irish-stew wrote: » Over in London at the mo, and there has been fireworks going off all weekend in the parks and commons, acompanied by bonfires in some. The above question was raised over lunch today, why dont we celebrate it. He was of course a catholic who tried to blow up the Houses of Parlament. I thought that kinda thing would be praised by some aspects of the irish community. :pac:
asherbassad wrote: » Same reason we don't celebrate Bastille Day. It's nothing to fcuking do with us.
jam_mac_jam wrote: » I sometimes wonder do English people know we are a different country? I was asked last year why we didn't get a day off for the royal wedding. They should learn a little of their history.
Dr Bob wrote: » this. ...plus while I might like our neighbours to the east a lot , the whole burn-a-catholic in effigy thing still makes me a little uneasy, even if its old history. If they change it to burn-a-dummy-dressed-asJimmy-Saville-night though I'm all in.
Downlinz wrote: » It's threads like this that makes after hours insufferable these days. Why is this place so obsessed with Britain? Why does everything that country does have to be contexualised and examined for relevancy here? Why that one country and no place else on the planet? On the first two pages we've a thread about Poppie, a thread on Guy Fawkes, two on british footballers, another on Britains invasion history, one on a program about gambling in Britain, another on a British celebrity pedophile. It's pathetic and ongoing. Just rename this board "British culture discussion" and give the rest of us a social board to talk about relevant things.
anncoates wrote: » Guy Fawkes is actually an awesome name.
realies wrote: » Rather have Guy Knives
realies wrote: » This Guy Fawkes dude had nothing to do with us. Morning ;-)
