Guy Fawkes - Hero or Villain?

As someone who aspires to Robert LeFevrian levels of anti-violence, wherever possible, I must preface my following remarks with the statement that I absolutely abhor the use of violence, except perhaps, in extremis, in personal defence. Mr LeFevre would of course say that even this level of violence is intolerable, and I salute him for this.

I must say, however, that I spent the entire early part of my life with the firm belief that the reason we British hold Bonfire Night, was to celebrate Guy Fawkes' attempt to blow up King James I, and the entire British parliament, in 1605, on this very date of November the Fifth.

It came as quite a shock to discover, at quite an advanced age, that we are supposed to be horrified by this failed attempt to remove the good order of the entire British government establishment.

I'm still shocked, shocked to find that most people I know continue to celebrate the memory of Guy Fawkes as a heroic man as opposed to his being a contemptible villain.

Politicians really are hated in Britain, and this is just one of the signs, as is the underground popularity of the film V for Vendetta, with its use of the iconic Guy Fawkes mask. Let us hope that this hatred turns into something far more positive, in time, which is the removal of politicians from our lives, or at least a severe diminution of their powers.

The pound is dead, the dollar is dead, and the euro is dead, no matter what short-term nonsense they foist upon us to prop them up. The Bretton-Woods II global agreement that the Bilderberger class will eventually try to bamboozle us with in the next few years won't fix this. All paper currencies eventually become worthless, no matter what you do - the only way they will eventually prop these currencies up will be at the end of Mao's gun barrel. This continuing failure of the world elites to make their paper currencies work, without returning to a commodity money standard, may be the opportunity we need to get these miserable thieves out of our lives.

A peaceable implosion of government power may then be the answer to our prayers, because if we can get back to a commodity money standard, this will immediately destroy much of the hold these people have over us - which is of course why they will do their utmost to stop it happening. And this is where I believe Fawkes and his friends were wrong. We should not use violence to overturn the men of violence.

All we need is the truth.