Germany commissioner wants to humiliate Ireland officially!

Biggins · 13-09-2011 3:13pm #1

GERMANY’S EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER has lent his voice to demands that the national flags of all bailed-out European Union member states be flown at half-mast at EU buildings.

Günther Oettinger told German media last Friday that the move would “be a big deterrent” to those countries – which he called “deficit sinners” – who cannot keep control of their financial affairs, though he admitted that it would “just be a symbol”.

http://www.thejournal.ie/germanys-eu-commissioner-wants-irish-flag-flown-at-half-mast-225071-Sep2011/

In other words, he wants to shame Ireland and stick our imposed shame on a pole so that others can see it.
He wants to humilate us (and others) it looks like, to me! :mad:

With all due respect to the rest of all good and better German people - this guy is an utter gobschite!
If he wants to do something with an Irish flag pole - he should try shoving it up his ass! :mad:

sunflower27 · 13-09-2011 3:14pm

Just forget you read it

Paarse Krokodil · 13-09-2011 3:15pm

Germany can fcuk right off. What a greedy miserable cnut of a fella

phasers · 13-09-2011 3:16pm

We should offer to get rid of the flag altogether and rename ireland 'deutschland II' if they write off our debt

syklops · 13-09-2011 3:16pm

Some people are assholes. This is a german asshole. Hardly breaking news now is it?

foxyboxer · 13-09-2011 3:17pm

I knew it was the flags! Even when it was the economy I knew it was the flags!!

Liber8or · 13-09-2011 3:17pm

To be honest, they are probably paying for the flag and the flagpole...

chin_grin · 13-09-2011 3:17pm

Ah to be honest Ireland doesn't need any help with humiliation.

Just look at Jedward, Dustin in the Eurovision and our Government.

wild_cat · 13-09-2011 3:17pm

I'd love for us just to leave the euro and have the whole thing ****ing collapse around them.

I'd also be scared ****less at the same time. But how's never.

Fuhrer · 13-09-2011 3:18pm

Heres a proposal.

All the flags of countries that tried to commit genocide should also be flown at half mast.

pickarooney · 13-09-2011 3:18pm

We should do this only make the flagpole 2.1 times higher.

jaykay74 · 13-09-2011 3:20pm

If they give us 50 quid in cash up front its a deal.

Dyr · 13-09-2011 3:21pm

We should change our flag to this, that'll soften his cough

http://cdn.mqstatic.com/files/truthcontrol/imagecache/page/images/1440.jpg

"****ing Germans. Nothing changes. ****ing Nazis"

Walther Sobchek

Sir Oxman · 13-09-2011 3:22pm

If Cunther follows through on his proposal, shouldn't his own country's flag be permanently at halfmast due to the shame they have brought on THE HUMAN RACE, after all, it'd just be a symbol, right?
I wonder what would have happened to Germany if billions hadn't been pumped into the ****hole 60+ years ago??

Grrr to German Commissioner ass*holes (although we had toothy McCreepey and Wiggy Flynn so glasshouses and all that...)

johngalway · 13-09-2011 3:22pm

Biggins wrote: »

http://www.thejournal.ie/germanys-eu-commissioner-wants-irish-flag-flown-at-half-mast-225071-Sep2011/

In other words, he wants to shame Ireland and stick our imposed shame on a pole so that others can see it.
He wants to humilate us (and others) it looks like, to me! :mad:

With all due respect to the rest of all good and better German people - this guy is an utter gobschite!
If he wants to do something with an Irish flag pole - he should try shoving it up his ass! :mad:

Take it in context Biggins. We sent Charlie McCreevy to Europe, they send this guy.

Take no notice.

TanG411 · 13-09-2011 3:22pm

What will they do next, build a wall to divide north and south?

meditraitor · 13-09-2011 3:23pm

Biggins wrote: »

http://www.thejournal.ie/germanys-eu-commissioner-wants-irish-flag-flown-at-half-mast-225071-Sep2011/

In other words, he wants to shame Ireland and stick our imposed shame on a pole so that others can see it.
He wants to humilate us (and others) it looks like, to me! :mad:

With all due respect to the rest of all good and better German people - this guy is an utter gobschite!
If he wants to do something with an Irish flag pole - he should try shoving it up his ass! :mad:

This guy is a joke in his own country,

In a leaked diplomatic cable from the United States embassy cable entitled "Lame Duck German Governor Kicked Upstairs as New Energy Commissioner in Brussels," Deputy Chief of Mission in Germany, Greg Delawie notes that "Chancellor Angela Merkel nominated Baden-Wuerttemberg (BW) Minister President Guenther Oettinger as EU Energy Commissioner primarily to remove an unloved lame duck from an important CDU bastion." Before going on to claim "Oettinger is noted for a lackluster public speaking style, and some commentators have asserted that Merkel, who has often stood out at EU meetings, wanted to appoint a German Commissioner who would not outshine her."

I wouldnt take any notice, he is not indicative of German people

chin_grin · 13-09-2011 3:23pm

Fuhrer wrote: »

Heres a proposal.

