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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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well what is guy fawkes night all about then?we burn the effigy of a spaniard ffs.
everyone goes, yay! go [insert country here] and how we threw off the oppression of [insert country/social class here]
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mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Wed 4 Jul 2012, 10:53,
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he might as well have been.Guy Fawkes, also known as Guido Fawkes, the name he adopted while fighting for the Spanish in the Low Countries, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
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mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Wed 4 Jul 2012, 11:07,
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If The catholics had succeeded they would have oppressed the protestants, so it wouldn't have been a victory for freedomplus they would have had European support, meaning we may have seen greater influence from the continent, and no one likes that, except Kroney
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 4 Jul 2012, 10:55,
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so we still celebrate oppression as our national festival then.still fucking gay (guy even!!!) compared to other countries.
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mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Wed 4 Jul 2012, 10:58,
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Not really, no one wants to be catholicimagine all the buggery, guilt and money you have to give the church?
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 4 Jul 2012, 11:00,
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buggary you say?praise jesus!
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mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Wed 4 Jul 2012, 11:02,
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Guy Fawkes was from York, dude.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 4 Jul 2012, 10:58,
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so it's just me that burns the effigy of a spaniard then?holy chorizo!
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