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Bonfire Night "an environmental disaster".

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An MP has warned the public not to light fires in their gardens this weekend, branding Bonfire Night "an environmental disaster".

In the wake of the Stern report, Labour's Barry Sheerman said people had to recognise the connection between their actions and the planet's future.

He said: "Too many people will pussyfoot around because they think it's part of their heritage to have a bonfire in the back garden and burn a Catholic on it.

"But this weekend there will be more dioxins and more carbon put into the atmosphere than much of industry puts in the rest of year. It is a cataclysmic disaster.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/03112006/356/bonfire-night-disaster.html

So there you have it. Don't do it, boys and girls. :D

On a serious note, does anyone bother with a bonfire? Not round where I live that's for sure...
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Pathetic.
  • JsTJsT Posts: 18,268 Skive's The Limit
    Surely this can't be the same Barry Sheerman who recently commented in the local rag that bonfire events brought the community 'closer'.

    What a clown.
  • Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    Twats! Sigh...

    Bonfires are ace. My Grandad used to have a great one.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ok, but he's right. Bonfires are really dirty in terms of carbon emmissions and particulates. Local firework events are great community events, but if you didn't light one in your garden it'd be one bonfire instead of 5000 for any given community.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    JsT wrote:
    Surely this can't be the same Barry Sheerman who recently commented in the local rag that bonfire events brought the community 'closer'.

    What a clown.

    It does though. Where I'm from all the kids from the estate get together and go collecting, when the bonfire is made the whole estate come and watch and talk and let of fireworks.

    Our bonfire this year was quite big, though they did have something like 200 car tyres which shouldn't have been there.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    You know that Mr Fawkes had the right idea for where to have a fire on 5th Nov.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Man Of Kent wrote:
    You know that Mr Fawkes had the right idea for where to have a fire on 5th Nov.

    :D
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    .
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Labour MP talks bollocks shocker!

    £60,000 a year for a tosser like that. Use him as the Guy and at least we might get our money's worth.
  • JsTJsT Posts: 18,268 Skive's The Limit
    Kermit wrote:
    Labour MP talks bollocks shocker!

    £60,000 a year for a tosser like that. Use him as the Guy and at least we might get our money's worth.
    Excluding his £146,000 expenses :rolleyes:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Bonfires environmnetal disaster?




    Well I never!
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Light the blue touch paper and retire to at least a mile :)
  • Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    Man Of Kent wrote:
    You know that Mr Fawkes had the right idea for where to have a fire on 5th Nov.
    :thumb:

    If only he wasn't a Monarchist!
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Burn a catholic? Can i burn this one??
    100_6512_pope_closup.jpg


    Ooooh controversial! :thumb:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Fuck off ya prody cunt! :)
  • Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    satehen wrote:
    Burn a catholic? Can i burn this one??
    100_6512_pope_closup.jpg


    Ooooh controversial! :thumb:

    Thats no Moon!/Pope! (This place needs strikethrough code)
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    In this day and age I'm surprised Bonfire Night hasn't been banned on hatred law grounds already. Imagine if the tradition had been 'burn a Muslim' or 'burn a Jew' instead... ;)
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Aladdin wrote:
    In this day and age I'm surprised Bonfire Night hasn't been banned on hatred law grounds already. Imagine if the tradition had been 'burn a Muslim' or 'burn a Jew' instead... ;)
    Does it really celebrate the burning of a Catholic though? I thought it was more celebrating the fact that he didn't blow up Parliament.
  • JsTJsT Posts: 18,268 Skive's The Limit
    Knee High Stripy Socks wrote:
    Does it really celebrate the burning of a Catholic though? I thought it was more celebrating the fact that he didn't blow up Parliament.
    Our old mate Barry clearly thinks so. Got a two page spread in the local rag.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Knee High Stripy Socks wrote:
    Does it really celebrate the burning of a Catholic though? I thought it was more celebrating the fact that he didn't blow up Parliament.

    I guess you have to ask [why he wanted to blow up parliament...
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Knee High Stripy Socks wrote:
    Does it really celebrate the burning of a Catholic though? I thought it was more celebrating the fact that he didn't blow up Parliament.
    I prefer to celebrate the fact that he tried.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Well they're not amazingly good for the environment (maybe he should target short haul flights, the meat industry, driving or buying foreign fruit)... And we do need to learn about environmental responsibility even if it isn't hip, sexy or fun.

    Odd innit... The Stern report comes out and politicians start giving a shit. Shows where their interests lie.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Man Of Kent wrote:
    I guess you have to ask [why he wanted to blow up parliament...

    Partially because they wanted a return to an absolutist Catholic monarchy and with a racist hatred of Scots partially he wanted to kill a Scottish king and his Scotch advisors.

    Now the Parliament under James I and VI may not have been perfect, but it was a damned site better than what Fawkes and Catesby wanted. You can pretty much draw a direct line between James VI (with a few minor detours) and a modern mainly democratic and mainly tolerant modern Britain.
  • SkiveSkive Posts: 15,283 Skive's The Limit
    I think they still burn the pope down in Lewes.
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Skive wrote:
    I think they still burn the pope down in Lewes.

    It was the Pope for years and years, but now its a different yearly hate figure, Bin Laden was one year for example.

    And anyway, it doesnt have a deep meaning anymore, its just a chance to blow things up and ooooh and aaaah and the pretty sparkling lights.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    budda wrote:
    It was the Pope for years and years, but now its a different yearly hate figure, Bin Laden was one year for example.


    At the risk of being picky it wasn't the pope, but a pope, specifically Pope Paul V

    Pope_Paul_V.jpg

    who was head of the Church during the time of the Plot.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    budda wrote:
    It was the Pope for years and years, but now its a different yearly hate figure, Bin Laden was one year for example.

    For the left it's been President Bush since 2000. For those uninterested in politics it seems to be 'Lady' Heather Mills McCartney at the moment.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Disillusioned wrote:
    For the left it's been President Bush since 2000. For those uninterested in politics it seems to be 'Lady' Heather Mills McCartney at the moment.

    I was refering to the burnt figure at Lewes, which as Flashmans Ghost points out was a Pope, and as I said is now just a yearly hate figure.
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