codswal wrote on Nov 5^th, 2010 at 8:52am:


You assumed that this thread would be moved Cods, clearly thats not happened.

I can see several other categories, where this thread would more properly redise!

That said, I don't necessarily believe that moving threads is warranted, but if that is what the owner of the site (FD) wants, then that's also fine.

So long as he is consistent, which he is not! FD moved somethings out of his pet area (Politics Suck), which are certainly related to Politics, then leaves other threads, such as this one, which have a tenuous link, at best.

I suspect the main problem with all of this is that MOZZ has gone AWOL and FD spends most of his time here on the fishing thread.
I've noticed the other global mod,LOC has been coming in on a daily basis, but LOC tends to let most things go, which is good in most instances, but when you have a troll/fruitcake like meeeelie/ticfin defecating all over the forum at their will the forum will die a sad lonely death, like all the other forums the loonie has destroyed.

You know....if you dont like the thread, you dont have to contribute to it, nor read it.

tickfen wrote on Nov 5^th, 2010 at 12:02pm:


He was part of a Catholic plot to overthrow the Protestant king James I.  Robert Catesby was the ring leader, but Guy Fawkes was the one found with the explosives.

The Catholics of the time would argue that those who supported the Church of England under Henry VIII and Elizabeth I were the  real anarchists.

James I reigned as king of Great Britain and Ireland in 1603 with the Union of the Crowns. He had been king of Scotland for the previous 35 years as James VI. In November 1605, the first English parliament of James I was about to sit.

So Guy Fawkes night was a kind of anti-Catholic demonstration. The holiday started as a kind of religious celebration from 1606 onwards as a celebration of the victory of Protestantism.

In 1673, there was a ritual burning of the "Whore of Babylon" which was dressed up with papal symbols to represent the pope, so  that tradition of burning "the pope" continued on to this day in Britain.

Guy Fawkes himself was sentenced to be hung drawn and quartered. He jumped from the scaffold to break his neck to spare himself from the planned torture of parts 2 and 3.

Guy Fawkes was a political activist/anarchist.
Where should political comments be situated then, if not within Politics?


Or are you just trying to cause trouble again?

perceptions_now wrote on Nov 6^th, 2010 at 8:46am:



just had the very same thought pc..I am shocked its still here otherwise I wouldnt have said what I said.. maybe someone has to elert FD..who knows.maybe in a good free thinking mood!!! maybe its his day off.anyway I dont expect it to last much longer