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The glorious 12th

realdanbreen

I see where there is a gigantic pile of pallets stacked up in an estate in Portadown which the fire service regard as a 'serious health and safety risk'. Apparently 30+ firms have been approached to remove/dismantle it but nobody will touch it. One things for certain if that was some years ago in a nationalist area the British army would be steaming in like a flash to dismantle it and anything else that was in its way.

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NIMAN

And don't forget that many of these shows of culture receive taxpayers funding.

We are paying for these hate fests.

blinding

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Highlights from previous years include seeing a motorist driving into gathered crowds. (repeatedly)

He confused Voiture with Culture :eek:

Beechwoodspark

Lads and ladies don’t be fooling yourselves.

If there was even 3 pallets stacked on top of each other in West Belfast or the Bogside and it was decided by the authorities to get rid of them,

the full weight of the British war machine would be brought to bear down on it.

Air land sea total 360 degrees solution.

Including mass civilian casualties if felt required by the “top brass”.

Then denial and deflection for 30-50 years until the truth comes out

Plus ça change....

Same sh1t different day

branie2

Trouble on the way come the 12th

braidman

there'll be a few Tyrone jerseys on the bonfire for sure!

El_Duderino 09

The bonfires are a bit stupid and are obviously an attempt to thumb the nose at the government and the other side. But it's much better than actual terrorism.

I'd be much happier if this is the way people blow off steam a few times a year rather than being ready for war

J Mysterio

InTheShadows wrote: »

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-48926982

Jesus, I knew they were big, but that's frickin insane! What's wrong these people? Whatever happened to creating a normal bonfire? They are dangerous enough.

Hamsterchops

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Lads and ladies don’t be fooling yourselves.

If there was even 3 pallets stacked on top of each other in West Belfast or the Bogside and it was decided by the authorities to get rid of them,

the full weight of the British war machine would be brought to bear down on it.

Air land sea total 360 degrees solution.

Including mass civilian casualties if felt required by the “top brass”.

Then denial and deflection for 30-50 years until the truth comes out

British War machine, mass civilian casualties, air, land and sea 360° solution to dismante some pallets :cool:
Far too dramatic.....

Seanachai

The English really knew what they were doing dumping them over here, they're like some bunch that were brought in from Europe for some war or other in the Middle Ages and then they became surplus to requirements. The prods from my neck of the woods tend to be very insular, but they have some sense of balance about them.

El_Duderino 09

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Lads and ladies don’t be fooling yourselves.

If there was even 3 pallets stacked on top of each other in West Belfast or the Bogside and it was decided by the authorities to get rid of them,

the full weight of the British war machine would be brought to bear down on it.

Air land sea total 360 degrees solution.

Including mass civilian casualties if felt required by the “top brass”.

Then denial and deflection for 30-50 years until the truth comes out

Plus ça change....

Same sh1t different day

Hyperbole aside, I don't think that's true. The government treats both sides with kid gloves. Just look at all the smuggling thru allow at the border. Keeping those people away from violence is a priority.

Penfailed

Noveight wrote: »

Mickey Harte shouldn’t have apologized for the team singing ‘Ra tunes on the bus.

Of course he should have. The team should have a bit of cop on. Respect is a two way street.

blinding

Seanachai wrote: »

The English really knew what they were doing dumping them over here, they're like some bunch that were brought in from Europe for some war or other in the Middle Ages and then they became surplus to requirements. The prods from my neck of the woods tend to be very insular, but they have some sense of balance about them.

Ya can’t build them bonfires without Balance !;)

Plumbthedepths

It's great their employers give them the time off to build the tower of pallets.

Mad_maxx

Someone earlier referred to how these people in East Belfast etc are ignored by unionist politicians but how same politicians pander to them via silence regarding bonfires

You have to remember that loyalists are a people who want very little, they want to slag off their neighbours religion and emblems but that's all that they want.

It's a similar situation to how the republican party in America pander to the southern trailer park voter demographic via nods to the bible etc while sending their jobs to China

To further the point, the southern red necks are Scots Irish

evil_seed

spodoinkle

I have a wedding that day and I have bought the brightest orange tie I could find, I'm expecting one of my cousins to turn up in an orange suit.

Eggs For Dinner

Those bonfire pyres did not go up overnight. The authorities should have dismantled them early on, as soon as the size they would become was apparent. They're out in the open FFS. The fact they did nothing tells you everything you want to know about what's wrong with that part of the world

Fracture

one solution (if it can be done) is to fine any business who hand pallets out to these knob heads. Some kind of system were the business pays to get them and recieves a refund when they are returned needs to be put in place. Any business that gives them out is basically burning cash.

Ten of Swords

Sadly taking pallets out of circulation won't help, they'll just burn other materials (tyres and construction waste)

SEPT 23 1989

If businesses don’t hand them over they would have a bonfire in their own yards

Tyres are not used now due to the climate emergency

Coillte_Bhoy

No words needed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9K_hMsrwRA

realdanbreen

I think it was in Lisburn one time the loyalists had a massive pile with tricolours ,pictures of the Pope etc all set to go and a few boys snuck in a few nights before the 12th and torched it.Nobody got to enjoy it except a few firemen!

Church on Tuesday

_Brian wrote: »

Went past that on Sunday.
Mother of god it’s enormous, bigger each year.

The fear of being gradually outnumbered grows for Loyalist Unionists every year sure.

igCorcaigh

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

If businesses don’t hand them over they would have a bonfire in their own yards

Tyres are not used now due to the climate emergency

It appears that some companies are handing over the tyres to the bonfire builders to avoid paying the fee for tyre disposal.

The Nolan Show
https://audioboom.com/channels/419722.rss

Seanachai

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

No words needed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9K_hMsrwRA

150yrs too late maybe?

Junkyard Tom

InTheShadows wrote: »

The extremists on both sides who build these things are complete knack bags but unfortunately there seems to be a hell of a lot of that sort of people up North

'Both sides' my arse. This is a unionist thing.

braidman

the knob heads on the other side will soon be building their bonfires to mark the anniversary of internment - one apes the other

caff

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

'Both sides' my arse. This is a unionist thing.

Republicans light bonfires in August to mark internment

realdanbreen

caff wrote: »

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

'Both sides' my arse. This is a unionist thing.

Republicans light bonfires in August to mark internment

But do they deliberately try to March through loyalist areas playing republican tunes and chanting sectarian slogans?

caff

realdanbreen wrote: »

But do they deliberately try to March through loyalist areas playing republican tunes and chanting sectarian slogans?

They shoot journalists