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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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Just looking on Snapchat and there was a machine taking pallets off the top. Snap from about 3 hrs ago.

El Weirdo

JupiterKid wrote: »

There a times when I'm frankly ashamed to admit that I was born in Belfast.

You shouldn't be, it's a great city.

citytillidie

braidman wrote: »

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

I think you will find very view now in August its more community parties and such but don't let facts get in the way of whataboutary

Junkyard Tom

https://twitter.com/SashaWylie/status/1149076874670354432

Pesky buildings making the fire service keep them cool.

gctest50

I'm amazed no-one has set fire to the prepared bonfires a day or two early

Extremists would have a meltdown

El Weirdo

gctest50 wrote: »

I'm amazed no-one has set fire to the prepared bonfires a day or two early

Extremists would have a meltdown

They're pretty well guarded.

Junkyard Tom

gctest50 wrote: »

I'm amazed no-one has set fire to the prepared bonfires a day or two early

It's a very dangerous thing to do. I think there were a couple of kids killed, back in the day, when bonfires were lit early as they'd been inside them in little lookouts and had fallen asleep.

joe40

It really is just a hate filled celebration of bigotry, sectarianism and intimidation.
Nothing cultural whatsoever with colossal bonfires burning tonnes of rubber tyres.
Just imagine the environmental impact if nothing else.

dd973

Hate Ireland and the Irish but want to live in Ireland, and as ethno-religious supremacists on top of it all, odd bunch. (Not all of them, just the extreme element)

citytillidie

gctest50 wrote: »

I'm amazed no-one has set fire to the prepared bonfires a day or two early

Extremists would have a meltdown

Good chance there is someone camping inside them to stop such things

gctest50

citytillidie wrote: »

Good chance there is someone camping inside them to stop such things

That wouldn't be very wise, all those nails in the pallets - might be struck by lightning

kowloon

blinding wrote: »

I don’t think Antifa would fancy their chances on the Loyalist 11th Night:eek:

They're special guests as part of the burning torch relay that lights the bonfire.

igCorcaigh

Some of the comments here tell me so much about how a new Ireland is not ready.

Watch this doc.. Imagining ulster

https://youtu.be/i4uPipGPvSw

J Mysterio

_blaaz wrote: »

PSNI issue warning to not remove bonfire material for fear of UVF violence

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/bonfires-psni-understood-to-have-issued-gun-violence-warning-to-belfast-councillors-936125.html

That's bizarre. So the state police are saying 'dont disturb these mental fires, or the local thugs and killers will be after you'.

How about.. police the community? Police dangerous bonfires on public land?

sjb25

No lift to derry

https://youtu.be/NP-CEF_5tHw

janfebmar

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.

Correct. In rural areas the day is more of just a family parade. Most areas do not have big bonfires. I cannot see the attraction in building bonfires. The Republicans do it too with anti internment anniversaries etc.
One thing for sure, things are different up there, and there will never be a United Ireland in our lifetime, thank God.

The Black Oil

State of this prick confronting the police officer.

https://twitter.com/dingo_1916/status/1147940461644058624

suicide_circus

The Black Oil wrote: »

State of this prick confronting the police officer.

https://twitter.com/dingo_1916/status/1147940461644058624

we need to integrate these people into our society through unification and quick. not nearly enough maniac head-the-balls as it is.

blinding

The Black Oil wrote: »

State of this prick confronting the police officer.

https://twitter.com/dingo_1916/status/1147940461644058624

Its as if they think they Own the Place . Westminster has a lot to answer for in creating That Northern Ireland . Its dying mind , slowly but surely .

cgcsb

citytillidie wrote: »

Good chance there is someone camping inside them to stop such things

Darwinism

cgcsb

J Mysterio wrote: »

That's bizarre. So the state police are saying 'dont disturb these mental fires, or the local thugs and killers will be after you'.

How about.. police the community? Police dangerous bonfires on public land?

They can't the state and the police are inherently pro loyalist, just more softly so than in the RUC days.

cgcsb

The Black Oil wrote: »

State of this prick confronting the police officer.

https://twitter.com/dingo_1916/status/1147940461644058624

:eek: and the police just tolerate it, walk along side them. I really couldn't see the gardaí allowing that carry on.

mloc123

cgcsb wrote: »

:eek: and the police just tolerate it, walk along side them. I really couldn't see the gardaí allowing that carry on.

The same Gardai that let a load of guys dressed up like the IRA march down O'Connell street?

FrancieBrady

mloc123 wrote: »

The same Gardai that let a load of guys dressed up like the IRA march down O'Connell street?

The Gardai have no law to back them up on that though.

There are plenty of laws governing what is going on up in northern Ireland. Incitement to hatred, environmental damage etc etc.

Graces7

Reading news online...

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/belfast-bonfire-organisers-urged-to-leave-leisure-centre-site-936182.html

The sheer size and so near houses is terrifying. Ominous for tonight

Berserker

janfebmar wrote: »

Correct. In rural areas the day is more of just a family parade. Most areas do not have big bonfires. I cannot see the attraction in building bonfires. The Republicans do it too with anti internment anniversaries etc.

Belfast city centre is a great family day out also. People just sitting around, watching the bands going by and having a nice day out. A heck of a lot more civilised that St Patricks day, I can tell you that.

cgcsb

mloc123 wrote: »

The same Gardai that let a load of guys dressed up like the IRA march down O'Connell street?

Everyone has a constitutional right to freedom of assembly, that doesn't mean that carry-on like in that video is allowed.

maccored

Berserker wrote: »

Belfast city centre is a great family day out also. People just sitting around, watching the bands going by and having a nice day out. A heck of a lot more civilised that St Patricks day, I can tell you that.

go away with the family day out rubbish. family day out if you are of a certain persuasion. kick in the face if you arent

FrancieBrady

Berserker wrote: »

Belfast city centre is a great family day out also. People just sitting around, watching the bands going by and having a nice day out. A heck of a lot more civilised that St Patricks day, I can tell you that.

I wonder if we compared the policing of the entire island celebration of St Patrick's day and the policing of 12th, how big the disparity would be.

I am sure there were many in the US who enjoyed KKK days out and assemblies too, they had plenty of them before it was shown to them that the centre of what they were doing was rotten. Same with the Orange Order and the triumphalism of the 12th...at it's core it is rotten, and there is no getting away from that, as we see every single year.

Nobody has a problem with lawful assembly or 'people watching bands going by' but to suggest that this is all that happens is a lie and misleading.

J Mysterio

Berserker wrote: »

Belfast city centre is a great family day out also. People just sitting around, watching the bands going by and having a nice day out. A heck of a lot more civilised that St Patricks day, I can tell you that.

Yeah... We often burn effigies of our neighbours on St Patrick's Day.