Remember, Remember the 5th of November.
Someone Will Do Something Stupid
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby.
The plan was to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of England’s Parliament on 5 November 1605, as the prelude to a popular revolt in the Midlands during which James’s nine-year-old daughter, Princess Elizabeth, was to be installed as the Catholic head of state. Catesby may have embarked on the scheme after hopes of securing greater religious tolerance under King James had faded, leaving many English Catholics disappointed. His fellow plotters were John Wright, Thomas Wintour, Thomas Percy, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, Thomas Bates, Robert Wintour, Christopher Wright, John Grant, Sir Ambrose Rookwood, Sir Everard Digby and Francis Tresham. Fawkes, who had 10 years of military experience fighting in the Spanish Netherlands in suppression of the Dutch Revolt, was given charge of the explosives.
The plot was revealed to the authorities in an anonymous letter sent to William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, on 26 October 1605. During a search of the House of Lords at about midnight on 4 November 1605, Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder—enough to reduce the House of Lords to rubble—and arrested. Most of the conspirators fled from London as they learnt of the plot’s discovery, trying to enlist support along the way. Several made a stand against the pursuing Sheriff of Worcester and his men at Holbeche House; in the ensuing battle Catesby was one of those shot and killed. At their trial on 27 January 1606, eight of the survivors, including Fawkes, were convicted and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered.
fool on the hill says:
And the pentagon with model airplanes…………………
It would take a dozen of them to carry four Parkay quarters.
Federal bull$hit idiots!!
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5th November 2012 at 8:33 am
Eddie says:
Catholics seem to have their share of terrorists scattered here and there through history, don’t they?
Funny how the original story sort of got lost somewhere, and Guy Fawkes is now often portrayed as this gallant anti-hero, fighting the tyrannical forces of The Man or some such fanciful shit.
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5th November 2012 at 9:09 am
ThePessimisticChemist says:
@Eddie – All it took was one movie to romanticize him. Thats often the case though. I guess it just goes to show you how much influence our overlords have over us.
Still a good movie though, and the admin linked my favorite clip from it.
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5th November 2012 at 10:00 am
Yojimbo says:
How does one properly commemorate this day? Any ideas?
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5th November 2012 at 10:05 am
Administrator says:
Yojimbo
How about blowing up Parliament?
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5th November 2012 at 10:32 am
Actual Paid Shill says:
It has to involve black powder, Scotch whiskey, swordplay and rebellion against something.
And masks…I almost forgot the masks.
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5th November 2012 at 10:43 am
T4C says:
”….I thought we could mark this November the fifth”,….”by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat.”
“There are, of course, those who do not want us to speak”….”Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there?
Cruelty and injustice…intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance, coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who’s to blame? Well certainly there are those who are more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable. But again, truth be told…if you’re looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn’t be? War. Terror. Disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you and in your panic”,…..you are turning to either Mittens or Barry. They promise you order. They promise you peace. And all they demand in return is your silent, obedient consent.
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5th November 2012 at 11:45 am
Kill Bill says:
Im pretty sure the guy who was guarding the gunpowder was a moron tricked into guarding a barrel full of explo….uh corn.
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5th November 2012 at 3:15 pm
Gallant gunpowder | Leatherandlace says:
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5th November 2012 at 4:34 am