Proud to be irish ?

godscop

Ok, im irish and i love my country. During the celtic tiger i felt we turned into a greedy, materialistic nation. Now the bubble has burst i think we bury our heads in the sand. Lets worry about the rubberbandits, x factor, sprouts, anything other than the mess we are in. Our children will ask what did we do about the government ? We can answer we went on facebook and went to the pub and voted for mary byrne. I despair of this country and what we have become.




*puts on helmet*

humanji

Bored today, are we?

GrizzlyMan

I like cake and jumpers

Black Swan

I miss rashers!

cruiser178

godscop wrote: »

Ok, im irish and i love my country. During the celtic tiger i felt we turned into a greedy, materialistic nation. Now the bubble has burst i think we bury our heads in the sand. Lets worry about the rubberbandits, x factor, sprouts, anything other than the mess we are in. Our children will ask what did we do about the government ? We can answer we went on facebook and went to the pub and voted for mary byrne. I despair of this country and what we have become.




*sucks on helmet*

jimthemental

I will always have pride in the flag, we have a right to do this but I will not have pride in the country until some form of justice is brought down on those responsible for our loss of sovereignty and dignity money troubles.

Antomus Prime

I for one am 100% proud to be Irish but I do agree that people these days tend to not bother with the important thing (government, banks, debt.......) and focus more on the things you have listed. Now obviously I cant speak for everyone but ive noticed it around.

But to answer the question Yes I'm proud to be Irish and nothing will ever change that!!!

godscop

humanji wrote: »

Bored today, are we?

Ok lets talk about the merits of sprouts:rolleyes:

Pyr0

Strangely enough, I've never seen many people of other nationalities openly question their loyalty or pride towards their home country. Do many others do this or is it just an Irish thing? I don't know how many times I've seen this asked in either AH or other forums on boards.

thebigbiffo

yes, the country is going down the swanny. now can we all just suck it up and stop complaining like someones depressed granny on speed?

saywhatyousee

you have to be at least 30km outside the pale before you can call yourself irish

PeterIanStaker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmz0lyc85wE

humanji

godscop wrote: »

Ok lets talk about the merits of sprouts:rolleyes:

Or talk about the merits of generalisations and reactionary threads?

Kylo Ren

Let them eat cake?

GrizzlyMan

Keno 92 wrote: »

Let them eat cake?

Jumpercakes

Wagon

Yes. But a lot of people are ****.

dizzywizlw

More Irish than the Irish :P


We went from a nation of nationalistic ignorant sheep farmers to Latte sipping, ugg hoarding discgraces....


I'm waiting to see the pride, unless of course it's a pride to be part of a group of people that may complain a lot but never admit defeat, unless Fianna Fail are involved.

Krusader

I love sprouts, chilli sprouts FTW

thebigbiffo

rabble

rabble rabble

rabble rabble rabble brian cowen rabble imf bail out rabble

ffs

Kiera

Crosáidí wrote: »

I love sprouts, chilli sprouts FTW

That would be one mega crap!

Kylo Ren

GrizzlyMan wrote: »

Jumpercakes

Saw that coming!

"I've no willy"

Krusader

saywhatyousee wrote: »

you have to be at least 30km outside the pale before you can call yourself irish

Yeah 'cause all the action was in Sligo in 1916:pac:

padma

I for one am happy to be Irish in this life. Sure SOME people became greedy and materialistic post 98 or so. Thats there disease, not mine. Who am I to judge them? I honestly do not think about them or see them as a reflection of the Irish collective consciousness.

We in Ireland have been the most generous per head of capita in giving to charity. Is that greed? or guilt? or a genuine sense of kinship with people who have so little? I certainly wouldn't say I'm proud to be Irish, as I see pride as not a very positive thing, more I see it as a superiority complex.

