What are we meant to be remembering on the fifth of November?
Are we celebrating the defeat of terrorists or are we remembering why Guy Fawkes and company wanted ro blow up Parliament in the first place? I’m American and, frankly, I’m confused by the whole thing.
It was the fight of protestants vs Catholics in the UK as the plotters wanted to blow up parliament to assassinate King James (Protestant ) who was attending the opening session of the parliament and replace him with his daughter Elizabeth who was catholic but only about 10 years old at the time.
If you are talking about the actual history: The danger he posed. It is all about the UK people remembering when those dastardly Continental Catholics tried to take over the UK.
If you are talking about its use in V for Vendetta: It has the very different significance of the brave people fighting against oppression. Which had nothing to do with the actual history but Alan Moore used it because it sounded cool.
Oh I get it. I think that I initially read that wrong. So regarding the holiday, is of more of a rememberance of the historical moment, or like, an actually celebration of a foiled coup? Or something else? I’m sorry for my persistent questions.
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