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I'm just in a ranting mood because V for Vendetta made the "Remember, Remember" thing popular and not the actual historic event.
God damn us Americans. |
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Remember, remember the fifth of November? I now fail for not being able to remember in what year that happened. I did a whole project in year 8 on "Was Guy Fawkes framed?"
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1605.
I'm just pretty sure most, if not all, of the people on my friends list on Facebook are not Catholic, or even British. Why they all have the rhyme in their status is merely the result of a bad movie making it popular. |
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What's the betting they don't even know what it's actually about?
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Pretty fair, I'd say.
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That's unfortunate. I put it as my facebook status, and had someone comment going "I LOVE that film!". I wanted to punch them quite hard, but let them off because they aren't British, and, as you say Nathan, movie made it popular. Must say, I rather enjoyed the movie myself. Its in my top ten, at least.
Instead, I replied to her comment, stating that it was something I learnt in primary school. On another note, I finally have a set plot for NaNo. Now I just need to make it happen. |
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I've already lost all desire to write my NaNo. x.x
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I just think it's funny how people are saying that rhyme because they believe it is in support of fighting for freedom, when in reality it is not.
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Celebrating the failure of a regicide attempt = supporting fighting for freedom? Interesting.
Ugh, it's not even nine o'clock yet. Why am I so damned tired? |
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People in American tend to believe what the movies tell them. Guy Fawkes was noble, fighting for the rights of the down trodden Catholic people (if they even know that much about the history of the UK and I am surprised if they do), etc, etc. All because Hugo Weaving wore his mask and blew up Parliament in some movie.
They say the rhyme because Hugo Weaving said the rhyme, they believe it to be an inspiring poem of some sort rather than a humorous way of letting people know they burned a guy at the stake. |
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Let's not forget that /b/tards seem to have adopted that mask as their symbol... *heavy sigh*
Shifting the subject a little bit, I want to learn how to play "Stairway to Heaven" for some reason. o.o;; |
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I get so angry at people who see a historical event referenced in popular culture and have no idea what it was. Unreasonably angry, probably, but I am a willing student of history and I despise ignorance.
I was the only person in my lit class who realized that one of T.S. Eliot's poems alluded to Guy Fawkes. :/ The movie was alright (Demi's got low standards, remember?) but I got bored in the middle. You know, the bit with the letters? I liked what's-his-face, the guy with the stuff in his house. Gordon? Look at me, I can't even remember most of it. Blowing up parliament is generally a better idea in a dystopian and rather Orwellian setting. In other news... I was just watching a wildlife show I'd never seen before. Nigel Marven is the guy's name, I think, and he's adorable. At the end, they were sort of giving a little teaser for the next episode, and he suddenly yelled "IGUANA" and leaped into the river. EDIT @Spammer: True rebels ought to use the English language properly when they're on the internets. -guts with a Bowie knife- |
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What spammer? ninja
For some reason, deleting posts redirects me to the early pages of this thread. I shouldn't read them; I just end up missing old members. |
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Oh Demi, I signed up for that Twilight Heroes thing. My name is Professor Doric Thassaly.
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