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    #6662
    thebuzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 654 ✭✭✭thebuzz


    Supporting my local football team instead of 'supporting' a foreign team like Celtic or Man Utd (from the pub usually) makes me more of a proper football fan than those who don't.


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    #6663
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,779 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    thebuzz wrote: »
    Supporting my local football team instead of 'supporting' a foreign team like Celtic or Man Utd (from the pub usually) makes me more of a proper football fan than those who don't.

    No, it makes you a proper (local team) fan.

    I'd perfer to watch Barcelona than Bray Wnderers, simply because of the quality of the football I'm going to see, but I support neither team.

    The main problem I have with LOI, though, is the price of the tickets.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    #6664
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,321 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I think the Beatles are ****e, but most people I know love them. I cant stomach them, especially Paul McCartney :mad:


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    #6665
    kupus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,151 ✭✭✭kupus


    Death by misadventure. What in the name of f**k is that?

    Death by negligence I understand, death by a complete f**k up I understand. But death by misadventure I haven't the foggiest.....


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    #6666
    lost in cork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 133 ✭✭lost in cork


    talkinyite wrote: »
    I think taxes should be cut rather than increased, and that Ireland should get reparations from England, Fianna Fáil and the Church.
    When are we going to grow up as a country and stop blaming the English for our problems


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    #6667
    Wilberto
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 8,585 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wilberto


    Possible unpopular opinion: I find Mary Lou McDonald quite attractive. Not sure why although it may have something to do with her position of authority.


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    #6668
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    pragmatic1 wrote: »
    I'm sick to death of hearing about Savita Halappanavar.

    Considering it highlights how absolutely retarded this country is in relation to women's health I think it deserves the coverage it's getting.


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    #6669
    simply simple
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 311 ✭✭simply simple


    You cant get rich being an employee throughout your life, business is the only way to rise above a certain limit and to get RICH.


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    #6670
    Wilberto
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 8,585 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wilberto


    simply simple wrote: »
    You cant get rich being an employee throughout your life, business is the only way to rise above a certain limit and to get RICH.


    That depends on your interpretation of "rich".


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    #6671
    ArnoldJRimmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,533 ✭✭✭ArnoldJRimmer


    Wilberto wrote: »
    Possible unpopular opinion: I find Mary Lou McDonald quite attractive. Not sure why although it may have something to do with her position of authority.

    This thread is for unpopular opinions, not manky opinions


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    #6672
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    kupus wrote: »
    Death by misadventure. What in the name of f**k is that?

    Death by negligence I understand, death by a complete f**k up I understand. But death by misadventure I haven't the foggiest.....

    An accidental death due to misfortune. There's no violation of law or criminal negligence.

    A good example is that of musician Terry Kath, he fired a handgun into his head at a party without realising that the weapon was loaded.


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    #6673
    Spanish Harlem
    Site Banned Posts: 99 ✭✭Spanish Harlem


    India is an absolute hell-hole with a backward primitive culture. Discrimination is rife within the medieval caste system, infanticide is common with baby girls, and they are completely uneducated regarding hygiene. Indians will happily bathe in the disease infested Ganges river, while rotten dead corpses float by. Ireland needs to boycott India until they cop-on - don't buy Indian products, don't accept Indian immigrants into this country, and discourage people from travelling there.


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    #6674
    lost in cork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 133 ✭✭lost in cork


    simply simple wrote: »
    You cant get rich being an employee throughout your life, business is the only way to rise above a certain limit and to get RICH.
    You will never get rich ploughing another mans field


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    #6675
    lost in cork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 133 ✭✭lost in cork


    Spanish Harlem wrote: »
    India is an absolute hell-hole with a backward primitive culture. Discrimination is rife within the medieval caste system, infanticide is common with baby girls, and they are completely uneducated regarding hygiene. Indians will happily bathe in the disease infested Ganges river, while rotten dead corpses float by. Ireland needs to boycott India until they cop-on - don't buy Indian products, don't accept Indian immigrants into this country, and discourage people from travelling there.
    That aside you love the place?


