IRA t-shirts

Turnip

Anyone know if they're made with sweatshop labour or not? I suspect they aren't. Hypocritical scum. :rolleyes:

Sparks

Mercury_Tilt

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sceptre

^what Sparks said. IRA t-shirts?

parasite

sinn féin shop ...unbelievable

Turnip

Yes, these disgusting t-shirts (except the "Ireland est 1916" one) that have been in the news recently.

http://www.sinnfeinbookshop.com/en-us/dept_20.html

Sparks

****-on-a-stick.
That crap is legal?
You mean that they get to sell that **** - but I get funny looks for having an olympic target shooting rifle?
*loud and annoyed yelling*

amp

So, the IRA shouldn't use sweatshop labour? I'm not in the IRA but I'm fairly sure they didn't check that their weapons and bombs suppliers workers conditions either.

What exactly is your point?

logic1

Originally posted by Turnip
Yes, these disgusting t-shirts

What's disgusting about them?

.logic.

sceptre

This one is just odd. Did no-one tell them that they surrendered?

ferdi

hahahahaha!!!

mike65

...and every order helps Sinn Féin and our campaign for Irish unity and independence.

God, that sounds so 20th Century!

And dont forget

With this windcheater you can look good, stay dry and make a statement!

Good to know Chris Morris has'nt quit satire!


Mike.

logic1

Originally posted by sceptre
This one is just odd. Did no-one tell them that they surrendered?

If you're referring to the 1916 Easter uprising then the T-shirt is technically correct. It was the Irish Volunteers and Irish Republican Brotherhood who took part in the rising. The IRA had not yet been formed as a functional group.

It was around 1919 when Sinn Féin established an independant Irish parliament that the IRA came into effect. They were quickly outlawed by the British and martial law again declared in Ireland.

.logic.

sceptre

Originally posted by logic1
If you're referring to the 1916 Easter uprising then the T-shirt is technically correct. It was the Irish Volunteers and Irish Republican Brotherhood who took part in the rising. The IRA had not yet been formed as a functional group.

Oh heavens no. I'm somewhat familiar with the IRA's history, thanks. I was talking about the more recent de facto surrender. You know, the day the "We won the war" tricolours were flying in Belfast & at least one graffiti artist was painting "Thainig ár lá" on a wall & the ri-ra were trying to figure out how to sell a thousand balaclavas on ebay without causing the market to collapse.

Might as well have left the guns in the ground in the 60s for all it achieved. We'd have had 3000-odd extra people walking around as well.

melachi

http://www.sinnfeinbookshop.com/media/munfg1.gif

Pffft, stolen the Swedish national symbol (Three Crowns) blue and yellow. For many centuries.

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/se-3kron.html

"The Three Crowns-arms has been a symbol for Sweden at least since the reign of King Albrekt (of Mecklenburg) (1363-1389), perhaps even longer. Some facts indicate that arms with three crowns was used as early as by King Magnus Eriksson in 1336."

ColinM

I wouldn't have thought that the "sniper at work" t-shirt would go down at all well to say the least in the US. Not since the Washington sniper in October last year. You'd have to be asking to be thrown in the cell with John Allen Muhammad if you wore one of those around.

swiss

This seems to be an extension of the kind of romantic myths that propagate themselves about the IRA/Sinn Fein. T-Shirts with slogans like "undefeated army" and "sniper at work" glorify the rebellious nature of the IRA. They should produce T-Shirts with slogans like "punishment beater at work" or "Undefeated Cop-Killer" instead. Somehow though, I supect they won't sell as well, despite their accuracy.

Hobart

Originally posted by swiss
This seems to be an extension of the kind of romantic myths that propagate themselves about the IRA/Sinn Fein. T-Shirts with slogans like "undefeated army" and "sniper at work" glorify the rebellious nature of the IRA. They should produce T-Shirts with slogans like "punishment beater at work" or "Undefeated Cop-Killer" instead. Somehow though, I supect they won't sell as well, despite their accuracy.

Yea, it would be dead handy all-right. And then they could substitute the Tricolour for the Union Jack, now and again, and just change the word "punishment" for "taig" and Cop" for "Innoncent Civilian". They could just leave the sniper one as it is.

