The Story Of Guy Fawkes

[Kennilarsen1]

He is a hero though

[Kennilarsen1]

I flagged this as terrorism

[joemoin]

a hero? he was a racist anarchist who promoted terrorism and would kill any amount of innocent people to get what he wanted, your poor education is amazing

[33guyfawkes]

guy fawkes is my hero!

[TripleXXX000]

what is the true story.

[aydooknow]

he's just like che guevara then. hollywood has warped their images. che was a murderous tyrant and guy was a terrorist. yet they're both made to look like martyrs . . . sad

[lastexile666]

@aydooknow Murderous Tyrant? Cuba voted that in because capitalism failed and was the real tyrant, you must be manipulated by republican media that either the Bay of Pigs was a justified attempted act of "Freedom" like every Imperial black hole the US creates, or that violence can't be positive and necessary.

[aydooknow]

@lastexile666 thousands died by his order. he arrested people for all sorts of fucked up reasons like being gay, or having aids,or even just men having LONG HAIR. basically if you didnt agree with him, he arrested you or had you killed.

[sushicannibal]

catholisism is fucked up so why was he a hero

[UnderwhelmingPlywood]

Wait, so he's thought of as a villain? I'm confused. I thought he was a revolutionary hero.

[BSc2b]

Terrorist and religious fanatic. Makes me think of Osama. Just sayin'

[WierdPerv4U]

His real name was Guido Fawkes

[Digiscat]

@WierdPerv4U That was an alias he used during the actual plot.

[kazucun3228]

I don't get it. So was he a hero or not?

[BunnyOnDrugZ]

V for Vendetta brought me here =)

[IAMDEFOE]

@TetraUbik Hewas a man who was willing to stand up for what he believed in. He supported a catholic rebellion. The only reason he failed was because that his accomplices wrote an anonymous letter. And you have to understand that religious oppression was extremely common back then. All the majority wanted was a catholic monarch returned to the throne and when they wanted to change something about the king, it usually was. religious oppression was unfair, but the majority was at least satisfied.

[MrFatkids4life]

Elizabeth didnt establish the church of england. Her dad, King Henry VII did...get your facts straight.

[galti111]

Guy Fawkes: The only man ever to enter Parliament with honest intentions!

[thasweetwalrus]

guy fawkes wasn't executed...he killed himself.

[DFloVEVO]

Rest In Peace Guy Fawkes.

[Supasaiyanfrieza]

To all you people saying Guy Fawkes was a hero... you're wrong. If the plot succeeded, we'd probably have an evil and corrupt ruler right now.

[DFloVEVO]

@Supasaiyanfrieza You're blinded

[Supasaiyanfrieza]

@DFloVEVO Really? Because if the plot succeeded Catholics would've been hated and the country would have had a 5 year old for a king.

[SeparatedApollo]

@Supasaiyanfrieza were is your logic behind that claim? It sounds like something you made up

[jb756048]

this is crap

[MisterJohnnyQuid]

Remember, remember the fifth of November

[Kevin107ish]

What a load of bollocks.

[pipuk3]

this night is hell on earth if you have a dog lol. also don't say his a true hero the guy tried to murder people just because they did favor his religon. thats lame.

[pipuk3]

@pipuk3 i ment didn't * =p

[Racepholous]

@pipuk3 It's not as simple as that. England had no religious freedom and Guy Fawkes wanted to change that. Also some catholics were being tortured.

[pipuk3]

@Racepholous still killing is against all religons , breaking your religon to help uphold it is wrong.

[Racepholous]

@pipuk3 Actually islam tells people to assault someone when they insult islam or some shit like that. Judaism also says that anyone who isn't a jew is basically an animal or the like.

But yeah western religions don't. But he wasn't doing it necessarily for the religion itself, but for the believers being disliked.

[rajnair58]

So, why is Guy Fawkes more special than any of the other 13 men?

[Blizgar]

@rajnair58 He got tortured and killed

[Supasaiyanfrieza]

@rajnair58 He was the one who was guarding the gunpowder and got caught.

[GILBERHE]

I think us New Zealanders are the only other country that follow this very English of traditions. Up until the late 80's it was a very fun and happy event to be part off. However idiots started placing fireworks into animals orifices. Fires were also common. Hence fire crackers have been banned in NZ. You can still buy fire works though but nowadays people just tend to go to public firework shows. No bon fires, no scare crow of Guy Fawkes. Sad really

[jay34741]

GUY FAWKES WAS A GRASS!

