Unionists are at it again

flash1080

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14630476

DUP: Halt GAA bag-packing fund-raising at tills

DUP MLA Jim Wells has called for a halt to GAA clubs raising funds by packing shoppers' bags in south Down supermarkets.

Mr Wells said the GAA was a wealthy body which deprived "genuine charities" of collection slots in stores.

However, the GAA Ulster Council said clubs and counties were responsible for their own fund-raising.

"It's a matter for individual clubs and counties. We do not get involved as a provincial body," a spokesman said.

Mr Wells said some members of the unionist community had complained to him when they discovered the bag-packers were collecting for a GAA club.

He said labels on the collectors' buckets said they were Bryansford Ladies "when in fact they were Bryansford Ladies GAA team".

"It should be genuine charities that need the money, not an organisation that is rolling in money," he said.

"All collectors should have badges or arm-bands which clearly identify the organisation they represent."

Mr Wells said on BBC Radio's Talkback that unionists would be not comfortable donating to an organisation that had named a trophy after IRA hunger-striker Bobby Sands.

However, Sinn Fein MLA Barry McElduff denied that the GAA was a political body but was a sporting organisation.

He said the GAA did sterling community work and actively kept young people from engaging in anti-social behaviour.

"The GAA is a community development role model. I'm sure clubs would be happy to wait their turn for collection slot at stores," he said.

"Part of the difficulty for me is an undercurrent of criticism of the GAA. Jim Wells does need to look further than the end of his nose.

"It's a false debate. It's silly season journalism."

Alliance MLA Anna Lo MLA said she was annoyed at Mr Wells' comments which she described as "very churlish and negative".

"The GAA is a sporting organisation that does much work in the community and has every right to raise money at supermarkets like other sporting organisations and charities do, " the Alliance culture, arts and leisure spokesperson said.

"I think that Jim should be asking himself what comments like this do as regards community relations here.

"We need to build the shared future that Northern Ireland deserves and these remarks are not in any way helpful."

Complete madness. What an idea it is to make all collectors wear armbands to mark the group that they belong to, similar to the Yellow Star used to mark out Jews by the Nazis, it's interesting considering how many Unionists have aligned themselves with neo-Nazis.

orourkeda

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

Zebra3

Wouldn't give the Gah the steam off me piss.

cosmicfart

Personally i detest all forms of 'bag packers'. Kunts.

Rented Mule

orourkeda wrote: »

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

What exactly are we supposed to save the old broad from ?

Minstrel27

cosmicfart wrote: »

Personally i detest all forms of 'bag packers'. Kunts.

+1

Stay away from my food you dirty *****

keano_afc

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8024732.stm

Not the first time the DUP have got their sashes in a twist over this.

bobmalooka

Rented Mule wrote: »

What exactly are we supposed to save the old broad from ?

ladies GAA teams according to ONE bigoted unionist

orourkeda

Rented Mule wrote: »

What exactly are we supposed to save the old broad from ?

Bag packers and nutjobs who have nothing better to be doing than complaining over unimportant stuff

ItsAWindUp

In before KeithAFC!

Herb Powell

Godwin'd on the first post, excellent

orourkeda

bobmalooka wrote: »

ladies GAA teams according to ONE bigoted unionist

While one cannot condone condemnation of this nature, the GAA are not above bigotry themselves and are no angels in this respect

Kev_ps3

What a curse they have been on our Island.

Forest Master

orourkeda wrote: »

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

Thanks fail.

orourkeda

Forest Master wrote: »

Thanks fail.

Do you seriously expect anyone to thank that?

If the unionists had a sport like intertwined with their religion like GAA with trophys named the Michael Stone cup and the like, would you be comfortable donating to it?

Dostoevsky

flash1080 wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14630476



Complete madness. What an idea it is to make all collectors wear armbands to mark the group that they belong to, similar to the Yellow Star used to mark out Jews by the Nazis, it's interesting considering how many Unionists have aligned themselves with neo-Nazis.

It's a well-known fact that the GAA people are really raising enough money to buy the Occupied Six Counties back from Mr Wells and his colleagues, through using highly-paid ostensibly unionist solicitors across the North who are going to buy the land in trust for an "anonymous client". Before young James can say: "Remember the Spirit of Drumcree!" he will be a tenant of the GAA - the greatest, coolest and most sophisticated sporting and cultural organisation on the planet.

MungBean

flash1080 wrote: »

Complete madness. What an idea it is to make all collectors wear armbands to mark the group that they belong to, similar to the Yellow Star used to mark out Jews by the Nazis, it's interesting considering how many Unionists have aligned themselves with neo-Nazis.

Damn right they should clearly show what they are collecting for. And to compare it to what Nazis did to Jews is the most ridiculous crap I've ever heard in my life lol.

Wolfe Tone

I always get a good laugh at the DUP, they come out with a huge amount of utter bigoted sh!te, if its not bashing taigs its labeling gays as "repugnant".

orourkeda

Dostoevsky wrote: »

It's a well-known fact that the GAA people are really raising enough money to buy the Occupied Six Counties back from Mr Wells and his colleagues, through using highly-paid ostensibly unionist solicitors across the North who are going to buy the land in trust for an "anonymous client". Before young James can say: "Remember the Spirit of Drumcree!" he will be a tenant of the GAA - the greatest, coolest and most sophisticated sporting and cultural organisation on the planet.