Anyhow way way off topic. And I'm worse for getting involved in this ridiculous flame ridden thread (but sometimes you just can't resist). Anyhow me suspects that this thread has a very short time to live!!

AngelofFire

Slogans like that do not do the northern sitaution any credit. They are stooping as low as the orange order or the UDA by selling t-shirts like "ira-undefeated army"or sniper at work" imagine the uproar if the Ulster Unionist party started selling t-shirts like "1690" or "long live william of orange"

Typedef

Originally posted by sceptre
I was talking about the more recent de facto surrender.

Omg, troll much?

sceptre

Originally posted by Typedef
Omg, troll much?

Not very much at all tbh - crap at it.

Interesting quote from last week though:

"The IRA itself says it's an undefeated army and most people would accept that." Former Mayor of Belfast, Sinn Fein's Alex Maskey defends the sale of T-shirts reading "IRA - undefeated army" on its website

I suppose technically the game isn't over and you haven't been beaten if you run off home with your ball, crying that you don't want to play any more. I suppose what I'm saying is that you've achieved just as much a victory as you would have if you never turned up for the game.

Musashi

I wear and enjoy myu sniper tee.
I am not a member of or apologist for any organisation.
I do recognise and indeed enjoy the skills needed to be a sniper.
Further I know the diificulty in making a 1000 yard shot.
Any sniper,in any war,any area of conflict,who can make such a shot, is a rare artisan of skill and determination.My personal hero is Carlos N. Hathcock III.A US Marine Corps Sniper on vietnam.
His skills were a credit to him and his unit.Any sniper who can shoot like that is deserving of admiration and awe,solely for their physical prowess.
I know I will be slated for this,but the washington Sniper,so called, was not a true sniper.Look up any sniper site on the web, they will tell u the same.He used a small calibre rifle, he took few risks to achieve his goals,he did it for money.Now look up Carlos N. Hathcock, see the difference!

Paddy20

What is all the fuss about?.. this is the Republic of Ireland where shops are legally allowed to sell all types of merchandise which may not be to everyones personal taste, religious or political leanings.

Thats, demoracy working in this Free part of Ireland. Where any goods that are illegal would be confiscated forthwith.

P.

ReefBreak

Originally posted by Paddy20
What is all the fuss about?.. this is the Republic of Ireland where shops are legally allowed to sell all types of merchandise which may not be to everyones personal taste, religious or political leanings.

Thats, demoracy working in this Free part of Ireland. Where any goods that are illegal would be confiscated forthwith.

P.

Because these items glorify cold-blooded murder by terrorist scumbags. It could be argued that they're inciting hatred - and are therefore illegal.

On the other hand, I might accept your argument - therefore I'd like to sell you some "Whites Only in Ireland" T-Shirts, oh and also some "Bomb the Immigrants" raincoats. It "may not be to everyones personal taste, religious or political leanings" but "this is the Republic of Ireland where shops are legally allowed to sell all types of merchandise". So there.

Paddy20

ReefBreak,

If you were to try and openly sell the examples as you state them, which I will not give any credance too by repeating the titles!. You would be arrested and duly charged on the spot, and rightly so.

P.

ReefBreak

Exactly, and I would hope that I'd be arrested. Those examples were used to prove a point. Similarly, if I were to sell hate-filled Republican memorabilia, I should be arrested also.

As a matter of fact, the closest thing that we have to Extreme Right-Wing scum in Ireland are the IRA (even though they may call themselves Left-Wing).

Cork

is this stuff available on the SF website? I hope that people remember this when they cast their votes at the next election.

Victor

Originally posted by ferdi

Nice to see they are displaying a capitalist rifle (a poor rendition of a Colt, not actually used by the stereotypical IRA sniper) :rolleyes:

elexes

Originally posted by logic1
What's disgusting about them?

.logic.

i second this



i find nothing wrong with the above image . as for that sniper one dont see anything wrong with it also . ive seen other ppl with much worse

ReefBreak

Originally posted by elexes
i second this



i find nothing wrong with the above image . as for that sniper one dont see anything wrong with it also . ive seen other ppl with much worse

You have obviously never seen the above "Sniper at Work" T-Shirt before. If you want digusting (not to mention sick), then look no further than the "IRA Rocks Britain" T-Shirts.

