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Isn't multiculturalism great...

  • 09-09-2017 08:46PM
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    ...today I brought my daughter to the playground to meet Slovakian friends with their kids. Also met my cousin and his African partner and their little daughter. After that, I went to my Turkish Muslim barber and to her delight he produced a lollipop.

    And I thought, she'll grow up experiencing diversity and cultures that I could only dream of when I was a child in white Catholic Ireland in the late '70s and '80s. And it felt good.


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  • #2
    Sue Pa Key Pa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,060 ✭✭✭Sue Pa Key Pa


    Careful Now!

    Of course diversity is great. Nice to hear you had a good day too with your daughter


  • #3
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,299 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    Hihihi

    And yes, agreed.


  • #4
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Without a doubt, YES.


  • #5
    BillyBobBS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,568 ✭✭✭BillyBobBS


    No it's not. Multiculturalism doesn't work.


  • #6
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,299 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    BillyBobBS wrote: »
    No it's not. Multiculturalism doesn't work.

    Well at least today in Conors little pocket it seems to have worked just fine.


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  • #7
    NIMAN
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    Just keep her away from those Protestants!

    Only joking folks.


  • #8
    FTA69
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    Works grand for me anyway. I'm foreign, my missus is foreign, most people in our area are foreign and everyone seems to get on.


  • #9
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,403 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    I met someone from Cavan yesterday. It's gone too far, I say.


  • #10
    marcus001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭marcus001


    Whiteness is a sin after all.


  • #11
    Ulysses Gaze
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    BillyBobBS wrote: »
    No it's not. Multiculturalism doesn't work.

    tenor.gif


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  • #12
    Biggest lickspittle on boardz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 558 ✭✭✭Biggest lickspittle on boardz


    Deleted User wrote: »
    ...today I brought my daughter to the playground to meet Slovakian friends with their kids. Also met my cousin and his African partner and their little daughter. After that, I went to my Turkish Muslim barber and to her delight he produced a lollipop.

    And I thought, she'll grow up experiencing diversity and cultures that I could only dream of when I was a child in white Catholic Ireland in the late '70s and '80s. And it felt good.


    These Benetton ads are getting really obscure...


  • #13
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    BillyBobBS wrote: »
    No it's not. Multiculturalism doesn't work.

    Of course it does.


  • #14
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    Deleted User wrote: »

    And I thought, she'll grow up experiencing diversity and cultures that I could only dream of when I was a child in white Catholic Ireland in the late '70s and '80s. And it felt good.

    yep, sure is a welcome change to those insular narrow-minded times


  • #15
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    It's neither a good or a bad thing it just is what it is.


  • #16
    bluewizard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭bluewizard


    Well I'm "multicultural" - go ahead, tell me what's your problem with me.


  • #17
    tomwaterford
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    bluewizard wrote: »
    Well I'm "multicultural" - go ahead, tell me what's your problem with me.

    We dislike smurfs who are wizards :pac:


  • #18
    Donal55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭Donal55


    Deleted User wrote: »
    ...today I brought my daughter to the playground to meet Slovakian friends with their kids. Also met my cousin and his African partner and their little daughter. After that, I went to my Turkish Muslim barber and to her delight he produced a lollipop.

    And I thought, she'll grow up experiencing diversity and cultures that I could only dream of when I was a child in white Catholic Ireland in the late '70s and '80s. And it felt good.


    You met your mates and got a haircut. Nice.;)


  • #19
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,992 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Depends...

    My daughters got to meet a lovely man who kicked his daughters pram out of the lift that we were standing in. His poor wife who had her hijab on was almost sent flying on her arse as she was attempting to get into the lift as well. He shouted some sort of obscenities at her and she stepped back immediately. There was plenty of room for us all in the lift so he had no reason to stop her from getting in.

    I'm not pushed on my daughters being around people like that who have no respect for women.

    Mind you there is a good mix of kids in my daughters school and every year they do an international week where they learn about other countries food, culture and traditions.


  • #20
    Fighting Tao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    ...today I brought my daughter to the playground to meet Slovakian friends with their kids. Also met my cousin and his African partner and their little daughter. After that, I went to my Turkish Muslim barber and to her delight he produced a lollipop.

    And I thought, she'll grow up experiencing diversity and cultures that I could only dream of when I was a child in white Catholic Ireland in the late '70s and '80s. And it felt good.

    Why did you only mention the Turkish barbers religion and not everyone else's?


  • #21
    Really Interested
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭Really Interested


    BillyBobBS wrote: »
    No it's not. Multiculturalism doesn't work.

    Yes it does. See it's that easy.


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  • #22
    marcus001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭marcus001


    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    It's neither a good or a bad thing it just is what it is.

    Nah, there were too many Irish people around. Ireland is now better because you meet fewer and fewer Irish people in daily life.


  • #23
    bluewizard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭bluewizard


    tomwaterford wrote: »
    We dislike smurfs who are wizards :pac:
    I'm not a smurf.


  • #24
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    Deleted User wrote: »
    ...today I brought my daughter to the playground to meet Slovakian friends with their kids. Also met my cousin and his African partner and their little daughter. After that, I went to my Turkish Muslim barber and to her delight he produced a lollipop.

    And I thought, she'll grow up experiencing diversity and cultures that I could only dream of when I was a child in white Catholic Ireland in the late '70s and '80s. And it felt good.


    Wow what a great person, I mean a non muslim irish barber has never done something like that for a child.


  • #25
    marcus001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭marcus001


    Seeing foreign people gives Conor a fussy feeling in his goolies.


  • #26
    tomwaterford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    bluewizard wrote: »
    I'm not a smurf.

    Next you'll tell me your not a wizard :(


  • #27
    Benjamin Buttons
    Closed Accounts Posts: 232 ✭✭Benjamin Buttons


    bluewizard wrote: »
    I'm not a smurf.

    Link?


  • #28
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Peregrine wrote: »
    I met someone from Cavan yesterday. It's gone too far, I say.

    That's too much


  • #29
    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,339 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    This is only a temporary phase while all the different cultures are melted down. In future the only culture to survive will be Westernised plastic mass manufactured American pop consumerism culture.


    The only way future generations will be able to experience such a thing as multiculturalism is if we don't overindulge in it now.


  • #30
    gifted
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,052 ✭✭✭gifted


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    ...today I brought my daughter to the playground to meet Slovakian friends with their kids. Also met my cousin and his African partner and their little daughter. After that, I went to my Turkish Muslim barber and to her delight he produced a lollipop.

    And I thought, she'll grow up experiencing diversity and cultures that I could only dream of when I was a child in white Catholic Ireland in the late '70s and '80s. And it felt good.

    When I was a kid in the 70 and 80's I grew up dreaming of chocolate and sweets and days off school and being a soccer player.....never woke up after dreaming of diversity or culture...


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  • #31
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    Peregrine wrote: »
    I met someone from Cavan yesterday. It's gone too far, I say.

    I've nothing against people from Cavan, but they don't integrate and I've never heard them speak out against The Corrs.

    Edit: Actually, the Corrs are from Louth. Sorry, it's just that they all look the same to me. Anyway, my point still stands.


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