To: theothercheek; NapkinUser; DreamsofPolycarp; The_Eaglet; Irontank; Gamecock; elkfersupper; ...
Paul supporters flashed their cash in honor of Guy Fawkes Day, which commemorates the would-be assassin of England’s King James I on Nov. 5, 1605.
The Stiletto is a demonstrable boob who can't even do a basic Google search.
Guy Fawkes Day celebrates the foiling of a Catholic terrorist who was trying to kill King James and Parliament over grievances at the suppression of Cathlic religious life during the great Catholic/Protestant strife in Britain. The rest of this sad little blog entry barely merits the dignity of refutation.
This is why at a Guy Fawkes celebration they burn him in effigy. Often, they burn an effigy of the pope as well. That's not a "commemoration" in the sense of a celebration. Guy Fawkes Day is a very Protestant, somewhat anti-Catholic, and very anti-terrorist kind of holiday.
Stiletto, you ignorant slut.
38 posted on
11/07/2007 7:23:39 AM PST by
George W. Bush
(Apres moi, le deluge.)
To: George W. Bush
Just finished the article. Thanks.
42 posted on
11/07/2007 7:31:29 AM PST by
rineaux
(How dare you, how dare you question the Clinton's wrecked record.)
To: George W. Bush
This is why at a Guy Fawkes celebration they burn him in effigy. Often, they burn an effigy of the pope as well. That's not a "commemoration" in the sense of a celebration. Guy Fawkes Day is a very Protestant, somewhat anti-Catholic, and very anti-terrorist kind of holiday.For some people, the only thing they know about Guy Fawkes is what they saw in the movie "V".
46 posted on
11/07/2007 7:41:07 AM PST by
zeugma
(Ubuntu - Linux for human beings)
To: George W. Bush
"Guy Fawkes Day is a very Protestant, somewhat anti-Catholic, and very anti-terrorist kind of holiday." Somewhere in TV land I noted an English interviewee using the term "Firecracker day"...guess PC is working on this bit of history like so many others.
76 posted on
11/07/2007 8:47:05 AM PST by
norton
(Go ahead, vote for Hunter, you know you want to.)
To: George W. Bush
Doesn’t “would be” mean he was foiled?
152 posted on
11/07/2007 11:01:14 AM PST by
theothercheek
("Unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything." - U.S. Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall)
To: George W. Bush
Spammer 407 checking in. I sent my $100 spam Monday as well.. ;)
Remember, remember indeed...
228 posted on
11/07/2007 3:21:22 PM PST by
billbears
(Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. --Santayana)
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