Well, now I gotta see "V for Vendetta" That was a good site - thank you so
much!!
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From: "archier" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: Gunpowder Plot
Hey Ray
This has some very good info about the plot:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot Don't miss Guido's signature
-- the British government claimed at the time he had not been tortured.
The plot lives on in modern culture. The recent movie "V for Vendetta"
features a character who wears a "Guy Fawkes" mask who ultimately
accomplishes what Fawkes failed to -- blowing up the English Parlaiment
building. The movie was scheduled to be released on the 400th Anniversary
of Fawkes' plot. Unlike in the actual plot, Parlaiment is empty when V
destroys it. This all takes place in "the future" and the film makes some
pretty blatant allusions to our current Prez.
The second line of T.S. Eliot "The Hollow Men" poem also refers to the plot:
Mistah Kurtz—he dead.
A penny for the Old Guy
On 9/6/06, rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> for those of us awaiting Brit Amanda's comments:
>
> The Gunpowder Plot was organized by Guy Fawkes to blow up Parliament and
> kill James I as, Maryse said, on November 5, 1605 in protest of increasing
> repression of Roman Catholics in England. I know it failed but not much
> else, except these religious problems were played out in the UK and later
> in
> the Colonies, especially notable in Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay
> Colony, resulting in separation of church and state in our Constitution.
> People would do well to heed the lessons of history now that theocracy
> rears
> its head again and threatens our health and well-being.
> Ray
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> From: "M.Schild" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:21 PM
> Subject: Re: political participation in the colonies/Amanda
>
>
> >> Amanda, Tell us more about the unsuccessful Guy Fawkes uprising. Isn't
> it
> >> still celebrated?
> >
> >
> > he is supposed to be the only person to enter Parliament with an honest
> > intention -5th November
> > Maryse
> >
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