Fassbender wins British Actor award

JONJO THE MISER · 21-01-2012 04:55AM #1

What the heck

last time i checked Irish people were not British.
How can someone accept a award when there not from that country, Michael Fassbender how can you accept this award when you are Irish not British.

http://www.rte.ie/ten/2012/0120/fassbenderm2.html

Chucky the tree · 21-01-2012 04:59AM

How is he Irish? His mother is from Antrim and his Dad is from Germany, he was also born in Germany.

CageWager · 21-01-2012 05:01AM

"When you are lying drunk at the airport you're Irish. When you win an Oscar you're British"

Brenda Fricker

Sindri · 21-01-2012 05:05AM

BRITS OUT!!!!

Ermm I mean Fassbender in???

CB19Kevo · 21-01-2012 05:14AM

Chucky the tree wrote: »

How is he Irish? His mother is from Antrim and his Dad is from Germany, he was also born in Germany.

He went to school in Killarney and is back regular enough.... So i would say he is Irish.

JupiterKid · 21-01-2012 05:16AM

Michael Fassbender is Irish - he's the great great grand nephew of Michael Collins. He's also one hunk of a man.

Just because he won a UK award doesn't mean that he is renouncing his Irishness. Calm down.

I remember when Bob Geldof was knighted by the Queen in the 80s for his Live Aid work and Maggie Thatcher called him "a true Brit with true grit." My mum was red with rage!:pac:

im invisible · 21-01-2012 05:17AM

Nice, another one we can claim as our own!

TheZohanS · 21-01-2012 05:26AM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

What the heck last time i checked Irish people were not British.
How can someone accept a award when there not from that country, Michael Fassbender how can you accept this award when you are Irish not British.

http://www.rte.ie/ten/2012/0120/fassbenderm2.html

We're all living in a former British colony here in Ireland; nothing we can do about it.

Cardinal Richelieu · 21-01-2012 05:26AM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

What the heck last time i checked Irish people were not British.
How can someone accept a award when there not from that country, Michael Fassbender how can you accept this award when you are Irish not British.

http://www.rte.ie/ten/2012/0120/fassbenderm2.html

His dad is German, his mom from NI and he was born in Germany.

Brendan Gleeson was nominated in the same category this year. Fassbender has won that award before in 2008 for Hunger.

Some *Irish* who claimed prizes over the years

Best British Director- Neil Jordan 1992 The Crying Game
Best British Sceenwriter- Neil Jordan 1992 The Crying Game
Best British Actor- Daniel Day Lewis(he changes from british to Irish when it suits some Irish fans) 1992 Last of the Mohicans
Best British Sceenwriter- Roddy Doyle 1993 The Snapper
British Newcomer of the year- Colin Farrell 2001 Tigerland
Best British Actor- Brendan Gleeson 1998 The General

We might has well string up the entire Irish film industry.

strobe · 21-01-2012 05:34AM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

What the heck last time i checked Irish people were not British.
How can someone accept a award when there not from that country, Michael Fassbender how can you accept this award when you are Irish not British.

http://www.rte.ie/ten/2012/0120/fassbenderm2.html

If you won the Brittish lotto would you say "nah, lads. Thanks and all, but I'm Irish."

Awards are good for actors. Good for their career innit? He's hardly going to turn it down. Something to put on the CV innit? Innit?

JONJO THE MISER · 21-01-2012 05:35AM

Yes and all traitors, why would you accept a british award when you are Irish.
Say what ye want, anyone who accepts a british award is a traitor, ignorance because these people who give the awards think Irish people are british, some cheek so anyone who accepts is accepted the sheer ignorance of it and denying there Irishness, it makes me sick.

JONJO THE MISER · 21-01-2012 05:38AM

Chucky the tree wrote: »

How is he Irish? His mother is from Antrim and his Dad is from Germany, he was also born in Germany.

And he was born and raised in Killarney check your facts buddy before you make a fool of yourself, oh nevermind i see where your posting from.

mikemac1 · 21-01-2012 05:39AM

I guess OP then you've a serious issues with Sir Michael Terence Wogan from Limerick

Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) :cool:

im invisible · 21-01-2012 05:39AM

Ah yes, the Fassbenders of Killarney, i knew his grandfather

JONJO THE MISER · 21-01-2012 05:41AM

strobe wrote: »

If you won the Brittish lotto would you say "nah, lads. Thanks and all, but I'm Irish."

Awards are good for actors. Good for their career innit? He's hardly going to turn it down. Something to put on the CV innit? Innit?

How can i play the british lottery here in the republic?
Only lottery you can play here is the Irish lottery, innit.