[happybro1]

what does this have to do wit the hacktivists

[Racepholous]

@happybro1 Anonymous respects Guy Fawkes for what he tried to do. They aren't directly connected.

[Loupster420]

i want to know how guy fawkes was a hero some plz tell me?



[whitechapel0095]

@Loupster420 he was trying to change things. starting a revolution because catholics were treating poorly back then and he wanted to get rid of the king at the time so it would stop...i mean thats what i think happened.

[communistjesus]

@Docfilmtv1 Now were all the CONSPIRATORS English???... Were there any from Wales, Ireland or Scotland???

[Madorem]

So wait, he was trying to dismantle a protestant theocracy to install a catholic one? terrorist. murderer of innocent. idiot. Whats worth celebrating? on either side?

[Uuuurk]

@Madorem Before the plot he also killed dutch protestants for the spanish chatolic crown

[Uuuurk]

@Uuuurk dutch republic protestants

[listenthinkspeak]

Winter is coming.

[CassiusXs]

Welcome to the Gold Saucer.

[jokerliel]

wft music?

[shadowrubik]

im german and have some problems with understanding this. do british people think guy fawkes was a hero or a villain?

[123gwf]

@shadowrubik He's a hero. He stood for freedom and resistance to tyranny.

[sardanapolis]

Who will be the Guy Fawkes of Islam?

[XxSYCOSLAYER15xX]

YOU PEOPLE CELEBRATE THE SADISTIC MURDER OF A MAN WHO WAS STANDING UP FOR HIS BELIEFS????? NO WONDER YOU ARE ALL FUCKED UP!

[Ronnyqt]

So it was about religion, the queen did not support catholics yet supported which religion? And you make a Guy Fawkes dummy and throw him in the bonfire in order to celebrate his action or the murder of him?

[Metaknighttu]

loved the gold saucer theme xD

[saileddragonfly]

R.I.P Guy Fawkes...true hero!!!

[Tomta20012]

@saileddragonfly but blowing up people because the king didn't like Christianity is not really a noble cause... are is that a lie? is there more to it as usual?

[Arabhacks]

Think V for Victory, the book and movie were done as V for Vendetta to allow that story to be made copyright.

But, like the Hells Angels, V for Victory started with the end of world war 2, a story in itself.

Now, add computers on a personal level, something that did not exist in that era, and the oppression provided by "King" Bush on this side of the pond, and you have it, an anonymous answer to a very real problem.

V for victory!

[codownni]

Great British tradition. God save the Queen.

[JohnPurchaseArt]

"the kings been saved"

[dokkedal]

great editing, esp. the ending sequence.

[LucyGLiddell]

@dokkedal Cheers!

[Blazer637]

@adiostraitorobama Which is great, because even Amerigo Vespucci later admitted he did not deserve the recognition.

[Gerdy2k9]

Guy Fawkes is a hero

[TimmacTR]

I don't understand....so is this Fawkes guy used as some sort of villain for this celebration?

[flushnex]

Fawking Awsome.

[TheCow500]

fawkes was a great man.

[IAMDEFOE]

Fuck this "holiday". Guy Fawkes was a hero.

[Loupster420]

@IAMDEFOE in what way was he a hero? plz expl.

[TetraUbik]

@IAMDEFOE So... he was a hero because he failed to impose one form of religious oppression over another? Or because everyone watched 'V for Vendetta' and supposed that Guy Fawkes was fighting against religious oppression? In reality, this is one of the saddest ironies in the use of Guy Fawkes' image: he wanted to establish another form of oppression in place of the status quo; not abolish government/religious oppression.

[briotera]

The real epic fail guy?

[kaderoder]

People should not be afraid of their Government, their Government should be afraid of the people.

Why not celebrate the 5th of November by blowing up your local parliment.

[pyerMC]

i thought guy fawks was a idolized man for being an activist, was i wrong?

[topbluffa1]

@pyerMC

buy some like me he is.

[Vanletterbomb]

what version of canon in 4:08???

[DivineMalice9]

reminds me of jesus

[professormusic11]

I'd just like to point out that up until 1853 (something along those lines) Guy Fawkes Night was a national holiday and any priests refusing to hold ceremonial church services on this day were considered crimals. So yeah, the tradition stays with us.

But it's not about hating Guy Fawkes, it's traditional and kinda hard to get rid of. Hang on, don't Americans celebrate Leif Erikson day, a day when the beginning of hating Indians began?

[DerRealeHater]

Dieses Video ist schlecht! Muhahaha

[runemaster253]

I'm disgusted Why don't you let him rest in peace?

