Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November

More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you then I would suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot. (V, V for Vendetta)

Someone said that Guy Fawkes in the only man who entered the Parliament with honest intentions. Unfortunately, the way England celebrated the fifth of November had nothing to do with Guy Fawkes and saving the Parliament. Instead, there was a carnival smacked right in the middle of Victoria Park in London, with rides, booths and a parade – with a tiger. Is England going for Orientalism?

There was a strange performance which involved an emperor, a tiger, women dressed as ferns (we think) and apparently, taxes. Nobody got the plot, maybe it was too intelligent for students of LSEP and Manchester to decipher. Just the same, we watched the performance because the fireworks display came after that. The fireworks were pretty, but it only lasted for seven minutes. Perhaps that’s the reason why the emperor in the play kept on talking about taxes, so the city can better finance the fireworks display next year.

Better yet, bring the troops back home, use taxes for fireworks instead.

Remembering the fifth of November?