"But today Britons have a take on Guy Fawkes that is much at odds with the historical one. Once Fawkes was a symbol of the traitor within. The people were called to be on guard against his like. No longer. Today Guy Fawkes is increasingly viewed as the heroic figure prepared to stand against an unjust and oppressive state, as a martyr and a victim of torture."
Scott Horton in Harper's looks back to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 for contemporary lessons in counterterrorism.
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The Ron Paul types definitely fall in the latter camp.
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