What is Bonfire night Actually for??

[Pillypill]

We do it 'cos it gives us an excuse to blow things up, get drunk, and do unspeakable things to next doors cat. I think if it were dropped then maybe 3 people would complain, followed by 3,000,000; who just want to noticed.
i thnik India celebrates it, because of ye' olde empire.


My friend always wears the same T-shirt on bonfire night.
it has a picture of W.Shakespear flopped out on a park bench, with the title; "Twas a ruff night"

 

[BlackIronGuardian]

Because there's something cathartic about burning terrorists?

And kind of ironic.

And kind of fucked up.

Lots of reasons, okay?

 

[thepj]

No i dont think any other countries celebrate it. And why do we still celebrate it? Why not, it was a major part of our history, and it's a laugh.

We could say the same for any holiday... Why do americans still celebrate independence day, or why do we celebrate christmas or easter.

CAUSE IT'S FUN!

 

[T-Bone24]

Why celebrate Burns' night? He's not making poems anymore!

/sarcasm

It's a celebration. People like setting things on fire and watching things go kaboom. Hence, Bonfire Night, or, as I like to call it, the Night of a Thousand Kablooies.

 

[thepj]

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

right then, that's my next plot, i'll get the propane bombs and a detenator, you get a massive barbeque and about 1000 shotguns, turret emplacements, rpg's and a few heli's, to fight off the police while we eat the burgers in celebration and organise the new govorning body with you, me, neonbob (cause he's awesome) and several other escapees that are of suficiant inteligence to warrent being part of the new british government

 

[Hellsbells]

DUDE! England has a holiday that is essentially all the drunken blowing shit up of 4th of july AND an excuse to light things on fire? Add that to the list of reasons I like London

 

[Steelfists]

It has evolved into a way of celberating our Parliament, which is something worth copying I beleive. It modernised democracy and gave other countries a model to follow when making their own Parliaments.

 

[Squarez]

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.

15 whole pence a year per person! O NOEZ!

So, let me get this straight, you actively support terrorism because a national monument wouldn't cost your mum and dad an extra 30p between them?

 

[Neosage]

Its my birthday actually. So that's why everyone celebrates it.

 

[Daveman]

OK. Let me get in here because I am from Lewes in the south of england which is a small town quite near brighton. We have possibly the largest bonfire night celebrations in the world relative to our size and our towns population more than triples on bonfire night.

We celebrate it because we, historically speaking, are a very protestant town and of course bonfire night is specifically about the plot by catholics, Guy Fawkes e.t.c., to blow up our government and king. However as you who know history will be aware there was a lot of "toing and froing" between a national catholic religion and a national protestant religion during the Tudor period. During this time it switched between protestants and catholics being oppressed and punished for their religion. During one period of protestant oppression, in Lewes there were twenty protestants burnt at the stake for their beliefs and we celebrate these protestant martyrs in lewes and of course celebrate the death of catholics, Guy Fawkes, and we call for the Pope to be burnt.

Now I know what you're thinking, "steady on daveman, that can't be true in this politically correct present day we live in." However I assure you it is. Of course it is just as most holidays are nowadays, all the fun of the celebration without any of the thought behind it, i.e. nobody really wants to kill the pope. In fact it is much more a celebration of the power of the people as everyone takes over the streets and parades with flaming torches.

Any way, if you want to know more do feel free to look us up.

P.S. I would like to say I do not want any catholics dead. I promise.

 

[Kilaknux]

Explosions.

 

[DemonicVixen]

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.

wow that was brilliant. I could not have put it better myself. I loved to hear about Guy Fawkes in school. It was one of my favourite stories. Can someone please post the poem 'remember remember' because sadly i do not 'remember' it very well lol. It has been nearly 5 years since i last heard the full version. Oh and could you not give me the comic versions. I would like the original thank you.

(ps, i hope my grammar and spelling are alright because my checker does not seem to be working. Sorry)

 

[effilctar]

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?????

You're not old enough to be properly pissed off with the government yet, so you won't understand.

 

[Jamineo66]

Its basically, the reason for guy fawkes dieing and the gunpowder plot to destory parliament being a failure. If it wasn't stopped, there would be all that business about the fact we'd have no laws or legal system for hundreds of years for lacking a parliament and the UK would of fallen apart o.o

 

[bluepilot]

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.

wow that was brilliant. I could not have put it better myself. I loved to hear about Guy Fawkes in school. It was one of my favourite stories. Can someone please post the poem 'remember remember' because sadly i do not 'remember' it very well lol. It has been nearly 5 years since i last heard the full version. Oh and could you not give me the comic versions. I would like the original thank you.

(ps, i hope my grammar and spelling are alright because my checker does not seem to be working. Sorry)

`Remember remember the 5th of November. Gunpowder, treason and plot`

That is the rhyme I learned as a child, is this the one you wanted?

 

[elvor0]

Ok, no more christmas, not more easter or whatever I mean they happened 2009 years ago, and may not even have happened *rolls eyes* it's a celebration okay? Things like that you generally dont just stop celebrating, especially given it's a holiday where we get to light things on fire and get hammered, did you not get taught or told by anyone what bonfire night is for at all; the rhyme or the history or anything? it was one of my favorite tales as a kid.

Also only use one bloody question mark at the end of a sentence, it's so annoying when people add more, as if it's going to suddenly make their inane question more valid (and yes, the only people who add more only ask inane questions).

Why would it be celebrated in other countries anyway? He was a British terrorist who attempted to blow up the British parliament, but y'know I'm pretty sure Yugoslavia celebrates it...I'm not overly sure though. It might be Nigeria or Poland.

 

[Cabisco]

Its my birthday actually. So that's why everyone celebrates it.

It's true, it's weird that we do that.

 

[El Poncho]

Well... we still do it because Guy Fawkes as far as i'm concerned every kid is told about him.

If you don't accept what I just said, it's because we made a promise to never forget the 5th of November, we sang the sacred song... one day we will forget and Kablamo.

 

[Sovvolf]

It's there to celebrate one of the greatest men to have walked the earth. Yet people use his name to beg for money and then throw him to the fire with no knowledge of what or who he is and why he tried to do what he did.