All the flags of countries that tried to commit genocide should also be flown at half mast.

Apt pupil username.

rn · 13-09-2011 3:23pm

Fuhrer wrote: »

Heres a proposal.

All the flags of countries that tried to commit genocide should also be flown at half mast.

And those that succeeded in doing it with industrial efficiency... 1/4 mast?

Latchy · 13-09-2011 3:24pm

Best keep a large white flag around the place to ...just in case the Germans want to surrender again .

KTRIC · 13-09-2011 3:24pm

Well we're lucky its not the Austrians calling the shots. They'd have us all locked up in dungeons and abused.

Celly Smunt · 13-09-2011 3:24pm

should be flown under the union flag anyway :pac:

wolfpawnat · 13-09-2011 3:24pm

Fuhrer wrote: »

Heres a proposal.

All the flags of countries that tried to commit genocide should also be flown at half mast.

Was trying to think of way to say it, but you put it so eloquently

And the username adds to it!!!!

Latchy · 13-09-2011 3:26pm

Rub his face in it and remind him that the ball never crossed the over the line in the 66 final ...

Biggins · 13-09-2011 3:27pm

meditraitor wrote: »

This guy is a joke in his own country,
I wouldnt take any notice, he is not indicative of German people

I assume (partly 'cos I know some German people) that he's in a league of his own alright - possibly a breed apart as the saying goes.

What can we expect really? He's possibly coming from a generation or background that is used to making and/or sticking symbols upon people for their own twisted ends!

DrumSteve · 13-09-2011 3:29pm

Sounds like a right ****.

Bet ya his ma is filthier than Hitlers furnace cover though.

redout · 13-09-2011 3:29pm

Fuhrer wrote: »

Heres a proposal.

All the flags of countries that tried did commit genocide should also be flown at half mast.

Fixed that.

n32 · 13-09-2011 3:31pm

the germans had no problem accepting the marshall plan dollars to rebuild their country after they tried to fúck the whole planet. they ve some cheek to suggest this.

prinz · 13-09-2011 3:31pm

Biggins wrote: »

What can we expect really?!

You could expect more coming from a poster such as yourself.

Iomega Man · 13-09-2011 3:33pm

though he admitted that it would “just be a symbol”.

Hmmmmm...they'd know all about symbols.

Biggins · 13-09-2011 3:34pm

prinz wrote: »

You could expect more coming from a poster such as yourself.

Been too long on this earth to take crap like that from what could be a nutjob - and see my country that I love, be try and humiliated.
To the let twat pass without comment would have been a graver offence maybe.

"Evil persists while good men do nothing"

Celly Smunt · 13-09-2011 3:34pm

n32 wrote: »

the germans had no problem accepting the marshall plan dollars to rebuild their country after they tried to fúck the whole planet. they ve some cheek to suggest this.

surely there is enough evidence in the history books to suggest nothing but german hypocrisy between germany and the world.

krissovo · 13-09-2011 3:35pm

From working in Germany the general feeling is:

Why are public servants paid so much?

How can most people in Ireland on social welfare make more than German minimum wage? (this relates to take home after medical insurances/tax etc)

We send you money to live like kings! (spat at me in a pub)

The situation is slowly stewing away and each time I arrive in Munich I am bombarded with questions and see more exposure on national TV.

Latchy · 13-09-2011 3:37pm

n32 wrote: »

the germans had no problem accepting the marshall plan dollars to rebuild their country after they tried to fúck the whole planet. they ve some cheek to suggest this.

Their ecomomy was the fastest to grow after world war two and their citys built back up ,much faster than all the British and European countrys to .

Orando Broom · 13-09-2011 3:38pm

Maybe this is what 'ol kraut britches was getting confused with...

Horst-Wessel Lied’ - Horst Wessel (1930-45)
This song performed a dark, dubious and dangerous political function in that it provided European fascism (the lyrics were modified for use in Britain, Spain and France) with an extremely catchy song that was terrifyingly effective at galvanising a mob. Its melody was not original but was that of an old, northern European folk song taken up by the Nazi Party as its anthem between 1930 and 1945. The lyrics were written by SA commander Horst Wessel, who was murdered by an anti-fascism activist in 1930. Also known as ‘Die Fahne Hoch’ (‘The Flag on High’), its tune and lyrics are now illegal in Germany and Austria.

DrumSteve · 13-09-2011 3:38pm

krissovo wrote: »

From working in Germany the general feeling is:

Why are public servants paid so much?

How can most people in Ireland on social welfare make more than German minimum wage? (this relates to take home after medical insurances/tax etc)

We send you money to live like kings! (spat at me in a pub)

The situation is slowly stewing away and each time I arrive in Munich I am bombarded with questions and see more exposure on national TV.

You'd swear they were giving us the money for nothing.

Orando Broom · 13-09-2011 3:38pm

krissovo wrote: »

From working in Germany the general feeling is:

Why are public servants paid so much?

How can most people in Ireland on social welfare make more than German minimum wage? (this relates to take home after medical insurances/tax etc)

We send you money to live like kings! (spat at me in a pub)

The situation is slowly stewing away and each time I arrive in Munich I am bombarded with questions and see more exposure on national TV.

