The good side of being oppressed for 800 years

scientific1982

1. As a result of British occupation, English is now the most widely spoken language in this country. This comes in handy because English is now basically the default world language and a lot of companies choose Ireland as a European base because of this.

2. Because we were oppressed ourselves we didnt get a chance to oppress other people so we are free of colonial guilt.

3. A lot of great music and art was made about said oppression.

4. A lot of Irish people immigrated and reproduced like crazy thus increasing our global influence.

Biggins

O' for gawds sake! I'm outa here.

P.S. it was 900 years - not 800.

sixpack's little hat

God save the Queen.

genericguy

your threads are shyte OP.

galwayrush

To celebrate, i am now eating a traditional English dish,........ Curry.

Dardania

5. A great deal of our infrastructure and cities were built for us

Ostrom

And no doubt great fun also for those who lived through, and continue to live in and suffer the consequences of. Yay colonialism!!

aDeener

scientific1982 wrote: »

1. As a result of British occupation, English is now the most widely spoken language in this country. This comes in handy because English is now basically the default world language and a lot of companies choose Ireland as a European base because of this.

2. Because we were oppressed ourselves we didnt get a chance to oppress other people so we are free of colonial guilt.

3. A lot of great music and art was made about said oppression.

4. A lot of Irish people immigrated and reproduced like crazy thus increasing our global influence.

how did they manage that?

KTRIC

oh great, I think we're short on "800 years" threads :rolleyes:

Can someone file this one with the rest.

mojesius

scientific1982 wrote: »

1. As a result of British occupation, English is now the most widely spoken language in this country. This comes in handy because English is now basically the default world language and a lot of companies choose Ireland as a European base because of this.

2. Because we were oppressed ourselves we didnt get a chance to oppress other people so we are free of colonial guilt.

3. A lot of great music and art was made about said oppression.

4. A lot of Irish people immigrated and reproduced like crazy thus increasing our global influence.

No such thing.

galwayrush

KTRIC wrote: »

oh great, I think we're short on "800 years" threads :rolleyes:

Can someone file this one with the rest.

Surely it can't be far off 850 years by now.......:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

scientific1982

genericguy wrote: »

your threads are shyte OP.

Dont read them then.

SEPT 23 1989

FF and the greens were not in power

Brendog

we invented whiskey to deal with it.....





To: The rest of the world


YOUR WELCOME!!!!

galwayrush

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

FF and the greens were not in power

haha, looks like the damage from those few years will have a negative impact for the next 800 years.:rolleyes:

Terry

6. African Americans do not have a monopoly on their ancestors being slaves.

In other news, I'd do Sarah Polley.
TV3 now.

Biggins

Terry wrote: »

...In other news, I'd do Sarah Polley.

I'm an Arielle Kebbel fan myself. I'd eat her for breakfast ...Yum! :cool:

bytey

drink and porn

MrSir

The best thing about being oppressed are the people who go on about being oppressed. Those silly biscuits do give me a chuckle.

Biggins

"Ye caana take our freeeedom...."
...A fcuk, thats Scotland!

"Ye wee men canna take our sheeps!"
...A fcuk, thats Wales!

"Ye canna take the piss out of us!"
...A fcuk ...too late, ye already are!

bonerm

It leads to a very interesting take on historical "education" in irish schools.

mike65

Being oppressed has given the Irish plenty to talk about on message boards and has been the raw materials for countless ballads and "rebel songs" thus offering gainful employment to hundreds who otherwise would only be singing in the bath. Its all win win as far as I can see.

Kasabian

I have never been oppressed

andrew

Many nice buildings also.

GLaDOS

Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the English ever done for us?



Edit: This post was was quite clearly a piss take in reference to the film "The Life of Brian", I thought this would be obvious but seemingly not...

andrew

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the English ever done for us?

Don't forget the Public Baths.

Terry

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the English ever done for us?

Genocide and slavery.
They were awesome.

mike65

You forgot railways and common law and a place to go to to escape Priests.

Kasabian

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the English ever done for us?

Maybe we should have held out for the Romans

SEPT 23 1989

They got us out of the hedge schools

orourkeda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN9EC3Gy6Nk

Liam Byrne

Genuine question - is the "oppression" the reason we roll over and take the crap from our current corrupt overlords, and would we be better off if we were governed by others, where cronyism and stroke-pulling wouldn't be the norm?

andrew

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Genuine question - is the "oppression" the reason we roll over and take the crap from our current corrupt overlords, and would we be better off if we were governed by others, where cronyism and stroke-pulling wouldn't be the norm?

