In 1605, 13 young men planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament in what is now called "the Gunpowder Plot". The Gunpowder Plot came about after Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603. English Catholics, who had been persecuted under her rule, were bitterly disappointed when her successor, James I, who had a Catholic mother, failed to be more tolerant of their religion. Their leader Robert Catesby decided to blow up the Houses of Parliament, hoping to kill the King, the Prince of Wales, and the MPs who were making life difficult for Catholics.From the thread Guy Fawkes in the U.S..Among 13 young men was Guy Fawkes, Britain's most notorious traitor and Roman Catholic convert. He was arrested in Parliament's cellar with 36 barrels of gunpowder. Fawkes was tried, convicted, and executed for treason.
It's worth pointing out that the movie and comic book V for Vendetta was a fictional retelling of the Gunpowder Plot.
Doesn’t matter if it was fictional or not, it was awesome.
And I think we agreed that the risk was too great.
The author should be advised that it is only other people's children who are annoying. Somehow, when it's your own offspring babbling or grumbling or screaming or purring, it's all music, one way or another.
I guess this is God's way of keeping the population going. 8~)
As Dustin Hoffman said to Warren Beatty (when Beatty was still single and without the four children he now has with Annette Bening) -- "Why are you depriving yourself of so much love and adoration and joy?"
Anyway, "V for Vendetta" should have been a great movie. As it was, it was only good. Parliament blowing up was pretty cool, considering the events of those days.
"We fight against superstition and tyranny!" -- from the movie, "300."
I concluded (affirmed?) that it can be much more rewarding to have a discussion about transcendental subjects with a 7-yr-old than with "progressives" educated beyond their intelligence.
Wasn't that the intention of the entire article?