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The British: Like, hate or feel completely indifferent??

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  • #32
    revenue knowledge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭revenue knowledge


    The greatest nation on this planet!


  • #33
    thetonynator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,234 ✭✭✭thetonynator


    SIX PACK wrote: »
    oh i love england i want to shag it


    look at a map, it looks exactly like england is shagging the hole off ireland . . .:rolleyes::P


  • #34
    Sir Oxman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,490 ✭✭✭Sir Oxman


    Generally, like.
    Generally, indifferent.

    No way, hate.


  • #35
    drakshug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 223 ✭✭drakshug


    I'm Scottish and don't class myself as a Brit as the majority of irish seem to equate England with Britain. I get very confused when I hear anti-Brit talk from an Irish person wearing an English football top. We tend to support Scottish teams in Scotland. As the Irish would be the nearest neighbours to my part of Scotland I'd have to vote that I like my neighbours. For the neighbours to the south of the uk.... No comment.


  • #36
    Sir Oxman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,490 ✭✭✭Sir Oxman


    <Ollie> wrote: »
    I don't see much difference between the Scots, English, Irish or Welsh as a whole tbh.


    well, open your eyes baby jebus.#
    Are ya serioius???


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  • #37
    BRITISH EMPIRE 4EVER
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭BRITISH EMPIRE 4EVER


    Andrew33 wrote: »
    I DO like them, and they always come over her knowing that they are welcomed and made to feel welcome. Eire has been invaded by Swedish/Norwegians/Danish and they did terrible (and I mean really horrific) things while they were here yet we love them! Maybe the Brits need a Name change.

    Yeah, like take all your good looking women.

    Heh heh heh.


  • #38
    Wolfe Tone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭Wolfe Tone


    BRITISH EMPIRE 4EVER wrote: »
    Yeah, like take all your good looking women.

    Heh heh heh.
    Oh look, its Uncle Ian.


  • #39
    PeterIanStaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭PeterIanStaker


    MUSSOLINI wrote: »
    I like some, dont like others. I hate their ruling classes though.

    Our ruling classes are cunts too


  • #40
    Killer Pigeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,125 ✭✭✭Killer Pigeon


    BRITISH EMPIRE 4EVER wrote: »
    Yeah, like take all your good looking women.

    Heh heh heh.

    Nice username for an Irish forum ... I guess you were expecting absolutely nooooo confrontation.


  • #41
    Sir Oxman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,490 ✭✭✭Sir Oxman


    BRITISH EMPIRE 4EVER wrote: »
    Yeah, like take all your good looking women.

    Heh heh heh.


    yeah, byeeee!


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  • #42
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    Cleeo wrote: »
    That's true, but I've never met an Irish person who was completely oblivious to the fact SOMETHING happened!

    Thats true. I've found that there are a lot of British people who have no idea. It isnt unique to the history between Ireland and Britain.

    If you were to ask them about world war 2 for example you would meet a similar response.


  • #43
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    thetonynator wrote: »
    look at a map, it looks exactly like england is shagging the hole off ireland . . .:rolleyes::P

    Proof that the South-East is the arsehole of Ireland?

    :pac:


  • #44
    PeterIanStaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭PeterIanStaker


    He's either a troll or Kevin Myers. Or both.


  • #45
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    I knew no good would come of this :pac:


  • #46
    thetonynator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,234 ✭✭✭thetonynator


    Andrew33 wrote: »
    I DO like them, and they always come over her knowing that they are welcomed and made to feel welcome. Eire has been invaded by Swedish/Norwegians/Danish and they did terrible (and I mean really horrific) things while they were here yet we love them! Maybe the Brits need a Name change.


    But the difference between 1300 years ago and 150-100 years ago is fairly significant . . .


  • #47
    Wolfe Tone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭Wolfe Tone


    orourkeda wrote: »
    Thats true. I've found that there are a lot of British people who have no idea. It isnt unique to the history between Ireland and Britain.

    If you were to ask them about world war 2 for example you would meet a similar response.
    The vast majority I have ever talked to hadn't heard of Bloody Sunday. In fact the vast majority of Britons are ignorant to their countries colonial past, and what they did to other countries.


  • #48
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    drakshug wrote: »
    I'm Scottish and don't class myself as a Brit as the majority of irish seem to equate England with Britain. I get very confused when I hear anti-Brit talk from an Irish person wearing an English football top. We tend to support Scottish teams in Scotland. As the Irish would be the nearest neighbours to my part of Scotland I'd have to vote that I like my neighbours. For the neighbours to the south of the uk.... No comment.