Ireland is 20% dearer than other European countries for starts.

Wertz · 13-09-2011 3:40pm

So it's not just Irish politicians that demonstrate themselves to be f*cking idiots...

prinz · 13-09-2011 3:41pm

Biggins wrote: »

To the let twat pass without comment would have been a graver offence maybe.

...and by comment of course you just have to include references to Nazism and what not, ignoring of course the slightly awkward fact that Oettinger wasn't even born until the mid 1950's or so. Sure he must've been involved with them lot!!

4leto · 13-09-2011 3:42pm

I don't blame them, they are at the moment keeping the whole Euro afloat with very little thanks.

People would want to wake up and realise the service Germany is doing us.

They want shot of the Euro and when they eventually have had enough and return to their mighty Mark the P.I.G.S and more of Europe will experience genuine poverty, a genuine disaster.

If I was a german I would want out of the Euro.

Gummy Panda · 13-09-2011 3:43pm

Silly Günther stop short.

A better plan is for citizens from these countries to wear an armband when travelling within the non-bailout countries. Ireland's can be a green armband with a harp.

This way the superior EU citizens can easily point out and ridicule people from the bailout counties.

Celly Smunt · 13-09-2011 3:44pm

Wertz wrote: »

So it's not just Irish politicians that demonstrate themselves to be f*cking idiots...

i think Irish take it to the next level though

Gummy Panda · 13-09-2011 3:45pm

4leto wrote: »

I don't blame them, they are at the moment keeping the whole Euro afloat with very little thanks.

People would want to wake up and realise the service Germany is doing us.

They want shot of the Euro and when they eventually have had enough and return to their mighty Mark the P.I.G.S and more of Europe will experience genuine poverty, a genuine disaster.

If I was a german I would want out of the Euro.

Aren't they a big manufacturing country?

Wouldn't a strong currency destroy them if the eurozone fells apart considering other countries couldn't afford to import from them.

Biggins · 13-09-2011 3:45pm

prinz wrote: »

...and by comment of course you just have to include references to Nazism and what not, ignoring of course the slightly awkward fact that Oettinger wasn't even born until the mid 1950's or so. Sure he must've been involved with them lot!!

Indeed not but if you read my post, you would have read what I actually stated: "coming from a generation or background..."
/end of.

I know a good few german people and I can easily accept that he's one of very much a minority in these wacky thoughts.
I hope its that way to be honest and stays that way.

LK_Dave · 13-09-2011 3:45pm

gambiaman wrote: »

I wonder what would have happened to Germany if billions hadn't been pumped into the ****hole 60+ years ago??
QUOTE]

Not only did Germany receive billions under the Marshall Plan but at a international conference in London in 1954 Germany received debt forgiveness of 50% for its World War Two debts.

Its only 10 years ago when Germany's budget deficit was above the allowed level under the Euro rules and it ran that way for years.

Why do Germans get so excited when it comes to flags?

Latchy · 13-09-2011 3:47pm

4leto wrote: »

I don't blame them, they are at the moment keeping the whole Euro afloat with very little thanks.

People would want to wake up and realise the service Germany is doing us.

They want shot of the Euro and when they eventually have had enough and return to their mighty Mark the P.I.G.S and more of Europe will experience genuine poverty, a genuine disaster.

If I was a german I would want out of the Euro.

The British want to loosen ties with the Euro and have long being hinting at it .

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/4214369/Loosen-Britains-ties-with-European-Union-say-two-thirds-of-voters..html

marcsignal · 13-09-2011 3:48pm

Biggins wrote: »

[With all due respect to the rest of all good and better German people - this guy is an utter gobschite!
If he wants to do something with an Irish flag pole - he should try shoving it up his ass! :mad:

Have to agree Biggins. I'm quite fond of the Germans, but this guy should get a stinging hot chili bratwurst, and shove it somewhere :mad:

Biggins · 13-09-2011 3:48pm

LK_Dave wrote: »

Not only did Germany receive billions under the Marshall Plan but at a international conference in London in 1954 Germany received debt forgiveness of 50% for its World War Two debts.

Ever hear the saying "Eaten bread is soon forgotten" ?
Someone should remind him of that!

FetchTheGin · 13-09-2011 3:49pm

He sounds delightful, maybe he will get all the countries involved to wear a star so that people know we are dirty debt ridden rats.

To the concentration camp Batman!

hooradiation · 13-09-2011 3:49pm

I am meant to be offended by this?
Is that what's meant to be happening here?

Panrich · 13-09-2011 3:50pm

4leto wrote: »

I don't blame them, they are at the moment keeping the whole Euro afloat with very little thanks.

People would want to wake up and realise the service Germany is doing us.

They want shot of the Euro and when they eventually have had enough and return to their mighty Mark the P.I.G.S and more of Europe will experience genuine poverty, a genuine disaster.

If I was a german I would want out of the Euro.

When did they stop charging interest to bail out their banks?

Germany commissioner wants to humiliate Ireland officially!

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