Hobart

What about t-shirts that glofiy the wars in Iraq and Vietnam. What about t-shirts with the images of the Atom Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What about the FCUK t-shirts. What about the T-shirts with a Rangers Supporter pissing on a Celtic Shirt and vice versa? What about t-shirts with Stalin pictured on it? What about the one's with Chairman Mao?

I mean FFS where would you stop? If somebody is ignorant and silly enough to want to buy and wear this type of thing. Let them. Whats the problem? Nobody is forcing thier opinions down your collective throats.

Sparks

Originally posted by Victor
Nice to see they are displaying a capitalist rifle (a poor rendition of a Colt, not actually used by the stereotypical IRA sniper) :rolleyes:

That's not a colt, it's a barrett...

elexes

Originally posted by ReefBreak
You have obviously never seen the above "Sniper at Work" T-Shirt before. If you want digusting (not to mention sick), then look no further than the "IRA Rocks Britain" T-Shirts.

link meh !!! like c-16( r is it 18 ) have there own so why cant every terrorist org ?.

/me goes off and imagines new line of terror's becomming fashion designors (sp)

Villain

Originally posted by sceptre

I suppose technically the game isn't over and you haven't been beaten if you run off home with your ball, crying that you don't want to play any more. I suppose what I'm saying is that you've achieved just as much a victory as you would have if you never turned up for the game.

Well well now thats a very interesting statement one that could cause some very big debate.

I don't really want to comment do until I know what IRA your talking about are you talking about ther IRA that brought the British empire to its knees in the early 1900's and won us a republic??

Paddy20

Lets not leave the world best seller t-shirt out of the list "Che Guevera" still selling after all these years?..

P.

Hobart

Originally posted by Paddy20
Lets not leave the world best seller t-shirt out of the list "Che Guevera" still selling after all these years?..

P.

I had actually originally included him. But the fact he was viewed as a kind of "lone revolutionary" as opposed to an organisation and was eventually stabbed in the back by Castro (figuritavely(sp?) as opposed to literally) made me take some pity on him. And yes If Gerry Adams was the same I'd pity him

Axon

As far as I'm concerned its good to see that the 'struggle' has been sufficently addressed that the extent of IRA activity is to produce embarassing T Shirts to be worn by quasi disaffected teenagers. A sign that they truely have come in from the cold.:ninja:

DeVore

I don't really want to comment do until I know what IRA your talking about are you talking about ther IRA that brought the British empire to its knees in the early 1900's and won us a republic??

Which IRA would that be then? Cos my granfather was Collins's Aide De Comp and he wouldnt have had anything to do with the grunting fnckwits that think "soft targets" make you a war hero.

Get your history right. The current IRA came into being in the late 60's - early 1970....
They are a bunch of extortionist gangsters who run guns, drugs and racketeering who despoil the memory of the real revolutionaries and have stopped us from getting a united Ireland for about a decade now.

DeV.

Villain

Originally posted by DeVore


Get your history right. The current IRA came into being in the late 60's - early 1970....
They are a bunch of extortionist gangsters who run guns, drugs and racketeering who despoil the memory of the real revolutionaries and have stopped us from getting a united Ireland for about a decade now.

DeV.

I agree with that statement, thats why I asked the question I did.

embee

Tut.

Its the 15th of August today.
5 years on from the Omagh bombing.
I find those T-shirts repulsive and offensive.
I think anyone who wears a t-shirt condoning drug barons and raqueteers (which is all the IRA is anymore) is a fool.

sceptre

Originally posted by irish1
I don't really want to comment do until I know what IRA your talking about are you talking about ther IRA that brought the British empire to its knees in the early 1900's and won us a republic??

(forgot about this thread, oops)
Not at all. I'm talking specifically about the more recent crowd who took on the name. The bit from DeV's post that you quoted is pretty much how I feel about the current shower.

leonotron

That University of Freedom one is ****ing class, I'm ordering one of those straight away. Sinn Fein, what a bunch of retards through and through. And how come they don't have balaclavas in the hat section?