DaSchiz Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 the fifth of November Because .... why not? Anonymous, Haunty and Cybrex 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuritho Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Okay....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjacobean Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 well, today is the best day to overthrow a government. Imagine if the US elections were today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimReaper Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Okay....? It was the fifth of November. Doesn't seem that confusing ;P It's from the movie V for Vendetta if I recall correctly. DaSchiz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Remember, remember! The fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason and plot; I know of no reason Why the Gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! Guy Fawkes and his companions Did the scheme contrive, To blow the King and Parliament All up alive. Threescore barrels, laid below, To prove old England's overthrow. But, by God's providence, him they catch, With a dark lantern, lighting a match! A stick and a stake For King James's sake! If you won't give me one, I'll take two, The better for me, And the worse for you. A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope, A penn'orth of cheese to choke him, A pint of beer to wash it down, And a jolly good fire to burn him. Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring! Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King! Hip, hip, hooor-r-r-ray! The point of V for Vendetta, and the connection to real world groups the poem is associated with all come back to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 - which in a nutshell was the result of a Government trying to forcibly impose restrictions upon the populace on the right to maintain religious beliefs (it was against the law to be Catholic, literally). The foiling of the Gunpowder Plot on November 5 was then celebrated as a national holiday, by law, where citizens were expected to burn effigies of the pope, Guy Fawkes and other Papists. It would later turn into Royalists vs Parlimentarians (with Charles I's death starting the Intereggnum) with the day becoming pro-Parlimentarian (Purist) as the Royalists were seen as Catholic puppets. Religious background aside - V for Vendetta, and certain real world groups, have essentially reclaimed the date, and the poem, as a reminder to corrupt or non-democratic governments seeking to impose the will of the few upon the many, that you cannot kill an idea - the people are always watching, and will take matters into their own hands to change the political order, as history often shows. As you were. DaSchiz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaSchiz Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 Plus it's a cool movie Anonymous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I'll be sorely disappointed if some major mutiny plot doesn't unfold within an org, on the fifth of november in-game. DaSchiz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geisterbaer Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof. DaSchiz and Anonymous 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hades Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 An idea unspoken, or unrealized, is not bulletproof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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