The Gunpowder Plot - Exploding the Legend (6/8)

[choopdewoot]

so difficult to get powder in the uk. hell in america you can make the stuff in your back yard lol

[mrsajkon]

im just watching this to see the EXPLOSION!

[ps3rules191]

had 2 watch for homework as well lol rofl

[pianor91]

I'm afraid that argument is redundant. Didn't have to be a Catholic to be a threat.

[chitoryu12]

John Johnson? Really? May as well call himself "Joe Smith".

[pianor91]

I don't understand how they can rent out the undercroft, letting anyone use it for anything, and then be surprised when they find it full of gunpowder. Didn't really have the right to arrest him on his property, in my opinion :P

[chitoryu12]

@pianor91

Well, Catholics were only 5% of the population. They probably didn't expect to rent it out to the 5% who wanted to blow shit up.

[pianor91]

@chitoryu12 Although I'm no expert, I have a reasonable education in History and actually studied religion in Tudor England, which obviously only came to an end two years prior to this incident, and the fact that only 5% of the population were Catholic (which I doubt highly, I know for a fact many more were) is neither here nor there. That's like saying only 2% of the American population is Muslim so why worry about being blown up by terrorists?

[chitoryu12]

@pianor91

Because you didn't have massive bombings that killed hundreds or thousands of people all across England perpetrated by Catholics before the Gunpowder Plot. Moreover, it's much harder to note that the person renting the room is a Catholic (especially in a time before the internet) than noting that they're Middle Eastern.

[xGlitterheartx]

"We've got MP's being pushy and seeking self advancement.....not a lot changes" Hahahaha.

[JCLeSinge]

"...One metric tonne [of gunpowder] in an unmarked truck, that for security reasons we could not film..."

Lol; meaning that the Spiks smuggled the gunpowder into England...

[t4ng0m4n000123]

this wasnt exactly the same as the barrels were metal in this video. barrles back then were wooden; since gunpowder makes it's explosion by how much pressure is applied by the barrell can take.

[GNillePuh]

Nope, it's wooden barrels, it's the shiny metal rings of the barrels that make them look metallic in the dark.

[t4ng0m4n000123]

@GNillePuh really? lol i believe u.

[ThomasCBrannan]

This is a pretty surreal scene they've set up here. Psychosexual faceless monarchs and cardboard cutouts?

[legotransformersonic]

it's scary

[Lennyleopard]

tyvm had 2 watch these 4 homework

[ChiefAlegre]

You're welcome lol. I love how so many people are watching this for school assignments lol.

[legotransformersonic]

i am too

[EllenIsAusome]

Thanks(: I have to do a 10 page essay on this . helped a lot

[ChiefAlegre]

Come back and tell us if you did well lol.

[EllenIsAusome]

Sure Will :D

Ive only done 5 pages though

[stinkymlinky]

thanks for this m8

missed it on tv

[pboy369]

Thank you very much for uploading

[kizza1645]

i love this thanks for uploading, nice work i watched all of them!