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Although many people participate in bonfire night every year, it seems that few do so for the correct reasons of why it started. As much as I don't want to solely focus on it's origin, I think that it is worth touching on.
It's purpose was to celebrate the failure of Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plots' attempt to blow up the House of Lords. Now before we delve into that, I am aware that this year (not aware of previous years) there have been quite big firework fights in different areas in the UK. The irony of people aiming explosives at other groups of people, in what I can only think is for the purpose of causing harm, is quite astounding.
However, if we dig deeper into the reasons why Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot, who were Catholic, attempted this explosion to assassinate the Protestant King James I and his parliament in 1605, it was actually on religious grounds. 'The English Reformation of the Church of England breaking away from the authority of the Pope and Catholic Church.' This celebration later became quite violent, with the religious focus apposed to the saviour of the king, and effigies were made of any popular hated figures . So, in retrospect the recent events of violence and disruption is in some ways mirroring the actions of society between 1600 - 1900's. Even though the current events in England aren't for religious or political reasons, it does seem to be for superiority or authority.
Looking at it on a larger scale, does it actually all come down to people disagreeing with each other.
Currently, it generally comes down to the POLICE, Paramedics and Fire Brigade coming in to deal with the disagreements and the consequences of it. If the consequences are bad and unlawful actions are made in the disagreements, then it extends to medical staff (varied) and the Prison service. In extreme cases it will extend to the Armed Forces too. Each one of these services brought in to help the general public, are a group of professionals and not just one particular profession. So, a POLICE officer doesn't usually work alone, it is members of the POLICE Force working together. Out in working practice this is often not acknowledged, and people often look at the main roles - Doctor, Nurse, Detective, Firefighter, etc.
So, if we look at history, there has always been violence and disruption over what in essence is a disagreement, and in an ideal world society should be able to have their differing opinions without it escalating to violence and disorder. But, this doesn't seem to be the case, so I not only want to show the appreciation to the different services that come in to help, but also to open these up as wider careers rather than just the one profession.