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1. David K. Says:
   November 5th, 2010 at 3:22 pm Mountain Time

   The third line use of “gunpowder treason” seems completely unnecessary to me, it wasn’t gunpowder treason, it was treason, if he had used a sword woudl they ahve called it “sword treason”??

2. Brendan Loy Says:
   November 5th, 2010 at 3:29 pm Mountain Time

   Spoken like a true NRA member, David.

   Gunpowder doesn’t kill people; crazy British people kill people!

3. David K. Says:
   November 5th, 2010 at 4:02 pm Mountain Time

   I’m not saying gunpowder wasn’t part of the plot, i’m just saying that gunpowder treason makes little sense. The gunpowder wasn’t commiting treason.

4. B. Minich Says:
   November 5th, 2010 at 11:30 pm Mountain Time

   1. It’s a poem. That’s what fits.

   2. Gunpowder treason does describe it pretty well. Treason was committed, and it was committed using gunpowder!

5. Alasdair Says:
   November 6th, 2010 at 2:00 am Mountain Time

   My own memory has it starting

   Remember ! Remember ! The 5th of November.
   Guy Fawkes, and the Gunpowder Plot !

   (and then my memory trails off … (blush))

   Every so often, when Westminstr’s popularity takes a nose dive, the headlines will show up “Come back, Guy Fawkes ! All is forgiven !” …

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