work together to build a Guy Fawkes that is burnt over a bonfire (most primary schools host one, I think).
The politics totally don't come into it, and no-one really cares about that side of it /laugh.
hahahaha i see xDD well there's this v for vendetta movie right, so i kinda thought its more political, but apparently was wrong :) thanks for the comment lol, i guess it's just the same as valentines or saint patricks then, just commercialised and the original idea is long gone.
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The politics totally don't come into it, and no-one really cares about that side of it /laugh.
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well there's this v for vendetta movie right, so i kinda thought its more political, but apparently was wrong :)
thanks for the comment lol, i guess it's just the same as valentines or saint patricks then, just commercialised and the original idea is long gone.
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