Riedquat Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Burn the unbelievers and heretics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 So only the no side lied about anything ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Surely the best from the BBC story ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northerner Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Anyone for tennis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Surely the best from the BBC story ... Thirdway can't you see the whole thing is meant to be a piss take and a joke. ^ That's the entire point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EUBanana Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Looks like they burn all sorts. Equal opportunities burning in effigy. Burn Alex Salmond alongside Maggie and Blair for all I care. Offendotrons stopped being funny years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovelyhead Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 No voters are just the same as the boomer generation. I'm all right jack. Not wanting to rock the boat. Consigning younger generations to Tory rule from Westminster. I am shocked that anyone that reads HPC could even contemplate voting for more of the same. It is completely hypocritical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Someone needs to be hauled over the coals for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sPinwheel Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Was he made of money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpewLabour Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 The Lewes Bonfire Processions are the most famous in the country and people travel in their 10,000s to see and be a part of it. They always burn effigies representing things that have annoyed during the past year - a few years ago there was an uproar when they burnt an effigy of a gypsy caravan. I would have thought one of Alex Salmond would have been perfect, and I'm glad they went ahead and blew one up anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Speaking as someone who is Scottish and would have voted for Scottish independence had I been allowed to, I regard the tradition of burning effigies of politicians as an important part of our culture of freedom of expression and I find the Salmond one (and the others) quite funny. I don't think that anyone participating would seriously want Salmond himself burned. It is satire, theatre and part of a rich tradition of open contempt for authority figures. I am sure, and would hope, that Salmond is big enough to take it in his stride. Anyone in politics who regards themselves as being above criticism, even if ritualised effigy burning, is too delicate and precious for the rough-and-tumble of politics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 I am sure, and would hope, that Salmond is big enough to take it in his stride. Anyone in politics who regards themselves as being above criticism, even if ritualised effigy burning, is too delicate and precious for the rough-and-tumble of politics. Hard to see who was being appeased. Can't imagine Salmond himself letting it bother him. Nor, to be fair, today's other senior politicians. But on reading your words, a muttering goes wickedly through my head. Something along the lines of " ... bigoted womanpeople ...". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Speaking as someone who is Scottish and would have voted for Scottish independence had I been allowed to, I regard the tradition of burning effigies of politicians as an important part of our culture of freedom of expression and I find the Salmond one (and the others) quite funny. I don't think that anyone participating would seriously want Salmond himself burned. It is satire, theatre and part of a rich tradition of open contempt for authority figures. I am sure, and would hope, that Salmond is big enough to take it in his stride. Anyone in politics who regards themselves as being above criticism, even if ritualised effigy burning, is too delicate and precious for the rough-and-tumble of politics. Good post. A bit like Spitting Image, politicians are sometimes glad of the attention. Salmond popular enough for 'ridicule' in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 One year I went to the Lewes Bonfires, and the blew up General Galtieri! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gardener Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Well the whole event revolves around the burning of a Catholic. As a practising Catholic perhaps I should campaign to have the event banned. Especially as most people reckon Guy Fawkes was the last honest man to enter Parliament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 It was the council that tweeted images of the effigies so must have met their approval. You said that a council burned an effigy. Nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Well the whole event revolves around the burning of a Catholic. As a practising Catholic perhaps I should campaign to have the event banned. Especially as most people reckon Guy Fawkes was the last honest man to enter Parliament. Yes and no. The effigy of a historical Pope is burned at Lewes fireworks, because several Protestants were burned alive in Lewes in the 16th century. As long as everyone sticks to effigies I am sure we will be OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 One year I went to the Lewes Bonfires, and the blew up General Galtieri! I heard you blew up his bottom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Thirdway can't you see the whole thing is meant to be a piss take and a joke. ^ That's the entire point. Indeed it is! I never was asked to prove I wasn't ever a Catholic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 I heard you blew up his bottom! And then they blew up Mrs Thatcher, and the Pope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Indeed it is! I never was asked to prove I wasn't ever a Catholic! But at Felching Barton Bonfire Night you put bangers up badger's bottoms, don't you? And by bangers, I mean cars that have failed the MOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Law Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Some perspective for those who have never heard of the Lewes bonfires celebrations... 8 min onwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 But at Felching Barton Bonfire Night you put bangers up badger's bottoms, don't you? And by bangers, I mean cars that have failed the MOT. Perhaps you would like the Felching Barton Mummers, to aid the small town of Gurt Clodney, to retrieve the Church Bell, on St; Winnifred's day? The clapper on it is a musical electronic dildo, and is very hygienic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Well the whole event revolves around the burning of a Catholic. As a practising Catholic perhaps I should campaign to have the event banned. Especially as most people reckon Guy Fawkes was the last honest man to enter Parliament. Absolutely. But remember only Scottish nats are allowed to be offended, everybody else has to take it in good spirit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northerner Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Well the whole event revolves around the burning of a Catholic. As a practising Catholic perhaps I should campaign to have the event banned. Especially as most people reckon Guy Fawkes was the last honest man to enter Parliament. He was a Yorkshireman first though, but it has always been a good excuse to burn all the rubbish that gathers up during the year, so I don't mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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