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In response to "5 anarchists arrested for planting what they believed were explosives under an Ohio bridge for May Day. -- (link)" by Ender

Today is the first I've heard of this May Day crap. When did this idea start? -- nm

Posted by sycor May 1 '12, 08:35

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The actual celebration stuff goes back to Romans and Celts, but the lefty version goes back to 1886. -- (link) - Ender May 1, 08:38 3
- interesting that I've never heard of it before. They are not doing a good job of spreading their message -- nm - sycor May 1, 08:41 2
  - I think there was a bit of a lull after the fall of the Soviet Union. It used to be their big "Hey, let's get the missiles out of storage and have a parade!" day. -- nm - Ender May 1, 08:46
  - It's mostly been covered by Labor Day. -- nm - Reagen May 1, 08:42
I'm with you - it is May Flowers people!! how did we go from putting flowers on people's doors to blowing shit up? -- nm - Epiphany May 1, 08:36 5
- it's not 1969 anymore -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 1, 08:57
- Your use of "blowing shit up" was way funnier than it should have been for some reason. - sycor May 1, 08:39 3
  - sometimes it's just that kind of day -- nm - con_carne May 1, 08:43 1
    - indeed. I need more days like this. -- nm - sycor May 1, 08:44
  - :) -- nm - Epiphany May 1, 08:42

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