Why the heck do we celebrate a theocratic would-be murderer?

[Archae]

As in Guy Fawkes.

He wanted to murder everyone in Parliament, and put in a Catholic theocracy.

http://www.cracked.com/article_18606_8-historic-symbols-that-mean-opposite-what-you-think.html

[pkdu]

1. We (Brits) do not celebrate him ...in fact we burn his effigy every Nov 5th on bonfires.

V for Vendetta uses a similar plot to destroy a purely evil Govt. I actually really liked the movie , but it's NOT a Guy Fawkes remake.

Remember , remember , the 5th of November..
Gunpowder , Treason and Plot.

[deaniac21]

2. Well, he did wear the mask...

[pkdu]

4. He didn't ...

The character in V .. Did, but that wasn't Guy Fawkes. The mask is a movie adaptation of british culture long after Fawkes was executed.

[deaniac21]

8. Uh, that is what I was saying.......

[Orrex]

5. Fun fact:

In the author's notes for the bound edition of the V for Vendetta comic series, Alan Moore states that, during development of the project, he and David Lloyd opined that Brits should celebrate Fawkes, rather than burning him in effigy.

Doesn't change the facts of the actual observance of the date, but it's an interesting tidbit re: the famed series.

[whatthehey]

3. Today is the anniversary of his arrest

He is burned in effigy 400 odd years later.

That's not exactly celebrating him now is it?

[TlalocW]

6. Eh...

Some people will take whatever they can get.

TlalocW

[Jester Messiah]

7. Who is 'we'?

I can assure you that I don't.