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that Libertarians are choosing Guy Fawkes as the symbol of their movement. Guy Fawkes wanted to blow up Parliament so that he could replace the constitutional monarchy with a theocracy, centered on the Catholic church. I would also point out that things didn't go so well for Fawkes and his followers - the witch hunt following his arrest resulted in many executions. The religious polarization of his movement helped inspire the Puritan movement, and helped, at least indirectly, lead to the English civil war thirty years later.
Go Ron!
