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| wayland2002 |
Posted - 11/10/2005 : 10:08:15
I thought this might interest people:
http://www.richardherring.com/warmingup/warmingup.php?id=1095
A friend emailed it to me, to see what my opinion was.
This isnt the only anti-bonfire night piece I've seen or heard this year. A couple of times on TV and radio I heard people saying that they thought it was time we dropped bonfire night and let it die a natural death etc, etc. |
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| Administrator |
Posted - 11/10/2005 : 16:38:45
This has certainly been a consistent thread through many of the emails that we have recieved in the last few years - the relevance of the celebrations in todays post 9/11 world.
Many support the argument that we are in essence condoning the celebration of religious persecution by supporting and promoting Bonfire Night. Others have twisted the meaning and equate the promotion of Guy Fawkes' actions to the support of terrorism. How many times have I heard the Freedom Fighters Vs Terrorists argument?
Still others say that Guy Fawkes was the only man to enter Parliament with honest intentions. Whatever side of the fence we sit on there can be no doubt that what led these 13 men to do what they did should be understood by everyone. Persecution of groups by virtue of their race, colour, creed, ethnic background, religion, physical characteristics, handicaps, etc, etc is clearly wrong and morally reprehensible. While we can hope that we are educated enough to see beyond such things, clearly we only need to look at todays world to realise that we are not. It is easy to mention the old saying that "those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it". We can claim to be as civilised and as socially aware and compasionate as we like, but truth be told, many of us are not.
The Gunpowder Plot, while seen by many as perhaps an archaic piece of our past that has long since had its day, is perhaps today more relevant than ever. |
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