[ThaisBlackXboxLive]

Guy Fawkes is the hero.. And now we're just celebrating he got tortured and killed? wow.

[runemaster253]

@ThaisBlackXboxLive Yeah I'm like what the fuck.

[dokha]

@runemaster253 and burning his figure

how is that positive?

[BLIX5445]

Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes,

'Twas his intent.

To blow up the King and the Parliament.

Three score barrels of powder below.

to prove old Englands to overthrow.

By God's providence he was catch'd,

With a dark lantern and burning match

Holloa boys, Holloa boys, let the bells ring

Holloa boys, Holloa boys, God save the King!

[abirosetxxx]

thanks for this :D

[TheJonnyDavison]

This is slander, Guy Fawkes was a hero for attempting something no one else dared to do for the sake of equality, unfortunately he failed but at least he tried

[bigbadbrainz]

Yeah religious oppression is sumthin worth celebrating, only in facist britain. Even to this day the prime minister of britain is not allowed to be catholic nor is a catholic allowed to marry into the royal family, but it's swept under the carpet by everyone on that bigoted little hellhole.

[godoftech13]

So Nov. 5th is a celebrated date because England (now one of the most liberal countries in the world) was able to keep a building standing. When the very reason it was to be blown up was because a political leader was a biggot? A holiday celebrated for keeping the little guy/catholic faith down? The way things were being run in England back then, they should have blow a bitch up long before that. a perfect example of trying to keep the sheep in thier flock.

[mol3412]

Thanks a lot! Easy to understand and follow.

[MirageScience]

V for Vendetta

[berdivhala1]

he was a fenian terrorist , catholic scum just like the ira , glasgow rangers fans burn an effigy of the pope, so do many guy fawkes bonfires in england and ulster!!!! no surrender to ira terrorist scum,,,,,ftp red hand nazi ultras! chelsea rule hamburg hsv!! linfield fuck celtic!! burn the scum bnp kkk

[d1groovy2]

Mom.!!Happy day from your U.S. kids!!!

[SensaiMan]

I like this fantastic! Shame the he got caught.

Look what we have today for a Government.

A bunch of jokers and crooks.

[speedkiller123456]

I like the fireworks at the end

[MotorsportMonster]

Guy fawkes should never have been born.. in fact he deserved to die

[jlslibby]

i am doing this for a school reseach

[Nweith]

a pity about the audio...but really good synopsis!

[Ulriksch1]

Thanks for this short version of an important story. I show it to children adn discuss it with them during their English lessons in November. Great to learn not only the language, but also a bit of history. Thanks from the Netherlands

[England5is5the5best]

@Thunderbolt1000T Mind your own business,Inbred.

[England5is5the5best]

Burn all catholic terrorists

[20sanfoe]

My birthday!

[PatrikForLife]

The story of a guy who fucks... LOL

[GuyFawkesFella]

I escaped! I'm alive! I was frozen in a block of ice and revived.

[TalbertComedy]

Celebrating the continuity of religious oppression with fire. Nothing wrong with that.

[SloneHermit]

in my eyes Guy Fawkes was a hero, or at least a hero for trying.

[England5is5the5best]

@SloneHermit Are you catholic?

[SloneHermit]

@England5is5the5best No I am not, but I believe what I believe.

[England5is5the5best]

@SloneHermit A catholic terrorist tries to blow up a protestant parliament,And you think he is a hero,And you're not a catholic.

I presume you're not a Muslim,Do you think the 9/11 terrorists were hero's as well?

[SloneHermit]

@England5is5the5best why do you have a problem with my beliefs?

and yes I am a Muslim but I do not think that 9/11 was an act of heroism.

[England5is5the5best]

@SloneHermit How would I have known of your beliefs?

Maybe you just like to see Christians kill each other.

[rinhaus5]

moar efg

[gtirboy1]

blow the fucker up

[England5is5the5best]

@gtirboy1 Shut up,Descendant of criminals.

[corizon420]

Remember Remember 11 September

The Gun powder, Treason and Plot

I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot.

[DrStrangebomb1993]

In France Guy Fawkes would've been a national hero and a martyr.

[soapandwafflesrule]

wait im slighty confused

are they celebrating the fact the king was saved

or the fact the Guy Fawkes risked his life to fight what he believed for?

[mrsmudgeyful]

@soapandwafflesrule they were celebrating the fact that the king survived and the terrorists were captured and executed, they celebrated this by burning a dummy guy fawkes around the 5th of november, unlike christmas, pancake tuesday, easter and all other holidays the reasons behind this holiday is rather depressing

[DAVIDUTUBEMEMBER]

Uhm. Sorry, At the End, at 4:10 There´s a song. What´s the name of it? Who´s the Composer? I apreciate the Info!

