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By *ore of that OP Man
over a year ago

skerries

just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .

watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .

article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .

name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black

now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .

or am I out of order .sorry if I am.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .

watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .

article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .

name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black

now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .

or am I out of order .sorry if I am."

It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .

watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .

article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .

name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black

now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .

or am I out of order .sorry if I am."

Sky news is the equivalent of the Sun newspaper.. It's tabloid journalism that's irresponsible at best. It's sister channel in the States, Fox is the same. I wouldn't pay too much heed to it tbh

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Noticed she didn't attribute longevity to copious sex. Just sayin......

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By *ore of that OP Man
over a year ago

skerries

lol.not worry to much about it .I can take a joke ....just curious how others think ..or not ...about comments like that

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By *j47Man
over a year ago

limerick

"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .

watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .

article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .

name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black

now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .

or am I out of order .sorry if I am.

It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it."

It is racist it assumes if ur Irish ur an alcoholic I am sorry but I am Irish and not an alcoholic and I take offence to a remark such as that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There are more bars and off licence in tralee then any other shops that's why the world think we are alcoholics we are a nation of binge drinkers

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By *etmebeurfantasyWoman
over a year ago

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"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .

watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .

article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .

name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black

now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .

or am I out of order .sorry if I am.

It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.

It is racist it assumes if ur Irish ur an alcoholic I am sorry but I am Irish and not an alcoholic and I take offence to a remark such as that "
I think it's disgraceful. Am surprised at sky news tbh.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .

watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .

article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .

name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black

now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .

or am I out of order .sorry if I am.

Sky news is the equivalent of the Sun newspaper.. It's tabloid journalism that's irresponsible at best. It's sister channel in the States, Fox is the same. I wouldn't pay too much heed to it tbh"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .

watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .

article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .

name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black

now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .

or am I out of order .sorry if I am.

It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.

It is racist it assumes if ur Irish ur an alcoholic I am sorry but I am Irish and not an alcoholic and I take offence to a remark such as that "

I'm Irish and I don't even drink but I'm not naive enough to think that the glorification of binge drinking isn't going to result in a particular image of us as a nation.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There are more bars and off licence in tralee then any other shops that's why the world think we are alcoholics we are a nation of binge drinkers "

Yep

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By *owdyBoobyMan
over a year ago

limerick

Wonder what would happen if every Irish person in the world gave up alcohol for say 12 months (12 might be stretching it a bit) Would we become the boring bastards of Europe or the work horses of the world.

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By *j47Man
over a year ago

limerick

"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .

watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .

article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .

name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black

now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .

or am I out of order .sorry if I am.

It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.

It is racist it assumes if ur Irish ur an alcoholic I am sorry but I am Irish and not an alcoholic and I take offence to a remark such as that

I'm Irish and I don't even drink but I'm not naive enough to think that the glorification of binge drinking isn't going to result in a particular image of us as a nation."

Irish people also hold the top four jobs in the aiviaton leasing yet we are not all called pilots

We produced some of the world's best singsrs, musicians and groups yet we are not all called singers

We are one of the world's biggest beef and dairy producers yet we ate not called cows( well not all of us)

So we have a % of the population that drink are we to accept we are to be called alcoholics I don't think so

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A "Race" is white people, black people, asian people. That's it. A religion is not a race and a nationality is not a race. In reality there are no races because we all have a common ancestor and variation in appearance are only a result of where we live on the globe basically.

So no would not call that comment of sky news racist, politically incorrect, probably, if you are form the pc crowd. That's about it. Point being, joking or making politically incorrect comments about another nationality is not racism by definition.

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By *etmebeurfantasyWoman
over a year ago

My town

"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .

watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .

article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .

name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black

now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .

or am I out of order .sorry if I am.

It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.

It is racist it assumes if ur Irish ur an alcoholic I am sorry but I am Irish and not an alcoholic and I take offence to a remark such as that

I'm Irish and I don't even drink but I'm not naive enough to think that the glorification of binge drinking isn't going to result in a particular image of us as a nation.

Irish people also hold the top four jobs in the aiviaton leasing yet we are not all called pilots

We produced some of the world's best singsrs, musicians and groups yet we are not all called singers

We are one of the world's biggest beef and dairy producers yet we ate not called cows( well not all of us)

So we have a % of the population that drink are we to accept we are to be called alcoholics I don't think so "

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over a year ago

We produced some of the world's best singsrs, musicians and groups yet we are not all called singers

We are one of the world's biggest beef and dairy producers yet we ate not called cows( well not all of us)

So we have a % of the population that drink are we to accept we are to be called alcoholics I don't think so "

Worlds biggest beef producers? *snickers* We have single cattle stations that are almost the size of the whole of Ireland. I don't think so some how.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's offensive in the literal sense but I wouldn't pay too much attention to it. A lot of Irish people drink way too much so it's probably best just to take it on the chin. If anything we can blame English occupation for driving us to drink

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .

watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .

article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .

name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black

now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .

or am I out of order .sorry if I am.

