So why does being a patriot mean blowing things up?

micro_dot

Been thinking about that today.

Why does being a patriot mean blowing things up? We've made a mess of things with absolute passion. Being Irish seems to mean destruction. Makes no odds if you've been to private school or not. Going to private school means that the whole country was raffled in one go, not the small scale whackery that previously went on.

jugger0

Somebody comes into your country, takes your land and rights away, why wouldnt you want to blow them up?

easyeason3

It's all about the 27 virgins that awaits you.

landsleaving

*Checks dictionary*

Nope, nothing.

Zebra3

easyeason3 wrote: »

It's all about the 27 virgins that awaits you.

And then the surprise in heaven when they turn out to be male....

Metallitroll

no, being a patriot means anti-semetism and receding hair

Capt'n Midnight

No way man

you're blowing it up out of all proportion

KeithAFC

Don't know.

Badgermonkey

OP, that's like a jazz rant.

Makes little sense, hard to follow, but its kinda groovy.

W.Shakes-Beer

Could you say "I'm going to distribute my load on this womans face,but in a patriotic manner"

Teferi

jugger0 wrote: »

Somebody comes into your country, takes your land and rights away, why wouldnt you want to blow them up?

Nobody has come into your country and taken your land or rights away.

KeithAFC

jugger0 wrote: »

Somebody comes into your country, takes your land and rights away, why wouldnt you want to blow them up?

Join the IRA and defeat them!

PeterIanStaker

http://misfitandmom.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/yawn.jpg

firefly08

Why does being a patriot mean blowing things up?

It's what they were designed to do

It was the explosive warhead that did the damage

Blondini

Hey OP - you da bomb!

billymitchell

micro_dot wrote: »

Been thinking about that today.

Why does being a patriot mean blowing things up? We've made a mess of things with absolute passion. Being Irish seems to mean destruction. Makes no odds if you've been to private school or not. Going to private school means that the whole country was raffled in one go, not the small scale whackery that previously went on.

Eh, What were you on today?????

stick shooter

Im still wondering whats the reason of this thread , It makes no scents .What are you on dude

Pauleta

You need a scottish football jersey to be a true patriot in Ireland

Sisko

Teferi wrote: »

Nobody has come into your country and taken your land or rights away.

I presume he's talking about the British empire raping Ireland and the Irish all those years ago.


Personally I thought this was going to be a thread about Americans.

jugger0

Teferi wrote: »

Nobody has come into your country and taken your land or rights away.

Did i say they did?:rolleyes: how would you know that anyway? i could be a native Indian for all you know... ****. I thought we were talking about patriotism in general not Ireland anyway.

Tubsandtiles

So why does being a patriot mean blowing things up?
Because people are retarded.

Retail Hell

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
Oscar Wilde

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
Oscar Wilde

congo_90

W.Shakes-Beer wrote: »

Could you say "I'm going to distribute my load on this womans face,but in a patriotic manner"

Tell her to close her eyes and think of ireland first :pac:

I must not be patriotic though as all I do is accidentally make things go on fire that werent meant to.

Feelgood

I think Bill Hicks puts it best:

Here's what you can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money that we spend on weapons and defence each year, and instead spend it feeding, clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, for ever, in peace.
Bill Hicks

Instead of fighting over who owns what and all the bullcrap, how about everyone gets a share and we go fcuk around in space together.

old_aussie

stick shooter wrote: »

Im still wondering whats the reason of this thread , It makes no scents .What are you on dude

It stinks, so it does make scents.

galwayrush

It's usually brainwashed twits that do the blowing up, the armchair generals are usually directing things from where they are nice and safe.

RichieC

:rolleyes:

orourkeda

W.Shakes-Beer wrote: »

Could you say "I'm going to distribute my load on this womans face,but in a patriotic manner"

Or subject her to a spot of motorboating in as patriotic a fashion as possible

orourkeda

Feelgood wrote: »

I think Bill Hicks puts it best:



Instead of fighting over who owns what and all the bullcrap, how about everyone gets a share and we go fcuk around in space together.

The f*cking around bit sounds interesting

kincsem

I'm still confused by the opening post. Perhaps it was clearer before the clarification.

Dravokivich

its not patroitism, it's a stupid grudge.

stovelid

Well, for anybody with a decent dab of blood-lust, it was clear that the serial killing market was too specialist and conspicuous. Plus you ended up in jail for too long if you were caught. When you couched your acts in pseudo-revolutionary cant, you could still slaughter people, run vastly lucrative extortion and smuggling rackets in tandem; get political status in jail for blowing up children and you even got your own neat little ceremonial blazers to wear down to the local. On top of all that you then got released early for agreeing to stop an illegal murder campaign that you should never have started in the first place.

Result, as they say.

the_syco

KeithAFC wrote: »

Join the IRA and defeat them!

Of join the army, and do your patriot duty, and kill anyone who opposes the queen :rolleyes:

Cheap shots are cheap.

Pace2008

Some people claiming to be patriots will tell you that 26+6=1, but we true republicans that the equation only balances when it's 26+6+3=1 - we need to leave room for when we take over England, Scotland and Wales.

Earthhorse

Dunno. Guess they just like balloons?

KeithAFC

the_syco wrote: »

Of join the army, and do your patriot duty, and kill anyone who opposes the queen :rolleyes:

Cheap shots are cheap.

:pac: I thought that was what the OP meant.

Snakeblood

Metallitroll wrote: »

no, being a patriot means anti-semetism and receding hair

Halfway there!

*adjusts wig*

Marcus.Aurelius

They shoot without shame
In the name of a piece of dirt
For a change of accent
Or the color of your shirt
Better the pride that resides
In a citizen of the world
Than the pride that divides
When a colorful rag is unfurled

Rush - Territories

Sums up my view quite nicely.

Otacon

Retail Hell wrote: »

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
Oscar Wilde

'Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious'
- Oscar Wilde

'Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism — how passionately I hate them!'
- Albert Einstein

'Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.'
- Samuel Johnson

Choice words from more intelligent people than I.

RMD

galwayrush wrote: »

It's usually brainwashed twits that do the blowing up, the armchair generals are usually directing things from where they are nice and safe.

To become an armchair general though you must spend years being a brainwashed twit. If you've spent years putting your life on the line, I think you deserve to sit on a cosy armchair and direct operations.

micro_dot

Right, for years a lot of Irish American money went on arms purchases, apparently, which were used back home on the auld sod. De Valera kicked off his leadership of the country with a disastrous economic war, more political than practical. And every generation since then there was an economic depression (the 30's, the 50's, the end of the 70's into the 80's). And this generation's crash caps the lot. What was different about this crash is that the cleverest guys in the country had a hand in it, the ones with the expensive private educations.
Do we have a real self-destructive streak? I vaguely recall Brian Lenihan telling us to be patriotic and commit economic hari kari. We have sold ourselves back into slavery, with barely a protest. When you are really successful, you go off and pay tax abroad.
It has not been taboo in our culture to hold the country to ransom, as an independent TD for example, to get certain local results. And rather than that being censured, it will be rewarded. Cute hoors is the term, innit.

micro_dot

Otacon wrote: »

'Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious'
- Oscar Wilde

'Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism — how passionately I hate them!'
- Albert Einstein

'Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.'
- Samuel Johnson

Choice words from more intelligent people than I.

Love those quotes, there's true genius in them.