    You are British though. You dont have any real say in the matter.

    That would be like saying you are not European.


  • #49
    Andrew33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭Andrew33


    PeterIanStaker wrote: »
    You can't really generalise about the ninth largest island in the world, with a population of some 61.5 million. The reason I said yes is that some of my favourite bands, Floyd, Zeppelin, Sabbath, come from there. The ales are nice.
    I havent visited Britain since 1995 by the way.Like many Irish people, I have lots of relatives in the UK.
    I'm sure most British people are sound, but there are **** like the BNP, UKIP, DUP, the football hooligans, and so on. There are a lot of **** in Ireland too, such as Independent News & Media, the RCC, D4's, scangers, etc. So my point is you cant "hate" an entire people. Now, the world's media organisations do their best to get all of us to hate entire peoples "the Muslims", "the Gays", "the Jews" etc on a daily basis. But **** that. Let's be civil and polite to each other.

    Hear f**king Hear, (or should that be Here f**king here). We do need to get a bit of love going on, it'd sort out a lot of sh1t. This seems to be the world we live in, the media almost control our feelings by "what" they pump out. Scary.


  • #50
    OPENROAD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,692 ✭✭✭✭OPENROAD


    drakshug wrote: »
    . For the neighbours to the south of the uk.... No comment.

    Come on, can we not get over the Thierry Henry handball, it would only have gone to pens, we probably would have lost, the French are ok.


  • #51
    DazMarz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭DazMarz


    I love the Brits... They do shít properly over there. London is a brilliant city (the main area I visit), as is Newcastle (despite the accent), Liverpool (ditto) and Cornwall is a lovely spot. People are nice folk for the most part. Get the headcases, but that's like here...


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  • #52
    The Pontiac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,415 ✭✭✭The Pontiac


    MUSSOLINI wrote: »
    If they win(they wont) prepare to never watch an English tv channel without it being rammed down your throat again.

    Yeah, like that would never happen here. We never spoke about reaching the quarter-finals in Italia 90 again. It was all forgotten about.


  • #53
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Never forget! (unless its someone other than the Brits, is the Irish mantra I think) You'd have no railways without the Brits of course, just as Britain would have no motorways without the Irish.


  • #54
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    <Ollie> wrote: »
    Yeah, like that would never happen here. We never spoke about reaching the quarter-finals in Italia 90 again. It was all forgotten about.

    Or that handball. Who was that fella again?

    It's slipped my mind to be honest, as you never hear people talk about it now.


  • #55
    Andrew33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭Andrew33


    orourkeda wrote: »
    You are British though. You dont have any real say in the matter.

    That would be like saying you are not European.

    Well, the word "Scotland" translates as "land of the Irish" in Latin so if anyone has a right to claim Irishness its the bloody Scots:D


  • #56
    Wolfe Tone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭Wolfe Tone


    <Ollie> wrote: »
    Yeah, like that would never happen here. We never spoke about reaching the quarter-finals in Italia 90 again. It was all forgotten about.
    Seriously Sky Sports News will be UNWATCHABLE if they win.


  • #57
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    stovelid wrote: »
    Or that handball. Who was that fella again?

    It's slipped my mind to be honest, as you never hear people talk about it now.

    Maradona? The one the Irish cheered on? ;)


  • #58
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    MUSSOLINI wrote: »
    The vast majority I have ever talked to hadn't heard of Bloody Sunday. In fact the vast majority of Britons are ignorant to their countries colonial past, and what they did to other countries.

    Indeed.

    I had a conversation about something similar recently and perhas its partly attributable to the education system.

    I remember from my own school days that we spent more time learning about he renaissance and similar stuff and practically nothing about real irish history.


  • #59
    OPENROAD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,692 ✭✭✭✭OPENROAD


    MUSSOLINI wrote: »
    Seriously Sky Sports News will be UNWATCHABLE if they win.

    Thank God we didn't win Eurovision last week, bad enough hearing about Johnny Logan year after year after year.


  • #60
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    mike65 wrote: »
    Maradona? The one the Irish cheered on? ;)


    Ah bless , I can still here echos in my local pub of ' Viva Malvinas ' ;) :pac:


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  • #61
    OPENROAD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,692 ✭✭✭✭OPENROAD


    mike65 wrote: »
    Maradona? The one the Irish cheered on? ;)

    and set up a campaign to have it voted best English sporting moment :eek:


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