Guy Fawkes was a terroist of the 17th century so does that mean in another 500 years will we be celebrating the 9/11
2007-11-12 01:05:48 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Halloween
You are celebrating burning him at the stake.
2007-11-12 01:09:14 · answer #1 · answered by ryan c 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Let's be clear. Guido Fawkes was working on behalf of a group of the leading upper class families in England who at the time wished to restore the country to Catholicism. Their plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament was ill conceived given that they did not have the full backing of their supposed sponsors, nor were they clear what effect the destruction of the Parliament would actually do.
Guy Fawkes night celebrates the death of Fawkes, on a bonfire. The use of fireworks is a much later addition probably late Victorian in origin.
Fawkes' plot failure to return England to Roman Catholicism is still relevant as the Accession to the throne and the ability to sit on the throne is still barred to anyone who is Roman Catholic, or anyone who is married to one of that faith. Hence Prince Michael of Kent had to rescind his right to the throne (albeit a long way from the immediate claims) when he married his Catholic wife.
So Fawkes wasn't some kind of Jacobean urban terrorist;
just working for one powerful group against another.
2007-11-12 01:25:13 · answer #2 · answered by George D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fawkes was a member of a gang that tried to kill the King, so that the King of Spain could make us all Catholics. They didn't mind killing a lot of other people in order to do so. The celebration is that they were found and arrested before the gunpowder exploded. The mystery is why we remember this particular gang member, who did not take an exceptional part in the plot and was not the leader.
2007-11-12 01:24:55 · answer #3 · answered by Ben Gunn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guy Fawkes was burned at the stake for his terrorist activities, and that is what we celebrate. I would gladly celebrate today's terroists being given the same punishment!!!
2007-11-13 13:32:28 · answer #4 · answered by 'Er indoors!! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not celebration of what Guy Fawkes tried to do tho, the idea is that we celebrate his downfall. Therefore the 'guy' is thrown on the fire. Its a celebration of what didnt happen.
2007-11-12 01:11:44 · answer #5 · answered by willstricklandkms 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
did no longer guy Fawkes get caught in time and not kill anyone, and the 9/11 terrorists kill 1000's of people? Or am I lacking the factor? i do no longer in all likelihood see the link to be ordinary. we don't rejoice guy Fawkes - we rejoice him being stopped earlier he led to any injury.
2016-11-11 06:02:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The English celebrate the defeat of Guy Fawkes. That's why they would burn his body on the bonfire and mock his memory by using fireworks which he failed to use successfully.
2007-11-12 01:09:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No we aren't celebrating Guy Fawkes rather we are celebrating that he was unsucessful thus why people(typically children) make guy's which they later put on a bonfire!
2007-11-12 01:15:40 · answer #8 · answered by Rainbowz 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No! you have it mixed up, the celebration of Bonfire Night was originally to burn a effigy of "Guy Fawkes" or as his name should be "Guido Fawlkes". Fireworks are a much later edition, so it`s the death of him we celebrate not the attemt at Parliament and the King....
2007-11-12 01:09:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Nuts to that, my beef is why do we have to celebrate the event on the 1st, 2nd.3rd 4Th 6Th 7Th 8Th 9Th 10th 11th of November, You guessed it! the correct date is the FIFTH, If this date was adhered to there would be no more shattered nights and animals scared stiff for at least a fortnight around this antiquated ritual.
2007-11-12 01:32:12 · answer #10 · answered by SAPPER 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No no no!
Why do people keep getting this so wrong?
The 5th of November is a celebration of the triumph of law and order and democracy OVER terrorism and subversive criminality. Not the planned attack on parliament.
2007-11-12 01:10:23 · answer #11 · answered by 203 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