It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.

It is racist it assumes if ur Irish ur an alcoholic I am sorry but I am Irish and not an alcoholic and I take offence to a remark such as that

I'm Irish and I don't even drink but I'm not naive enough to think that the glorification of binge drinking isn't going to result in a particular image of us as a nation.

Irish people also hold the top four jobs in the aiviaton leasing yet we are not all called pilots

We produced some of the world's best singsrs, musicians and groups yet we are not all called singers

We are one of the world's biggest beef and dairy producers yet we ate not called cows( well not all of us)

So we have a % of the population that drink are we to accept we are to be called alcoholics I don't think so "

Exactly the kind of denial that prevents the issue from being addressed

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By *j47Man
over a year ago

limerick

We produced some of the world's best singsrs, musicians and groups yet we are not all called singers

We are one of the world's biggest beef and dairy producers yet we ate not called cows( well not all of us)

So we have a % of the population that drink are we to accept we are to be called alcoholics I don't think so

Worlds biggest beef producers? *snickers* We have single cattle stations that are almost the size of the whole of Ireland. I don't think so some how."

I know I got a little carried away there it should have read world's top quality beef producers

I sure u meant *sniggers*

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A "Race" is white people, black people, asian people. That's it. A religion is not a race and a nationality is not a race. In reality there are no races because we all have a common ancestor and variation in appearance are only a result of where we live on the globe basically.

It can however be a form of ethnocentrism.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well im using my telly as a screen and it's on the other side of the room so I can't really see what i'm typing very well. I think I better use my pc display instead.

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By *j47Man
over a year ago

limerick

"Well im using my telly as a screen and it's on the other side of the room so I can't really see what i'm typing very well. I think I better use my pc display instead. "

Specsavers

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By *randub69Man
over a year ago

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"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .

watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .

article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .

name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black

now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .

or am I out of order .sorry if I am.

It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it."

were fourth in the world alcohol consumption per capita...behind Estonia,Austria, and france..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

were fourth in the world alcohol consumption per capita...behind Estonia,Austria, and france.."

So still room for improvement then.

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By *j47Man
over a year ago

limerick

"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .

watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .

article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .

name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black

now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .

or am I out of order .sorry if I am.

It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.

were fourth in the world alcohol consumption per capita...behind Estonia,Austria, and france.."

So why didn't she ask is she enstionian,Austrian or french gawwwwd

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By *randub69Man
over a year ago

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"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .

watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .

article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .

name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black

now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .

or am I out of order .sorry if I am.

It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.

were fourth in the world alcohol consumption per capita...behind Estonia,Austria, and france..

So why didn't she ask is she enstionian,Austrian or french gawwwwd

that's what I was thinking

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

So why didn't she ask is she enstionian,Austrian or french gawwwwd

Because of the Guinness?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Well im using my telly as a screen and it's on the other side of the room so I can't really see what i'm typing very well. I think I better use my pc display instead.

Specsavers

True I need reading glasses for close up. I'm just using my tv to play half life 2 on it because it's hd.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Of course it's racist, black and Irish!!!! That's why as a nation we can take them comments, we have a drink to make others look interesting.

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over a year ago

"Wonder what would happen if every Irish person in the world gave up alcohol for say 12 months (12 might be stretching it a bit) Would we become the boring bastards of Europe or the work horses of the world. "

No we would not!!!

We would be finaly teaching the next generation that excessive drinking is no longer fashionable.

Rather, it is a bloody awful social problem, that causes ontold misery to the person and their family.

Ireland is now on par with many European Countries, Countries that do not promote the attitude, sure what the feck it`s not just us.

Time we manned up.and faced the fact, like the UK we are a Nation of binge drinkers.

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By *j47Man
over a year ago

limerick

So why didn't she ask is she enstionian,Austrian or french gawwwwd

Because of the Guinness?"

Damm us for making the world's best stout

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Carlsberg

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By *j47Man
over a year ago

limerick

"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .

watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .

article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .

name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black

now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .

or am I out of order .sorry if I am.

It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.

It is racist it assumes if ur Irish ur an alcoholic I am sorry but I am Irish and not an alcoholic and I take offence to a remark such as that

I'm Irish and I don't even drink but I'm not naive enough to think that the glorification of binge drinking isn't going to result in a particular image of us as a nation.

Irish people also hold the top four jobs in the aiviaton leasing yet we are not all called pilots

We produced some of the world's best singsrs, musicians and groups yet we are not all called singers

We are one of the world's biggest beef and dairy producers yet we ate not called cows( well not all of us)

So we have a % of the population that drink are we to accept we are to be called alcoholics I don't think so

Exactly the kind of denial that prevents the issue from being addressed"

No I disagree I think it's more to do with the way we show our children how to enjoy them self's u don't change attitudes with brow beating u change by leading by example

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By *j47Man
over a year ago

limerick

"Carlsberg

But carlsberg is sish is it not

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Probably lol

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By *owdyBoobyMan
over a year ago

limerick

"Carlsberg

Probably