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    #6676
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Spanish Harlem wrote: »
    India is an absolute hell-hole with a backward primitive culture. Discrimination is rife within the medieval caste system, infanticide is common with baby girls, and they are completely uneducated regarding hygiene. Indians will happily bathe in the disease infested Ganges river, while rotten dead corpses float by. Ireland needs to boycott India until they cop-on - don't buy Indian products, don't accept Indian immigrants into this country, and discourage people from travelling there.

    I'm hoping the irony isn't lost on you


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    #6677
    Clandestine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Clandestine


    -Women should have to get a licence to get pregnant.
    -A questionnaire covering several topics (politics, general knowledge etc.)and an IQ test should be taken before being able to vote, people who score under a certain mark should be exempt from voting.
    -I'm not female, but if I found out that my child would have a severe physical or mental disability while I was pregnant I would have an abortion
    -People need to be WAY more critical of Islam


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    #6678
    Madam_X
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,327 ✭✭✭Madam_X


    Clandestine wrote: »
    -Women should have to get a licence to get pregnant.
    Will this licence automatically implant them with a 100% successful contraceptive?


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    #6679
    Clandestine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Clandestine


    Madam_X wrote: »
    Will this licence automatically implant them with a 100% successful contraceptive?
    Hah. I have no idea how it would play out but I think the idea as a whole would be ideal for society.


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    #6680
    Addle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,809 ✭✭✭Addle


    Clandestine wrote: »
    Hah. I have no idea how it would play out but I think the idea as a whole would be ideal for society.

    Hitler fancied eugenics too.


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    #6681
    humbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    Addle wrote: »
    Hitler fancied eugenics too.
    So did a large number of countries at the time. Hitler gave it a bad name.


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    #6682
    Clandestine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Clandestine


    Addle wrote: »
    Hitler fancied eugenics too.
    sigh


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    #6683
    April O Neill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    humbert wrote: »
    So did a large number of countries at the time. Hitler gave it a bad name.

    Many of those countries gave it bad name. Hitler made it high profile, but other countries had pretty questionable practices in place.


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    #6684
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,533 ✭✭✭SV


    annnnnnd Godwin'd


    Well done people, 6690 replies it took. Surely a world record?


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    #6685
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Addle wrote: »
    Hitler fancied eugenics too.

    Many countries were into eugenics back then.


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    #6686
    humbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    April O Neill wrote: »
    Many of those countries gave it bad name. Hitler made it high profile, but other countries had pretty questionable practices in place.
    Well the ethics of eugenics is always going to be contentious (wouldn't like to say that 10 times quickly) but yes sterilising the mentally retarded without their consent, for example, isn't very nice.


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    #6687
    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    Clandestine wrote: »
    -Women should have to get a licence to get pregnant.

    The trick is to give incentive for proving they are capable parents otherwise you get the people crying about how its their right to have children


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    #6688
    April O Neill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    Mr Benevolent wrote: »
    Many countries were into eugenics back then.

    Which doesn't excuse it.
    humbert wrote: »
    Well the ethics of eugenics is always going to be contentious (wouldn't like to say that 10 times quickly) but yes sterilising the mentally retarded without their consent, for example, isn't very nice.

    That's an understatement. And the criteria for mentally retarded was frequently flawed with people sterilised because they were considered undesirables, whether they was were or not.


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    #6689
    humbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    April O Neill wrote: »
    Which doesn't excuse it.
    In keeping with this thread, I'm not against eugenics in general but it's certainly a thorny issue and open to abuse.


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    #6690
    Madam_X
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,327 ✭✭✭Madam_X


    I hate when Godwin is brought up every time there's a mention of Hitler/the nazis in a thread - it's obviously relevant sometimes.


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    #6691
    humbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    Madam_X wrote: »
    I hate when Godwin is brought up every time there's a mention of Hitler/the nazis in a thread - it's obviously relevant sometimes.
    Suggesting something is bad because Hitler liked it is not one of those times.


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