BurninEpix

Huh.

cinderblock

It's a shame how little people actually know about history, and this is a prime example. All Guy Fawkes and his mates were trying to accomplish was a religion based terrorist attack.

penisse

At this time, Anglicanism could still be perceived as a blasphemous attempt by the secular order to take over the religious power for the sake of getting a divorce.

So yes, this could be seen as "terrorism", but as always, the definition varies according to the parts involved.

BTW, given your definition, America's Tea Party was a terrorist attack.

cinderblock

I'm pretty sure, that at the time of the Tea Party, Great Britain most certainly considered it a terrorist attack.

Drenki

Just to interject, neither one way or another, terrorism is usually defined as the use of violence to achieve a political goal.

Also, the people participating in the Boston Tea Party were just common smugglers upset their livelihood was going to be destroyed by the Stamp Act.

rhy

Wow. Such a brutal and one sided accolade for the corporate fascism (East India Trading Company) of that time.

Drenki

Fascism will never go out of fashion. Rule of law is pretty much what spearates us from beasts.

Dysnomia

Perhaps it is what separates you from us.

Womb_Raider

I highly doubt this, but I've doubted most every dubious plot the US hatched... and that's ignoring most global politics. Lets hope you're as wrong as I assume.