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Your mistake is thinking that there's a because. People originally celebrated Nov 5th because they lived in a period in which such things were thought worthy of
by ogogmad 5y ago
Your mistake is thinking that there's a because. People originally celebrated Nov 5th because they lived in a period in which such things were thought worthy of celebrating. It continues to be celebrated only because it's a long tradition now. Celebrating such a thing is considered to be in bad taste nowadays, but inertia is inertia.
- klelatti 5y agoThe (recent) justification for continuing to celebrate 5th Nov is simply that a plot to blow up parliament was defeated in a country that subsequently became a parliamentary democracy. I think we’re more sensitive to ‘both sides’ now. Even so blowing up Parliament is still generally seen as a bad thing. Obviously that’s not to condone either the persecution of any religious minority at the time or the treatment of the plotters.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago> People originally celebrated Nov 5th because they lived in a period in which such things were thought worthy of celebrating. Could be. Or it could just have been in the interests of the powers of the day to encourage such a celebration, and people went along with it because well, who doesn't love a good bonfire?