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| Extreme religious fundamentalists... |
By now, 406 years ago, a man would be preparing the final touches to The Jesuit Treason (The Gunpowder Plot); by midnight on the 4th November it had been foiled; it was an attempt at mass murder, destruction and the prime aim was regicide: it was a religious fundamentalist plot. The Fawkes mask that many are using in current protests (to hide their identity?...clearly no real commitment to their cause then...oh, "
What cause?", you ask, good question) is based on the plotter that was caught guarding the explosives beneath the House of Lords, or, the
V for Vendetta character, except that both these had very, very clear objectives. The OLSX crowd have no clear aim
one achievement so far: the Rt Rev Michael Colclough - canon pastor of St Paul's Cathedral - has insisted that the cathedral and the C of E's reputation had not been damaged by recent events...hmmm...maybe OLSX is really another Catholic plot! Anyway, as long as they remain peaceful they'll probably maintain some goodwill - unlike
elsewhere - but, to quote TheGeneral in the comments from
BBBC, why will no interviewer ask "
Just what exactly do you want done, who do you want to do it and to what time scale?".
P.S. If you have time to spare it wold be worth a read of David Prieser's
account and opinion from last weekend on the US 'Occupiers'.
P.P.S. Paul, Gildy tells us you're fine and will be back (maybe revamped or with a different blogging platform?)
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