Protestant United Irish Men oppose British Royal Visit to Dublin

[GweylTah]

The Norwegian King and Queen paid a state visit to the Republic of Ireland last year.  That Royal Family has almost exactly the same constitutional role in Norway that Queen Elizabeth and the British Royal Family has in the UK.

Of course she should visit the Irish Republic as soon as she and the Republic's Head of State and the two governments feel it appropriate.

Progress must not be held back by extremists on either side, or irrelevancies like John Robb who's being pedalling pointless fringe ideas for years.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Me thinks Fisheadsam was on the jungle juice last night...!  

[Evil Genius]

true Republicans (in other words all true Irishmen and women)

Well, well, well. You know, I was going to fire off a post highlighting the bigotry inherent in this statement of Fearon's (i.e. I can't be a 'true Irishman', despite having been born and brought up in Ireland, to Irish parents, grandparents, ancestors etc going back centuries, simply because I don't hold to the "approved" doctrine)

Then I read through the rest of this thread. And if the fighting, sleighting and backbiting between the various "true" Irish factions, North and South, is anything to go by, I think I'd rather be a Palestinian or something!

United Ireland my hole  

P.S. I've no doubt Prof. Robb is an entirely decent and principled man. Therefore I'm sure he'd be as horrified by the thought that his fellow Irishmen and women must hold to the orthodoxy demanded by the likes of Fearon, as he must be disappointed by his utter failure to persuade more than a handful of his fellow countrymen to abandon their Unionism and espouse the Republican cause.

P.P.S. Whatever the rights and wrongs of the Queen's position etc, I am both pleased and impressed that the majority of citizens of the Irish Republic appear to take a tolerant and mature approach to her proposed visit, especially since that doubtless means that they can no longer call themselves "true" Irishmen and women for thinking that way...

[Evil Genius]

          What have you got in your hand?
                  A green bough.
           Where did it first grow?
                   In America.
            Where did it bud?
                   In France.
           Where are you going to plant it?
              In the crown of Great Britain.

What have you got in your hand?
My penis.
When did it first grow?
When I was fourteen
Where did it bud?
In my bedroom, with the lights out
Where are you going to plant it?
Eh? I've only ever held it in my hand...

[Donagh]

What have you got in your hand?
My penis.
When did it first grow?
When I was fourteen
Where did it bud?
In my bedroom, with the lights out
Where are you going to plant it?
Eh? I've only ever held it in my hand...

Good to know you have such an enlightened view of your history and culture. Well done...

[Evil Genius]

What have you got in your hand?
My penis.
When did it first grow?
When I was fourteen
Where did it bud?
In my bedroom, with the lights out
Where are you going to plant it?
Eh? I've only ever held it in my hand...

Good to know you have such an enlightened view of your history and culture. Well done...

That verse wasn't intended to reflect my view of my history (or yours, for that matter).

It reflects my opinion of you, if you must know...

[stew]

Evil, I doubt that Donagh gives two shites what you think of him.

As for liz coming to Ireland, let her come and wave and do whatever it is she does and then leave, she is best ignored and sure she does no harm unless your name is Diana.

[ziggysego]

she does no harm unless your name is Diana.

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh 

[Fishead_Sam]

Me thinks Fisheadsam was on the jungle juice last night...!  

Well spotted Gaoth Dobhair Abu, I'll blame the Stella Artois  

What I meant to get across was for every John Robb there is a Conor Cruise O'Brien (Who I think is a p***k) working away against him.

Also stop blaming Southerners for everything, we where all brought up being told about the United Irishmen, & in a way the Rebublic of Ireland s a working example of the United Irishman, Southern Caholics, Protestants & Dissenters + now Muslims, the Jews where always shown respect, the Chineese community, Eastern European & African communites (look @ Portlaoise) for example are all United Irishmen. I think the Republic is a generaly a good place, the leaders of the South have tons of questions to answer but their interaction with the North or Britian is certainly not one of them. I have no problem with the British Monarch coming to the South, thats what normal countries do. I have a big problem with the Love Ulster Parade coming down here, as its only reason is to insite trouble.

Now I will go and delete my origionaly inarticulate responses, which where trying the same point across in a bad way.

[ziggysego]

How's the head today Sam?

[Fishead_Sam]

How's the head today Sam?

Sick as a Dog, not in good form at-all-at-all, that crap seriously fcks you up.

[ziggysego]

I learned back in March..... stay off the board when you've had a few drinks

[Fishead_Sam]

I learned back in March..... stay off the board when you've had a few drinks

Afraid to look @ the mobile today too. It was that thread on the stuff that fcks you up most  , so I decided to check the theory out  , had a few Uncle Arthurs after work before that as well  . Irritable wasn't the word to decribe it  . The whole Paranoia thing is kicking in now  . Never again, never again  .

[Tyrones own]

T.FERON despite your lack of knoweledge of the Southern mind, we are obviouly fearfull of a similar disaster put on West Germany by having to accomodate East Germany, we are ALL REPUBLICANS, but your defination SCARES THE SHIT OUT OF US, we donn't want a right wing Catholic Regeime, or a left wing Communist Republic, we want our Country, to be honest if you want to join we REFUSE TO CHANGE, all you Republicans camn down, all you Unionists cop the f**k on.

Why should we change, we have a great fucken Country. You all become like us or Im not interested.This is MY COUNTRY, & I AM PROUD OF IT.

You all become like us?? You talk about Bush, Jews and Muslims and them you claim you want us all to be like you??? what does that even mean? can I take it you and Kerry MIke or AZ etc are all feckin clones.

Let me tell you someting fishstick sam, you are scary and I for one want no part of anything you are associated with after that tirade, that was quite possibly the worst post ever on this board.

       Good man Stew...... though i could add a few names to that list

[Rossfan]

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the Rebublic of Ireland s a working example of the United Irishman, Southern Caholics, Protestants & Dissenters + now Muslims, the Jews where always shown respect, the Chineese community, Eastern European & African communites (look @ Portlaoise) for example are all United Irishmen.

At least you had the dacency to lave out Mayomen 
By the way our U16s bet the daylights out of ye last night in Ballyhaunis 2-16 to 6 points or thereabouts