What is Bonfire night Actually for??

[The Rogue Wolf]

I know that Bonfire Night is for celebrating the death of guy folks but that was a long time ago and hes not that famous any more any way so why do we still have Bonfire night and do any other countries celebrate it?????

*twitch*

What do you mean "Not famous anymore."? With the advent of EFG, V for Vendetta and Anonymous adopting his mask as a symbol, he's more famous than ever before.

We celebrate it because we get to make big explosions and fires, as if we needed an excuse.

I thought it was spelled Guy Fawkes. You know, as in this guy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes].

But, yeah. Setting things on fire is as much an end of celebration as it is a means. We don't celebrate Bonfire Night here in the U.S., but we do partake in the Wickerman Festival [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicker_Man] up here in upstate New York. It's today, in fact!

 

[infinisynth]

Bonfire night is for drinking with friends and hopefully getting laid by your friends girlfriends kinda slutty friend.

 

[SomethingUnrelated]

I want to to punch you. Your grammar, lack of history knowledge, lack of awareness of modern society, and other issues disgust me. Plus, other countries don't celebrate because Guy Fawkes didn't travel the world to try for a world record of how many parliaments he could blow up.

 

[Amnestic]

I know that Bonfire Night is for celebrating the death of guy folks but that was a long time ago and hes not that famous any more any way so why do we still have Bonfire night and do any other countries celebrate it?????

*twitch*

What do you mean "Not famous anymore."? With the advent of EFG, V for Vendetta and Anonymous adopting his mask as a symbol, he's more famous than ever before.

We celebrate it because we get to make big explosions and fires, as if we needed an excuse.

I thought it was spelled Guy Fawkes. You know, as in this guy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes].

But, yeah. Setting things on fire is as much an end of celebration as it is a means. We don't celebrate Bonfire Night here in the U.S., but we do partake in the Wickerman Festival [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicker_Man] up here in upstate New York. It's today, in fact!

It is, that's why I was twitching. People don't know their own history anymore

I want to to punch you. Your grammar, lack of history knowledge, lack of awareness of modern society, and other issues disgust me. Plus, other countries don't celebrate because Guy Fawkes didn't travel the world to try for a world record of how many parliaments he could blow up.

If only...

 

[Blackmagic1515]

To celebrate the fact Guy Fawkes was stopped before he blew up the Houses of Parliament. Plus its an excuse to set of tons of fireworks and have a good time. It's a tradition, that's all the reason we need.

 

[JDviewer]

UK only pretty much, though some ex-pats still celebrate it in other places.

Effectively its an excuse to light a big fire, blow up a few thousand pounds worth of fireworks and make toffee apples.

Of course, there is the rhyme:
"Remember, remember, the 5th of November, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot. I know of no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot."

So there you go, we keep burning effgies of Guy Faulks because the 1700s tell us to. And sod it, if the Yanks can have 4th of July as an excuse to launch fireworks into the air, then we are keeping 5th of November.

This. We like a good firework display like any other country. Besides, the UK doesn't have too many 'holidays' like Bonfire Night. America has Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Labor Day, and even celebrate St. Patricks day with more enthusiasm than the Irish do.

 

[AfterAscon]

It?s the celebration of the foiling of Guy Fawkes. Don't think that the ideas held by the movie of V for Vendetta are an accurate portrayal of the actual motives behind the original attempt.

 

[Spacelord]

What is Bonfire Night actually for?

Burning shit down!

 

[Jharry5]

Its tradition, an important part of English history. So if we stopped setting fireworks off and burning shit, we'd loose a part of our heritage.
I'm pretty sure it's an almost exclusively British thing...

 

[Lord George]

Its an excuse to burn shit and scare animals with explosives WHAT MORE REASON DO YOU NEED!

 

[cartzo]

looking at the stupid old traditionalist twats that run britian nowadays, i really wish that fawkes had succeeded and blown that pointless building to pieces. did you know it costs the tax payer 4 million pounds every year to maintain that building.

 

[TheSeventhLoneWolf]

Its tradition, an important part of English history. So if we stopped setting fireworks off and burning shit, we'd loose a part of our heritage.
I'm pretty sure it's an almost exclusively British thing...

It'd only be more british if the queen attended.

 

[wordsmith]

I know that Bonfire Night is for celebrating the death of guy fawks but that was a long time ago

You know, they say about 2000 years ago this dude was born, then died a few decades later? We celebrate that with Present Giving Day and International Pig-out-on-chocolate Day

 

[Flamezdudes]

I've never heard of bonfire night here in Quebec, and I'm pretty sure it's not celebrated anywhere in Canada. Also, you only need to use ONE question mark per sentence.

That's because its too celebrate the death of a guy who tried to blow up the Government in Britain.

Yeah...

 

[Captain Pancake]

It's an excuse to have a party and get drunk, just like most traditions and events.

 

[Doug]

I know that Bonfire Night is for celebrating the death of guy fawks but that was a long time ago and hes not that famous any more any way so why do we still have Bonfire night and do any other countries celebrate it?????

I may as well ask why the Americans still celebrate independence day, or Halloween, or whatever - its what people do.

 

[jboking]

As far as I can tell, we here in America don't really celebrate Bonfire Night. Many of us know of Guy Fawkes, but few celebrate any holiday about him. Though, if you told the whole of the U.S. that it was an excuse to light shit on fire, then we would probably be all for it. I mean, set shit on fire and watch it explode has become close to the point of Independence day.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

it's just a british thing, we don't celebrate it in Canada nor have we even really heard of it

 

[bluepilot]

Tradition is important. But not as important as loud bangs and pretty sparkles in the air.

Mind you, if someone blew up parlament today, methinks there might be a week-long celebration

 

[orangebandguy]

To celebrate our survival of British land as we know it by blowing up a small part of it.