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Topic History of: Guy Fawkes night
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Wyot	Chris wrote: This changed over time but I don't know when organised fireworks displays became common. When people could make a lot of money out of them. I quite enjoy a fireworks display but find my mind drifting; they go on too long. The meaning of the display has been totally lost in consumerism and ignorance. Like Halloween, which most people think is a celebration of the dark, but is a Christian festival intended to ward off dark spirits by giving them "treats" so spirits leave your house alone...
Chris	When you think about it why hasn't bonfire/Guy Fawkes night been removed from our calendar by now on political correctness and wokeness terms. How many children these days know why they are going to a fireworks display in the first place. The whole thing is a celebration of a major terrorist act against the nation andd making fun and enjoyment out of it, and nothing more than that. Just because it happened in 1605 and not 2005 doesn't alter the fact. Now think if our November 5th here was September 11th and that was celebrated in a similar way wach 9/11. The Thanksgiving Act of 1606 was passed to allow 5th November to be an annual commemoration, not a celebration to enjoy. This changed over time but I don't know when organised fireworks displays became common.
Green Man	Rick wrote: If only it WAS just on one day. Every night now for the past week there have been bangs and whooshes and cracks as idiots compete to hold a firework display before the others. There's already several houses down the road with Christmas lights already up - at the start of November! - and Halloween still seems to be happening. It's one of the signs of how infantile society is getting - no one seems to have the ability or inclination to treat one special day as one special day, rather than a week or a month. We are told to be green, have you seen the amount of plastic tat for Halloween and Christmas, all imported from China?
JK2006	I'm less against one night for everything - and I do like three days for Christmas. It's the stupid fireworks I hate. Another interesting religious connection with Fawkes - wasn't it Catholics being pissed off by Prots? Where is Ireland when you need it? They managed years of madness about what shape GOD takes, not just a few barrels of gunpowder under the Commons. And the Jews vs Muslims are managing to outshine the stupid Crusades. Really humanity is often bonkers, isn't it?
Rick	If only it WAS just on one day. Every night now for the past week there have been bangs and whooshes and cracks as idiots compete to hold a firework display before the others. There's already several houses down the road with Christmas lights already up - at the start of November! - and Halloween still seems to be happening. It's one of the signs of how infantile society is getting - no one seems to have the ability or inclination to treat one special day as one special day, rather than a week or a month.