JONJO THE MISER · 21-01-2012 05:47AM

im invisible wrote: »

Ah yes, the Fassbenders of Killarney, i knew his grandfather

Well yes if you are from the Kerry area, after world war 2 the Liebherr factory set up in Killarney and 3 hotels as well, the biggest employers in kerry are the German factory and hotels, and most of the original Germans who came over in the 50's settled in kerry, so next time check your facts before your spout crap.

mikemac1 · 21-01-2012 05:51AM

And there were more who came over for Arndacrushna in the twenties

Many never left and Kerry is a good place to relocate

JONJO THE MISER · 21-01-2012 06:01AM

mikemac1 wrote: »

And there were more who came over for Arndacrushna in the twenties

Many never left and Kerry is a good place to relocate

Yes thank you im glad someone knows there history instead of looking up wikipedia.
Down here in Kerry we were all for the Germans getting here in WW2 beats having the brits over us and the Germans have shown us nothing but mutual respect.

Irish Guitarist · 21-01-2012 06:19AM

If you rearrange the letters of his name you get 'Fender bass'. Just thought I'd mention it.

Corholio · 21-01-2012 06:21AM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

And he was born and raised in Killarney check your facts buddy before you make a fool of yourself, oh nevermind i see where your posting from.

Um no he wasn't...

strobe · 21-01-2012 06:25AM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

How can i play the british lottery here in the republic?

You just have to wish really really hard.

JONJO THE MISER · 21-01-2012 06:28AM

strobe wrote: »

You just have to wish really really hard.

Why would i?
Im Irish and proud to be, would never look to britan for anything but of course i can understand the people on the east coast who are brits in all but name.

strobe · 21-01-2012 06:30AM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Why would i?
Im Irish and proud to be, would never look to britan for anything but of course i can understand the people on the east coast who are brits in all but name.

But what about all the millions of pound sterling? If you don't want them can I have them? I'll have them. I'll have the fuck out of them.

Cavehill Red · 21-01-2012 06:34AM

Just leaving this here.

30Min · 21-01-2012 06:35AM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Yes and all traitors, why would you accept a british award when you are Irish.
Say what ye want, anyone who accepts a british award is a traitor, ignorance because these people who give the awards think Irish people are british, some cheek so anyone who accepts is accepted the sheer ignorance of it and denying there Irishness, it makes me sick.

Crawl back into your hole ,you ignorant gob****e......and take a grammar book with you.

You don't speak for me. I'm Irish- CONGRATS MICHAEL FASSBENDER !!!!!!

JONJO THE MISER · 21-01-2012 06:42AM

30Min wrote: »

Crawl back into your hole ,you ignorant gob****e......and take a grammar book with you.

You don't speak for me. I'm Irish- CONGRATS MICHAEL FASSBENDER !!!!!!

What a surprise i dont speak for you seeing where your posting from:rolleyes:.

30Min · 21-01-2012 06:56AM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

What a surprise i dont speak for you seeing where your posting from:rolleyes:.

Yeah- Ireland

???

Just because you are a backwards thinking, uneducated, bigot...don't take it out on Michael Fassbender.....or the entire East Coast.

God I hate dumbasses :mad:

corcaigh07 · 21-01-2012 07:34AM

he's an irish-german who won a british award, have i missed something?

Chips Lovell · 21-01-2012 09:15AM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Yes and all traitors, why would you accept a british award when you are Irish.
Say what ye want, anyone who accepts a british award is a traitor, ignorance because these people who give the awards think Irish people are british, some cheek so anyone who accepts is accepted the sheer ignorance of it and denying there Irishness, it makes me sick.

It's like I woke up in 1922 or something.

HalloweenJack · 21-01-2012 11:18AM

OP neglected to add that, for the film Shame, Michael has won awards based in Detroit, Florida, Houston, Vancouver and Venice. Surely, by the OP's logic, all these countries are claiming him as theirs and accepting them makes him some sort of Irish-German-British-American-Canadian-Italian multinational. Which one is he betraying then?

If you're still not happy with that, I'd be fairly certain the reason he was nominated for that award is because the film Shame was an entirely BRITISH production.

Anyway, you're logic is retarded. Please, go to the RTE link you posted and comment on there with the other gob****es who are getting offended about nothing.

mikemac1 · 21-01-2012 11:22AM

You can say the OP neglected to state that but the British media have already claimed Fassbender as one of their own

the British actor

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2089162/Michael-Fassbender-appears-shirtless-W-magazine.html#comments

Third paragragh though I'm not quoting it all

Fassbender wins British Actor award

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