Yet, definitely happy and grateful to have been born in Ireland. Inside there is still a lot of Love for the Irish people felt when I am talking to Irish folk and socialising amongst us. I genuinely think if I sat at home on the laptop all day, or watching Irish t.v I probably would feel the same as you. Now I'm not saying that you sit at home all day in that capacity, but am saying that the media and television in general will drive anyone to feel seperate from their neighbours simply because they are tuning in to others opinions from their couch, or unhealthily judging this country and it's people from the couch.

Just go out and do some voluntary work, meet the people and you will find the beauty thats within others. No-one can take that away from you. Despising a people because of what you see as harmful and greedy takes you away from finding the beauty that that person has within. There is good and bad in everyone, just time to remember that the next time the brain starts judging others and the country as a whole.

bonerm

saywhatyousee wrote: »

you have to be at least 30km outside the pale before you can call yourself irish

I make that about half the population of the entire country don't qualify then.

Krusader

Kiera wrote: »

That would be one mega crap!

Trust me, you'll love it, chilli flakes now not chilli powder

AnneFrank

I'm proud of the Ireland of old,The Michael Collins era when we fought for our country,now we just roll over and dont even protest,and if there ever was a war now i'd have no faith in the new generation of metrosexual men who care more about poncing up in front of a mirror than actually being men.Our culture is slowly getting diluted away with every passing year
For what died the sons of Roisin

Kiera

Crosáidí wrote: »

Trust me, you'll love it, chilli flakes now not chilli powder

The flutter might love it, not me!

godscop

padma wrote: »

I for one am happy to be Irish in this life. Sure SOME people became greedy and materialistic post 98 or so. Thats there disease, not mine. Who am I to judge them? I honestly do not think about them or see them as a reflection of the Irish collective consciousness.

We in Ireland have been the most generous per head of capita in giving to charity. Is that greed? or guilt? or a genuine sense of kinship with people who have so little? I certainly wouldn't say I'm proud to be Irish, as I see pride as not a very positive thing, more I see it as a superiority complex.

Yet, definitely happy and grateful to have been born in Ireland. Inside there is still a lot of Love for the Irish people felt when I am talking to Irish folk and socialising amongst us. I genuinely think if I sat at home on the laptop all day, or watching Irish t.v I probably would feel the same as you. Now I'm not saying that you sit at home all day in that capacity, but am saying that the media and television in general will drive anyone to feel seperate from their neighbours simply because they are tuning in to others opinions from their couch, or unhealthily judging this country and it's people from the couch.

Just go out and do some voluntary work, meet the people and you will find the beauty thats within others. No-one can take that away from you. Despising a people because of what you see as harmful and greedy takes you away from finding the beauty that that person has within. There is good and bad in everyone, just time to remember that the next time the brain starts judging others and the country as a whole.

I do voluntary work, i have job thank god. Many friends have emigrated. How are this government still in power ? It woudnt happen in any other country.

Krusader

padma wrote: »

I genuinely think if I sat at home on the laptop all day, or watching Irish t.v I probably would feel the same as you. Now I'm not saying that you sit at home all day in that capacity, but am saying that the media and television in general will drive anyone to feel seperate from their neighbours simply because they are tuning in to others opinions from their couch, or unhealthily judging this country and it's people from the couch.

You are right, listening to Turbs, Kenny and the other Gombeens all day on RTÉ would disillusion anyone

starbelgrade

godscop wrote: »

Ok, im irish and i love my country. During the celtic tiger i felt we turned into a greedy, materialistic nation. Now the bubble has burst i think we bury our heads in the sand. Lets worry about the rubberbandits, x factor, sprouts, anything other than the mess we are in. Our children will ask what did we do about the government ? We can answer we went on facebook and went to the pub and voted for mary byrne. I despair of this country and what we have become.




*puts on helmet*

Just what AH needs on a Thursday lunch-time.... a good dose of self flagellating, misery.

sbsquarepants

saywhatyousee wrote: »

you have to be at least 30km outside the pale before you can call yourself irish

Culchies aren't Irish! They're just culchies:mad: