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Old 05-11-2018, 06:16 PM #1
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Thought I'd quote a couple of posts from the thread dealing with a group burning and effigy of Boris Johnson on a bonfire a few days ago, just for the sake of balance.

The Grenfell thing is in extremely poor taste and not funny at all. But story No.1 on the national news?
Have no ****ing idea what point you think you’re making?
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Have no ****ing idea what point you think you’re making?
Then allow me to clarify it for you. It's okay if they're burning someone you don't like and don't empathise or sympathise with. That's worth a laugh, right?

Otherwise it justifies top story on national news.
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Then allow me to clarify it for you. It's okay if they're burning someone you don't like and don't empathise or sympathise with. That's worth a laugh, right?

Otherwise it justifies top story on national news.
This is not the appropriate place for you to be confused about Guy Fawkes traditions ffs.
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This is not the appropriate place for you to be confused about Guy Fawkes traditions ffs.
I'm not confused.
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This is not the appropriate place for you to be confused about Guy Fawkes traditions ffs.
Boris and Theressa are not catholics so that ain't tradition at all.
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Boris and Theressa are not catholics so that ain't tradition at all.
Did you intentionally quote that post? If so, I have no idea wtf you’re going on about either.
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Did you intentionally quote that post? If so, I have no idea wtf you’re going on about either.
Guy Fawkes was part of a Catholic gang who concocted the Gunpowder Plot together. So apparently that means the tradition behind burning Guy dolls is actually burning Catholics?

Burning Catholics actually was a thing back in the day, but I don't think the burning of Guys is related to that.
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Guy Fawkes was part of a Catholic gang who concocted the Gunpowder Plot together. So apparently that means the tradition behind burning Guy dolls is actually burning Catholics?

Burning Catholics actually was a thing back in the day, but I don't think the burning of Guys is related to that.
Catholosism had a huge impact on this case.
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Then allow me to clarify it for you. It's okay if they're burning someone you don't like and don't empathise or sympathise with. That's worth a laugh, right?

Otherwise it justifies top story on national news.
No Livia, burning a guy Fawkes or taking the piss out of the tragedy of a burning building and throwing in a load or racism to boot. Are you being dense on purpose?
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No Livia, burning a guy Fawkes or taking the piss out of the tragedy of a burning building. Are you being dense on purpose?
When you strip it all down and take away the politics and bollox, they put some paper on a bonfire.
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When you strip it all down and take away the politics and bollox, they put some paper on a bonfire.
Well, if they stripped it down and took away the racism and politics it would be a completely different situation. But it's not.
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Mocking a burning building with added racism that killed 72 is meaningless! Offseason is back a day early!
If they didn't include the paper figures, would it still be "racist"?

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Well, if they stripped it down and took away the racism and politics it would be a completely different situation. But it's not.
What political views did they express?
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What political views did they express?
You don't think racism and the Grenfell Tower have anything to do with politics?
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If they didn't include the paper figures, would it still be "racist"?
"If they weren't racist, would it still be racist?" is a meaningless comment.
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If they didn't include the paper figures, would it still be "racist"?


What political views did they express?
Why are you (and others) trying so hard to defend it? Do you even believe this would be an okay thing to do without the racism? Or do you just wanna talk aimlessly about hypotheticals? Like where are you actually hoping to get with this hypothetical question?

Bizarre behaviour from some people in here.
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When you strip it all down and take away the politics and bollox, they put some paper on a bonfire.
Have you listened to the comments? This wasn't an innocent burning of a bit of cardboard
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Have you listened to the comments? This wasn't an innocent burning of a bit of cardboard
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