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Has the EU destroyed Ireland?

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  • #52
    [Deleted User]
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    ExMachina1000 wrote: »
    In France they speak French
    German in Germany
    Polish in Poland
    Portuguese in Portugal
    Dutch in the Netherlands
    Spanish in Spain
    Italian in Italy
    Swedish in Sweden
    Norwegian in Norway
    Etc Etc

    In Ireland we speak English


    Same in America, Australia, New Zealand, large parts of India.


    Ireland has been speaking English since the latter part of the 19th century. Dont think the EU has invented time travel yet.


  • #53
    ExMachina1000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭ExMachina1000


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Same in America, Australia, New Zealand, large parts of India.


    Ireland has been speaking English since the latter part of the 19th century. Dont think the EU has invented time travel yet.

    A tangent. Off you went


  • #54
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,053 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Don2012 wrote: »
    Seems it's ok for people on here to use the American term "right-wing" but not liberal.

    The term right wing is a French term. It comes from the first meeting of the French National Assembly after the revolution when the monarchists and conservatives all sat to the speakers right and the republicans and radicals sat in a group to his left. It was a seemingly unimportant decision to sit with political friends that has stayed with us through history


  • #55
    padser
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    ExMachina1000 wrote: »
    In France they speak French
    German in Germany
    Polish in Poland
    Portuguese in Portugal
    Dutch in the Netherlands
    Spanish in Spain
    Italian in Italy
    Swedish in Sweden
    Norwegian in Norway
    Etc Etc

    In Ireland we speak English

    Let's finish the "etc etc"

    In Austria they speak German
    In Switzerland they speak German and French
    In Belgium they speak French and Flemish
    In Luxemburg they speak French (I think!l
    In China they speak dozens of distinct languages

    So.......what exactly is the point you are making?


  • #56
    Layne Rough Kale
    Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Layne Rough Kale


    Where is the communism?


  • #57
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    Don2012 wrote: »
    Ireland is one of the only countries that have NO opposition, it's a joke at this stage!!

    Have Sinn Fein disappeared?


  • #58
    padser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,375 ✭✭✭padser


    Don2012 wrote: »
    I haven't even mentioned the Church so why are you?

    This was a video from the ninties, if this doesn't make you see what we've lost I don't know what will. Unless you're a liberal who loves the EU.

    https://youtu.be/fEkc8dGF2ds


    We definitely lost something from the 90s, no argument there.

    We lost around 1% of our population each year.

    Ireland was so great, they 1% of our population upped and left each year.

    Bring back the 90s.


  • #59
    ExMachina1000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭ExMachina1000


    padser wrote: »
    Let's finish the "etc etc"

    In Austria they speak German
    In Switzerland they speak German and French
    In Belgium they speak French and Flemish
    In Luxemburg they speak French (I think!l
    In China they speak dozens of distinct languages

    So.......what exactly is the point you are making?

    Austrians speak German as they were part of the franco empire and later the Bavarian (I had to Google)

    The Switzerland has 4 national languages. All equal status

    In Luxembourg they speak Luxembourgish. A west German dialect

    The Chinese? Sure that place is huge.

    "So what is the point you are making"

    Why so aggressive? Not everything has to be an argument or a gotcha.

    We speak English in Ireland. The first list speak their own languages.


  • #60
    relax carry on
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭relax carry on


    Don2012 wrote: »
    Opposition my ass!!!!!!!!!
    They all are bought and paid for by the EU, they all support the same policies now. Look, the silent majority have no voice and have had enough, believe me I'm one of them.

    Where is your evidence for this? We are at man in the pub level of discussion here.


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  • #61
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    ExMachina1000 wrote: »
    A tangent. Off you went


    I thought I was addressing your point :confused:

    padser wrote: »
    Let's finish the "etc etc"


    So.......what exactly is the point you are making?


    Seems I'm not the only one confused.


  • #62
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,053 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Don2012 wrote: »
    Opposition my ass!!!!!!!!!
    They all are bought and paid for by the EU, they all support the same policies now. Look, the silent majority have no voice and have had enough, believe me I'm one of them.

    I don't think the "silent majority" understand the word silent because they seem to be banging on about stuff every day


  • #63
    Layne Rough Kale
    Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Layne Rough Kale


    Don2012 wrote: »
    Opposition my ass!!!!!!!!!
    They all are bought and paid for by the EU, they all support the same policies now. Look, the silent majority have no voice and have had enough, believe me I'm one of them.

    Turnout on February 8th was 62.9%.

    So whatever you're bleating on about, it's a fair step away from a majority.


  • #64
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,783 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    ExMachina1000 wrote: »
    A tangent. Off you went

    That is not a tangent! It is immediately relevant to your point that Ireland speaks English in a thread about the influence of the EU. The EU had nothing to do with the language spoken in Ireland.

    Meanwhile there is more than adequate provision in law for Irish to be spoken and for you to have a right to speak Irish, go ahead and do it.


  • #65
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Mod Note

    Thread locked. OP warned for trolling


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