[Amputecht1]

@DAVIDUTUBEMEMBER Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel

[TomRomBand]

Love the Final Fantasy VII music at 2:35 mate! haha

[ptm5150]

This is an awesome video...

[soapandwafflesrule]

waht states in America if any celebrate this?

[MUCKSTICKYIZZY]

none

[videochemist]

this year the effigies I will be burning on my bonfire are going to be of Gordon brown and the royal family, maybe president obama for good measure - while wearing my guy fawkes mask and letting off fireworks.

[horismoku]

@videochemist i live in the states and have and will continue to celebrate guy fawkes night i like that men saw the oppresive government of the time for what it was and tried to change it i believe i to shall have some effigies of some of the same people

[NewOrganization]

Remember, remember the fifth of November

The gunpowder, treason and plot.

I know of no reason

why the gunpowder treason

should ever be forgot

[TeamGYD]

@NewOrganization is that what V for vendetta is about? guy fawkes?

[NewOrganization]

@TeamGYD Eh, not really. V for Vendetta was about a man dressed in a Guy Fawkes mask who opposed his corrupt government. Guy Fawkes opposed his government as well. However, the movie wasn't necessarily about Guy Fawkes.

[TeamGYD]

@NewOrganization the movie is just so confusing to me but i enjoyed it.

[300spartan16]

V for vendetta explained it better,and there was ACTION SCENES!!!W00T!!!

[sandwraith13]

the book explained nothing about guy fawkes

[cooldaddyjames]

@300spartan16 seriously?

[300spartan16]

@cooldaddyjames yea,if you havent seen the movie,the you wouldnt understand.

[SouthLeitrim1916]

If wonder if you burned a picture of Allah in britain there would be uproar right so I think it not right to burn a effigy of Guy Fawkes

[England5is5the5best]

@SouthLeitrim1916 Shut up,IRA scum.

[andreaprodan]

It could have been a 'trés bon' fire had Guido Fawkes pulled it off. Bu the usual sneak must have grassed onhim. Poor bugger...

[RubyHendrix]

PFFFAAATTT .. WTF AAAAHAAH...

WTF IF WITH ALL THE POPPING ARGHHHHHH!! LMAO!!! AAAAAAAHAHHA x

[littlegypsy71]

Lets try and blow up parliment every year instead of having bonfires and fireworks!

[PurpleMouse1974]

Thank you for this! We don't celebrate Guy Fawkes night in Canada, but being a Brit, I wanted my children to know the story. They feel is it a sad story, with too many people hurting each other. Thank you for making it easy for them to understand.

[PerryMartinGreen420]

@PurpleMouse1974 then what ever you do dont tell them about ww2 way more people got hurt in that story

[semyaza666]

Should have been the king who was executed. death to tyrants!

[Mike55535]

Well done im subbing to you

[LucyGLiddell]

This is on the universities account and not mine, but sub anyway cos theyre all good :)

[STOPTHEEU]

c of e is not protestant!

[omgbomb239]

it leaves me wondering 0.o Since they learned more of the story.... Is his figured burned out of respect? or to humiliated him for his plan? That's one of the only questions I cant seem to find..... Is HE celebrated? or is the kings survival celebrated?

[TheEnglishGamer93]

It celebrates the failure of the gunpowder plot, so yeah the kings survival basically. He is burned on the bonfire to basically mock him and remember  his execution (although his real execution was much worse).

[littlegypsy71]

Exactly right! that bullshit about people lighting joyful bonfires to celebrate the lifes saved of the previously doomed king and co. is a cover up. I am not Cof E nor Catholic i am infact a pagan so my comment does not support  a religious "side" but its obvious its a mockery or people wouldnt burn a Guy every year.

[TheEnglishGamer93]

Yup exactly, i mean, the word bonfire itself comes from "bone fire" from the days they used to throw live animals on the fire as sacrifices around halloween time, i guess people just like to believe those types of things aren't what they really are so it doesn't seem so "occult" or "sinister".

[littlegypsy71]

More likely to have been from the french "bon" meaning good than bone. I just find the celebration a tad hypercritical if we need to burn effigies why not ones of those that do the real damage to our planet!!

[Ragman205]

hehe nice! well done lucy! xxx

[annaliddell88]

amaaaaaaaaazing :) x

[AndersonReel]

Well done! love the Final Fantasy VII music there, nice touch.

[h13gns]

Fantastic!!! A classic!!