Things that make you go What the F**k?

[Orior]

I feel sorry for her. One moment of drink fueled madness has probably ruined for career. If she was a bigot like unionists suggest, then she wouldnt have went anywhere near snarlene.

[Armagh18]

I feel sorry for her. One moment of drink fueled madness has probably ruined for career. If she was a bigot like unionists suggest, then she wouldnt have went anywhere near snarlene.

Depends what she does I suppose. If she's self employed I'd say most people wouldnt be too worried and will be completely forgotten about this time next year anyway.

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

I feel sorry for her. One moment of drink fueled madness has probably ruined for career. If she was a bigot like unionists suggest, then she wouldnt have went anywhere near snarlene.

EH? Sure she was in to stick boot into her

[imtommygunn]

Sure isn't it par for the course? It's triggered pages of discussion over two threads on here too. Same when people sang REBEL SONGS at a Wolfe Tones concert (I know, pearl clutching stuff) - pages and pages of debate on here about the "controversy". A few weeks ago, loyalist paramilitaries strongly hinted that they were considering ending their 1994 ceasefire and went further by issuing a direct threat to any southern politician that crossed the border and it barely caused a flutter of mentions, neither here nor anywhere else.

Now while Arlene's father was targeted by the IRA, I find it hard to muster much sympathy over what happened her in the video given her own long history of callous disregard for victims, be that her regular appearances standing beside active UDA paramilitaries for photo shoots or her staunch defence of the right of bandsmen to parade around Derry in uniforms bearing the Parachute Regiment insignia, for instance.

Arlene's a bitter twisted idiot who no matter what she does comes up smelling of roses. However in this case it's not her doing.

[Itchy]

I think that was a pretty disgusting thing that girl did to Foster. Foster is a bigot and a nasty one at that. The way I look at it, her father was a soldier who was shot in a war when his daughter was 8 yrs old. That war is over. I think it is obscene to go to the daughter of that soldier and mock her chanting the name of the people who shot her father. Furthermore, i think any republican who supports such carry on or makes apologies for it is no republican in my book. And I say all that with having nothing but contempt for Foster as a politician but there has to be a line somewhere and it was crossed here.

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

I think that was a pretty disgusting thing that girl did to Foster. Foster is a bigot and a nasty one at that. The way I look at it, her father was a soldier who was shot in a war when his daughter was 8 yrs old. That war is over. I think it is obscene to go to the daughter of that soldier and mock her chanting the name of the people who shot her father. Furthermore, i think any republican who supports such carry on or makes apologies for it is no republican in my book. And I say all that with having nothing but contempt for Foster as a politician but there has to be a line somewhere and it was crossed here.

Totally agree

[general_lee]

Agree with itchy. It was unnecessary, personal abuse.

[imtommygunn]

yeah that is bang on.

[RedHand88]

I think that was a pretty disgusting thing that girl did to Foster. Foster is a bigot and a nasty one at that. The way I look at it, her father was a soldier who was shot in a war when his daughter was 8 yrs old. That war is over. I think it is obscene to go to the daughter of that soldier and mock her chanting the name of the people who shot her father. Furthermore, i think any republican who supports such carry on or makes apologies for it is no republican in my book. And I say all that with having nothing but contempt for Foster as a politician but there has to be a line somewhere and it was crossed here.

Yep.

[Armagh18]

Poor Arlene my heart is broke for her....

[johnnycool]

Poor Arlene my heart is broke for her....

I don't think anyone is saying that, but we need to be better than that if we want a UI of mutual respect.

[Eire90]

dont care about politics anymore better to treat it like the world cup and tune in election nigjht then turn it off for another 4 years or not bother at all.

[Tony Baloney]

Good post Itchy. As well as poor form in the first place, these instances just provide fuel to the likes of Bryson. It totally overshadowed the E. Belfast arms find and makes it more difficult to have conversations about "an Ireland of equals".

[illdecide]

I think you are all missing the point here. That girl didn't target her with the intent of her father being shot and to rub AF's nose in it. It was off the cuff and i'd bet she hadn't a clue the harm it would cause and i'd bet 100% she'd take it all back in heart beat. People sing "Up the Ra" all the time (young ones) and don't have a clue with what went on in the troubles and what the hell they're singing about. It's well for all you guys who are whiter than white and have never done anything you shouldn't have after consuming alcohol, that girl's career is probably over before it even got started for something like that, most of you want her hanged drawn and quartered.

[Kidder81]

No nobody wants her hung drawn or quartered, it's just when you go looking for the likes and a bit of online clout it might go the wrong way