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RE: Today is Guy Fawkes Day, but maybe that doesn't mean what you think it means..
For sure, knowing the number of atheist and agnostic people that probably hold him in high regard they would probably be surprised to know that he was a staunch Catholic as you have mentioned here and the preservation not the destruction of religion was the reason for his actions. Indeed, it is sad that violence is ever associated with religion in any way no matter the religion or the reason.
I'm a little disappointed in myself for not knowing more. I'd be curious to know if people from the U.K. are very well versed in what he was actually all about because I would imagine that most non UK or former colony people are aware of this information. Hopefully a Brit will chime in.
@steevc, @slobberchops, and @goblinknackers are your best bets if the last two aren't too busy at steemfest!
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Honestly people care little now about the history and just huddle around a bonfire regardless of the weather which in November is typically freezing and wet.
It’s a strange custom and non brits probably think we are a little insane. I don’t go to them anymore as they tend to be governed in order to stop people getting burned and injured by fireworks.
So yes it’s much safer now than when I was a kid but the excitement has been drilled out of it. Call it a getting old and not giving a crap attitude anymore I guess.
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lol. I think a big part of the fun during July 4th was the fact that we were kids and our parents were really ok with the fact that we were purchasing and using what is basically explosives when i was a kid. I mean i had a lot of them. Did we occasionally hear about a kid blowing their fingers off? Of course, but honestly, something bad was always going to happen to that kid.
I think being allowed to be around potential danger was actually a good thing and well, none of that is really allowed anymore is it?
It’s not allowed and it was very dangerous. I used to throw bangers all the time. It was more of a challenge to buy them being underage.
In the Far East they are more like explosives and there are no restrictions. The triangular packets I have seen in the Philippines literally through you back when they detonate!
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