janfebmar wrote: » I suppose in America people can choose to support veterans and their families, or they can choose to support the families of those who carried out the 9/11 attacks.
cameramonkey wrote: » I would not think from reading your post that you or Irish, I would have thought that you are a UK nationalist . To explain is to learn if you dont find explanation acceptable that is your business.
cameramonkey wrote: » I wouldn't wear one myself and find it strange that Irish people would commemorate British soldiers who carried out countless atrocities in this country but I am an accepting sort of guy so each to their own. If other dont have the conviction of their beliefs to wear one in this day and age that's also their business.
blanch152 wrote: » I am an Irish nationalist. Because I see nation as being of people rather than territory, and am welcoming of other nations, I am not susceptible to the my nation is better than your nation type of thinking that so many posters here indulge in.
_blaaz wrote: » If 1p of it geos to anyone involved in wrong doing here....makes the whole thing a joke imo And anyone donating,rightly deserves critism they get
blanch152 wrote: » That is exactly the kind of thinking that perpetuates divisions on this island.
blanch152 wrote: » I would find it difficult to wear a poppy because of the association with the British army in general rather than the First and Second World Wars in particular. Nevertheless, it is a badge of commemoration rather than celebration, and we should respect those who do wear it. You obviously have no idea of the intimidation in parts of the North from so-called republicans.
Junkyard Tom wrote: » What type of Irish nationalist is that has made no secret of, essentially, wishing that Unionist votes should be weighted to prevent a his 'fellow' nationalists in the north from uniting the Irish nation politically? I'm trying to figure out if you're attempting to gaslight the readers of the thread or if you genuinely hold such bizarrely dissonant positions.
cameramonkey wrote: » Unfortunately the North is a malfunctioning statelet , it is under UK control, they have produced a place that is economically depressed, social deprived and culturally backward. It is a disaster and the UK could hardly have produce such a wreck even if they tried.
_blaaz wrote: » Thinking people should grt critised for supporting perpetuators of bloody sunday.....forgive me if i dont think they are good people
blanch152 wrote: » In a fluid sense of nationality, why should territory mean anything, unless you are tied to 19th century thinking?
blanch152 wrote: » Who is supporting perpetuators of Bloody Sunday? Haven't seen them on here. The British government are trying to prosecute them.
At the same time, child abusers, cold-blooded killers and the like from the republican side are wandering around with letters of comfort etc. I have no sympathy for criminals on either side. If anyone committed an illegal act, they should be prosecuted.
blanch152 wrote: » Whose fault is that? The most economically deprived place in Northern Europe is West Belfast. It has been represented for most of the last 30 years by Gerry Adams. That tells you everything about what he has done for his people. Impoverished them for an outdated ideology.
janfebmar wrote: » Taxpayers in a country with nuclear power would not use the ridiculous argument of avoiding tax because there is a chance 00.0001 % of it may go towards a nuclear power plant. Voluntary donors to a charity would not baulk at donating to a charity because there is a chance 00.0001% of it may go to a few soldiers involved in murder.
If it was not for the sacrifices of the British forces, people in the islands would probably be speaking German now, with our disabled, our homosexuals, our travellers, our Jews etc long gone. And the rest of us working in Nazi slave camps like many did during the war.
janfebmar wrote: » If it was not for the sacrifices of the British forces, people in these islands would probably be speaking German now, with our disabled, our homosexuals, our travellers, our Jews etc long gone. And the rest of us working in Nazi slave camps like many did during the war.
Igotadose wrote: » WTF. Are you joking? Your supposition is nonsense. Americans support 9/11 victim's families, the military, each other... It's loony to suggest they support murderers from Saudi Arabia
janfebmar wrote: » Taxpayers in a country with nuclear power would not use the ridiculous argument of avoiding tax because there is a chance 00.0001 % of it may go towards a nuclear power plant. Voluntary donors to a charity would not baulk at donating to a charity because there is a chance 00.0001% of it may go to a few soldiers involved in murder. If it was not for the sacrifices of the British forces, people in these islands would probably be speaking German now, with our disabled, our homosexuals, our travellers, our Jews etc long gone. And the rest of us working in Nazi slave camps like many did during the war.
Rodin wrote: » I look forward to the day when those members of the British Army, the armed wing of the state, are brought to justice for the EXECUTION of civilians on the streets of Derry.
cameramonkey wrote: » We are speaking a foreign language because of the British Army, its called English instead of German.
janfebmar wrote: » And so is USA, Canada, Oz, New Zealand etc.
Imreoir2 wrote: » Oh how terrible indeed if the people of Ireland had their language suppressed and replaced by that of a forign invader. Were it not for the Red Army, and the truely staggering sacrifices of the Russian people, which is not too often acknoleged in the British recounting, there is little to nothing the British forces could have done about the Nazis.
Imreoir2 wrote: » All we are saying here is that the English were vastly worse than the Germans ever were when it comes to replacing the native language of the territories they conqured.
_blaaz wrote: » Anyone who buys or supports wearing poppy is ....... meh....quite something your ready to jump through hoops to explaim away republican crims....but hid behind the poppy to support bloody sunday perputators....but then i seen you and few others gaslighting other posters on threads and screenshots of yere discords...so no suprise yous stoop to this
janfebmar wrote: » We were part of the UK forces who colonised America, Australia, New Zealand etc.