No. Just no.

It wasn't me!

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

What a curse they have been on our Island.

The GAA? Agreed.

biko

The bag-packers union will get those unionists.

karma_

It wasn't me! wrote: »

The GAA? Agreed.

Jim?

Kev_ps3

It wasn't me! wrote: »

The GAA? Agreed.

unfunny

Sofiztikated

flash1080 wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14630476



Complete madness. What an idea it is to make all collectors wear armbands to mark the group that they belong to, similar to the Yellow Star used to mark out Jews by the Nazis, it's interesting considering how many Unionists have aligned themselves with neo-Nazis.

Where are you comng up with this from, from that article?

flash1080

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Where are you comng up with this from, from that article?

1+1=2

stovelid

Don't mind sports clubs collecting but charities should be given priority,especially over wealthy sporting organizations like the GAA. I know from trying to organize collections (for a voluntary body) before that the slots can be taken up for months in advance. Maybe organize a rota with equal access to sporting clubs (of all codes) and a larger slot to charities.

Obviously charity is hardly high on the list of throwbacks like Mr Wells of course. That said, suggesting that identifying the sport you are collecting for is akin to the Nazi persecution of Jews is quite breathtakingly stupid. I myself would like to know exactly who (or what sport or charity) I'm donating money too.

Orizio

Is the GAA the worst organisation since the SS?

Where To

Too right, the mafia GAA are not a charity

flash1080

where do i go from here wrote: »

Too right, the mafia GAA are not a charity

Nobody said the GAA is a charity.

stovelid

Orizio wrote: »

Is the GAA the worst organisation since the SS?

Were they the gahstapo ones?




joke

Kev_ps3

Might as well rename the thread 'the GAA are at it again' for the west brits

KeithAFC

where do i go from here wrote: »

Too right, the mafia GAA are not a charity

I agree. Jim makes a good point here.

stovelid

flash1080 wrote: »

Nobody said the GAA is a charity.

Wells is a bigot but a lot of Northern GAA supporters would hardly like the idea of donating money to a soccer club or a cultural entity they didn't agree with so identification is hardly Kristallnacht part 2.

stovelid

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

Might as well rename the thread 'the GAA are at it again' for the west brits

Did you enjoy the United match yesterday?

What happened to your fetching MUFC sig?

Wolfe Tone

KeithAFC wrote: »

I agree. Jim makes a good point here.

Did the DUP also make a good point when they branded homosexuals "repugnant"?

flash1080

KeithAFC wrote: »

I agree. Jim makes a good point here.

The GAA aren't a charity and don't claim to be.

Wolfe Tone

stovelid wrote: »

Did you enjoy the United match yesterday?

What happened to your fetching MUFC sig?

I love how watching Barca makes you a northern Spaniard.

KeithAFC

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Did the DUP also make a good point when they branded homosexuals "repugnant"?

Haven't read the specific comments you are on about.

Laisurg

Jasus i envy those guys, Seriously when a bunch of kids from a GAA club packing bags in your local tesco is your biggest problem you must be doing well :pac:

stovelid

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

I love how watching Barca makes you a northern Spaniard.

Your analogy would be better if we were a former colony of Catalonia and you combined loving Barcelona with the liberal deployment of insults like Catalan-lover as a form of insult to anybody that you didn't adjudge to be patriotic enough.

Chips Ahoy

Sure Sam Maguire was a Protestant, least we forget

Where To

flash1080 wrote: »

The GAA aren't a charity and don't claim to be.

Well they shouldn't be making kids beg for them then should they?

Grrrrr.......

enda1

I'd give money to sports clubs and these types of community organisations, long before I'd give a cent to some stupid save the world "let's go to South America and build houses for these poor stupid people for a few days then drink loads and tour for 4 weeks" charity drives. Bull.

KeithAFC

I always thought Tesco was for everyone. The last thing a Unionist wants to see is the GAA begging for money and money being pumped into Kevin Lynch's Hurling Club.

fergpie

KeithAFC wrote: »

I always thought Tesco was for everyone. The last thing a Unionist wants to see is the GAA begging for money and money being pumped into Kevin Lynch's Hurling Club.

Your post contradicts itself.

Good lad.

KeithAFC

fergpie wrote: »

Your post contradicts itself.

Good lad.

Not with the GAA and the way they offend people.

fergpie

KeithAFC wrote: »

Not with the GAA and the way they offend people.

explain.

steddyeddy

Joe Fancy Gorilla wrote: »

If the unionists had a sport like intertwined with their religion like GAA with trophys named the Michael Stone cup and the like, would you be comfortable donating to it?

You mean the protestent relgion? Yes indeed I would donate money to the protestent religion, im not sectarian so I dont see the problem.

flash1080

KeithAFC wrote: »

I always thought Tesco was for everyone. The last thing a Unionist wants to see is the GAA begging for money and money being pumped into Kevin Lynch's Hurling Club.

Hahaha, the irony!

KeithAFC wrote: »

Not with the GAA and the way they offend people.

Tell us more. Keep digging. :pac:

Wolfe Tone

KeithAFC wrote: »

Haven't read the specific comments you are on about.

About the pride parade and those who participate, the largest cross community event in the north, come on the DUP have always been backward homophobic bigots and have made their views known on homosexuals plenty of times.