Is there a Godwin-esque law for this kind of post yet?

SEPT 23 1989

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Genuine question - is the "oppression" the reason we roll over and take the crap from our current corrupt overlords, and would we be better off if we were governed by others, where cronyism and stroke-pulling wouldn't be the norm?

it just goes to show how badly FF have destroyed our Republic that we can look back on the rule of our "oppressor" and think what if:mad:

ballsymchugh

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the English ever done for us?

public health system in the uk came into being after WW2. i'm pretty sure the nuns had their hospitals up and running by then. a different kind of oppression maybe, but then again, you didn't need to have your contract rubber stamped by 3 different levels of management back then either!

andrew

ballsymchugh wrote: »

public health system in the uk came into being after WW2. i'm pretty sure the nuns had their hospitals up and running by then. a different kind of oppression maybe, but then again, you didn't need to have your contract rubber stamped by 3 different levels of management back then either!

The previous post is a reference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExWfh6sGyso

ballsymchugh

andrew wrote: »

It's a reference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExWfh6sGyso

oops!! it's been a while!

BornToBe?

Most scumbag thing you've done,
Most scumbag thing you've done,
American style gangs,
American style gangs,
Fighting,
American style gangs,
Fighting,
Fighting,
Fighting,
Worst Job,
Worst Job,
Fighting,
What do you hate about Irish people,
What do you hate about Irish people,
Fighting,
The good side of being oppressed for 800 years,
The good side of being oppressed for 800 years,


Dude, ya got Issues,
PI >>>>

scientific1982

BornToBe? wrote: »

Most scumbag thing you've done,
Most scumbag thing you've done,
American style gangs,
American style gangs,
Fighting,
American style gangs,
Fighting,
Fighting,
Fighting,
Worst Job,
Worst Job,
Fighting,
What do you hate about Irish people,
What do you hate about Irish people,
Fighting,
The good side of being oppressed for 800 years,
The good side of being oppressed for 800 years,


Dude, ya got Issues,
PI >>>>

Start your own fckin thread then ya moanbag.

Dostoevsky

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the English ever done for us?

How very nice of them to come here just to help. Wonderfully selfless people just trying to help us. I can see you've an acute grasp of historical realities and motivations.

GLaDOS

Dostoevsky wrote: »

How very nice of them to come here just to help. Wonderfully selfless people just trying to help us. I can see you've an acute grasp of historical realities and motivations.

People need to watch more Monty Python

andrew

Dostoevsky wrote: »

How very nice of them to come here just to help. Wonderfully selfless people just trying to help us. I can see you've an acute grasp of historical realities and motivations.

We were complete savages before they came here and civilised us. I for one am thankful for all they've done.

Dostoevsky

andrew wrote: »

We were complete savages before they came here and civilised us. I for one am thankful for all they've done.

With a chosen name like 'Andrew' I can't say I'm surprised.

andrew

Dostoevsky wrote: »

With a chosen name like 'Andrew' I can't say I'm surprised.

Why not?

sceptre

Biggins wrote: »

P.S. it was 900 years - not 800.

750 on the nose.

I see andrew has already mentioned the viaducts.

Wolfe Tone

Oh no. No no no. This won't end well.

Wolfe Tone

sceptre wrote: »

750 on the nose.

I see andrew has already mentioned the viaducts.

I tthought most people took it either from 1169 or 1171/72?

cruiser178

scientific1982 wrote: »

1. As a result of British occupation, English is now the most widely spoken language in this country. This comes in handy because English is now basically the default world language and a lot of companies choose Ireland as a European base because of this.

2. Because we were oppressed ourselves we didnt get a chance to oppress other people so we are free of colonial guilt.

3. A lot of great music and art was made about said oppression.

4. A lot of Irish people immigrated and reproduced like crazy thus increasing our global influence.

jesus christ do you really think it was a easy as that????

scientific1982

cruiser178 wrote: »

jesus christ do you really think it was a easy as that????

What do ya mean.

dubtom

I'm rackin me brains out trying to come up with a counter argument.. No, nothing happening.

All Hail our English overlords.

dr gonzo

sceptre wrote: »

750 on the nose.

From 1171...?

EDIT: I am an idiot. apologies