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WOULD YOU DIE FOR IRELAND?.

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  • #32
    Kold
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭Kold


    No.


  • #33
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    I wouldn't die for Ireland.

    However, if I had the chance to go back to being a 16 year old, I would have seriously thought about joining the defence forces, be it Irish or British. Not to defend any country in particular, but to make a ''difference'', not that it would work out that way.


  • #34
    Kold
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭Kold


    thelordofcheese wrote: »
    I always thought the point of war was not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his?

    ****, you'd better tell that tool Padraig Pearse.


  • #35
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    Are we talking 32 counties here... because dying for 26 of them has already been done!!


  • #36
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,055 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I wouldn't dye my hair for Ireland.


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  • #37
    The Saint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,932 ✭✭✭The Saint


    Would I die for Ireland? No, but I'd happily sacrifice you and your family for it.


  • #38
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,816 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Kold wrote: »
    ****, you'd better tell that tool Padraig Pearse.

    He'll be fine, it's not as if he thinks he'll beat the British army with a few dozen Volunteers:D.....oh wait...........feck, too late


  • #39
    wylo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,214 ✭✭✭wylo


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Not a chance.

    I've never understood how people say they are proud to be Irish. It's not like you have a choice in the matter, you're simply born here.

    Bullsh1t, its more than a case of "your simply born here", the people around you molded your character, your way of thinking, basically who you are . You were raised as an Irish person, and you'd probably be a much different person if you were raised in Japan or America or wherever.

    Id defend my country and be willing to die for it, just because our government is a mess doesnt mean its worth abandoning our people as a culture or nation.
    Im shocked with the amount of people saying not a chance.
    The funny thing is Im not even a nationalist and was never into the RA etc, I even voted yes for the lisbon treaty.


  • #40
    Poccington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭Poccington


    galwayrush wrote: »
    He'll be fine, it's not as if he thinks he'll beat the British army with a few dozen Volunteers:D.....oh wait...........feck, too late

    In fairness, he was never under the illusion that he had a chance against the Brits.


  • #41
    sunnyjim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭sunnyjim


    I would die for Ireland. Complain as we all may, our families live great lives compared to how they could be living under some foreign invaders rule.

    As it stands now, I'm more likely to die for Queen and Country sooner :p


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  • #42
    KieranKennedy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 132 ✭✭KieranKennedy


    Well if the request was written in capital letters I would consider it


  • #43
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,816 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Just asked the wife, she said NO.;)


  • #44
    Kold
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭Kold


    galwayrush wrote: »
    He'll be fine, it's not as if he thinks he'll beat the British army with a few dozen Volunteers:D.....oh wait...........feck, too late

    I saw that freak pouring the blood of patriots on his azalias.


  • #45
    KnifeWRENCH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,148 ✭✭✭✭KnifeWRENCH


    Yeah, I probably would. Although I'd never ever go anywhere near a war otherwise - Ireland being invaded is the only thing that would ever make me want to join the army.

    Not that I'd be any use anyway.


  • #46
    AckwelFoley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,556 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    WOULD YOU DIE FOR IRELAND?.

    Would i fcuk


  • #47
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    Everyone in this thread is a little girl's blouse!

    Dlofnep would die for Ireland, ressurect himself like Jesus just so he could die again!


  • #48
    Poccington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭Poccington


    dlofnep wrote: »
    Everyone in this thread is a little girl's blouse!

    Dlofnep would die for Ireland, ressurect himself like Jesus just so he could die again!

    But I said I'd die as well :(

    Can I stop being a girls blouse now? :p


  • #49
    IHATELIBERTAS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 55 ✭✭IHATELIBERTAS


    yes


  • #50
    sneakerfreak
    Closed Accounts Posts: 427 ✭✭sneakerfreak


    OPs question is meaningless really,we have been invaded and a foreign nation occupies roughly a third of our island and it is obvious that very little Irish are willing to die for their country.

    Apparently the Provos werent willing to die or kill much either once they had some sterling handed over to them and got to drive some expensive cars.


  • #51
    IHATELIBERTAS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 55 ✭✭IHATELIBERTAS


    good point. reading up on the british occupation of this country and they really really really did oppress us.


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  • #52
    samhail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭samhail


    i would die for ireland.
    Ireland is not what the a few men are doing with for the past few years.

    Ireland has been around alot longer them them, and will be.



    (truth be known i have already died twice for my country)


  • #53
    thelordofcheese
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,368 ✭✭✭thelordofcheese


    square_igloo wrote: »
    Yeah, I probably would. Although I'd never ever go anywhere near a war otherwise - Ireland being invaded is the only thing that would ever make me want to join the army.

    Not that I'd be any use anyway.

    Nonsense son, every army needs people like you.
    Now, get your gear and go join company human shield.


  • #54
    buynow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭buynow


    No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country. - Patton


  • #55
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,055 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    dlofnep wrote: »
    Everyone in this thread is a little girl's blouse!

    Dlofnep would die for Ireland, ressurect himself like Jesus just so he could die again!


    And would he do it all in third-person perspective? :rolleyes:


  • #56
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,787 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    You fill me up with whiskey and I'll fight for tesco.


  • #57
    Hard Larry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 670 ✭✭✭Hard Larry


    I was dying for Ireland on Sunday morning if that counts...too many Sambucas :(


  • #58
    Jack Sheehan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,693 ✭✭✭Jack Sheehan


    Luckily the whole thing is moot. We will never be invaded.


  • #59
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    snyper wrote: »
    Would i fcuk

    +1

    Not a fúcking snowballs chance.


  • #60
    deadhead13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,034 ✭✭✭deadhead13


    wylo wrote: »
    Bullsh1t, its more than a case of "your simply born here", the people around you molded your character, your way of thinking, basically who you are .

    And thats exactly why I wouldn't be arsed


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  • #61
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,507 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    I can't believe there's some crazy fools here that would die for a country when it doesn't even have a happy hour......wft:confused:


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