Happy Guy Fawkes Day!!! Guy Fawkes was part of a plot (it is alleged) to kill the English King James I for his intolerance toward Catholics. Actually, the plot was to blow up the entire House of Lords in the Parliament building when James opened the Parliament for its first session of 1605. The religious schism between Catholics and Protestants was incredibly violent throughout Europe in the early 17th Century (the period of the 30 Years War). Religious extremism and bombing plots are hardly unique to the 21st Century. You all may know Guy Fawkes through his most recent incarnation:
And this video is the latest from “Anonymous”:
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