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To: At_The_Ask who wrote (197014)	10/11/2002 11:36:59 AM
From: BDR	Respond to of 436258

It's a British thing. (g) See Pearly's reference: bonefire.org

To: At_The_Ask who wrote (197014)	10/11/2002 11:45:47 AM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 436258

He is a historic British Osma Bin Laden type -g- <<who is guy fawks>> Maybe an idea for the future.. USA "Osma Bin Laden" day? from the "Guy Fawks" link The tradition of Guy Fawkes-related bonfires actually began the very same year as the failed coup. The Plot was foiled in the night between the 4th and 5th of November 1605. Already on the 5th, agitated Londoners who knew little more than that their King had been saved, joyfully lit bonfires in thanksgiving. As years progressed, however, the ritual became more elaborate. Soon, people began placing effigies onto bonfires, and fireworks were added to the celebrations. Effigies of Guy Fawkes, and sometimes those of the Pope, graced the pyres. Still today, some communities throw dummies of both Guy Fawkes and the Pope on the bonfire (and even those of a contemporary politician or two), although the gesture is seen by most as a quirky tradition, rather than an expression of hostility towards the Pope.

To: At_The_Ask who wrote (197014)	10/11/2002 11:50:44 AM
From: XBrit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Guido ("Guy") Fawkes was basically a terrorist who, in Nov. 1605, tried to blow up the British king and parliament with gunpowder. 11/5 is a day for bonfires and fireworks, supposedly to celebrate the failure of his plot. Effigies of "Guy" are burned on the fires. That's the sanitized version. The reality is that Fawkes was Catholic, and the day was originally an excuse for an anti-Catholic hate day. The original meaning survives nowadays only in a town called Lewes in Sussex, which burns effigies of the pope every year. Hey, it's an ancient tradition. escapeartist.com