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"Not exactly the kind of post you expect to see on a swinging site! One of my mates gave me Michael Collins to watch....which I haven't done yet " Just to be clear im very happy that our two Islands have such a warm relationship now!I am not anti Uk.I love the Uk and London is one of the best cities in the World | |||
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" Its not Eire,its the Republic of Ireland." Surely it's Éire in the Irish language, Ireland in the English language. Either way and last century politics aside its a beautiful country with some lovely people- As is England. Sara | |||
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"Watched the Michael Portillo documentary on the 1916 rising and hadn't realised just how many innocent young English soldiers were ruthlessly mowed down by the so called rebels as they marched into Dublin in an attempt to restore peace ( with the overwhelming support of the vast majority of Irish people at the time)." What a narrow view!Ireland was under colonial rule at the time.If Germany had won Ww1 do u not think Brits wud resist internally??? | |||
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"Hardly a narrow view, when the mast majority of Irish people at the time welcomed the young English soldiers and wanted them to restore the peace. Most academics acknowledge that the 'Rebels' introduced the bomb and bull it into Irish politics, fact which still has consequences today. You mention WW1, again I learned from the Portillo documentary that the 'Rebels' signed a proclamation of independence in which they described Germany (who we were locked in a bloody war with beyond imagination) as their loyal allies!!!!" Do u ever acknowledge the terrible crimes the empire caused in the countries it invaded?The Rebels had ever right to fight for freedom and they inspired Michael Collins to force the Brits to the peace talks in Downing street.Btw please be aware of the thousands of Irish lives fought in Ww1 for a British king with the promise of Home rule which never happened | |||
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"The 'Rebels' took it upon themselves with no popular mandate from the huge majority of Irish people who were against them, to cynically attack innocent young English lads sent to keep the peace. They chose their moment when WW1 was at its more intense and the Westminster government and the resources of both politicians and the military were most stretched. They wanted martyrdom and sadly through gross naïveté were granted it by misguided retribution by an inexperienced army commander. They in effect committed treason against their own people, as you correctly identify many thousands of young Irish lads including my own Grandfather were fighting in Irish regiments on the Western front at the time. I don't dispute the right of Ireland to have independence but I'm afraid the manner in which it was gained is no more cause for celebration than other similar acts of barbarity committed by the 'Empire' (including Irishman!) around the globe." We are not going to agree but I respect ur point of view | |||
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"I'm touched." U dont need to be a smart arse!!!! | |||
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"I'm pretty sure Michael Portillo is a very nice man but I'm also pretty sure that as a Tory he'd be in favour of the Irish being under British rule, then, now and always. 1916 was probably the beginning of the end of the British Empire and a good thing too, what right does one country have to rule over another. That's a rhetorical question by the way. Oh, and yea a great shame about the young lads sent in to quell the uprising and subsequently losing their lives. Great shame about the million or so Irish left to starve by the British during the 1840s. Laissez faire and all that. " Well said.Excellent post! | |||
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"whats easter rising got to do with the site fed up listening about it im in northern ireland so im british we are part of the uk and i wear my poppy with pride and support our armed forces so please give it a rest " If it wasn't for the rising Northern Ireland wouldn't exist. You should be celebrating it! | |||
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"There's always two sides...the rising leaders were aristocratic snobs with more in common with modern jihadists than 'irish patriots' .. whatever they are...if it wasn't for the rising we wouldn't have partition. Home rule would have been implemented with the whole island forming the free state instead of the mad partition sop that was a consequence of the rising" Can you be so sure that without the rising we'd not have partition? With some not wanting home rule at the time and the likes of the Ulster volunteers (and then the Irish volunteers) forming isn't it a possibility that partition could have occurred anyway sooner or later? None of us can know that obviously. | |||
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"Hardly a narrow view, when the mast majority of Irish people at the time welcomed the young English soldiers and wanted them to restore the peace. Most academics acknowledge that the 'Rebels' introduced the bomb and bull it into Irish politics, fact which still has consequences today. You mention WW1, again I learned from the Portillo documentary that the 'Rebels' signed a proclamation of independence in which they described Germany (who we were locked in a bloody war with beyond imagination) as their loyal allies!!!!" it was our gallant allies in Europe, For 800 years the British committed murder and genocide in Ireland, during the great hunger our fish and crops were getting shipped out of Ireland Under armed guard while our people were dying eating grass on the road side, it was similar to what the Nazis did to the Jews. What about the lovely British soldiers that went from home to home murdering civilians in 1916, Any Irish who who joined the British were born into slavery and brain washed , Ireland unfree will never be at peace, Patrick Pearse 1915 | |||
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"There's always two sides...the rising leaders were aristocratic snobs with more in common with modern jihadists than 'irish patriots' .. whatever they are...if it wasn't for the rising we wouldn't have partition. Home rule would have been implemented with the whole island forming the free state instead of the mad partition sop that was a consequence of the rising Can you be so sure that without the rising we'd not have partition? With some not wanting home rule at the time and the likes of the Ulster volunteers (and then the Irish volunteers) forming isn't it a possibility that partition could have occurred anyway sooner or later? None of us can know that obviously. " Yes. Home rule was going through. In fact Redmond's actions would have made it a certainty as a 'reward' for Irish support in WW1. Before the war there was more likelihood of an ulster volunteer rising in Belfast, probably to be met with similar opposition from the British as what happened in Dublin in 16. Imagine the British reaction then? Partition? Not likely as that would reward ulster volunteer treason against the British state. Although I couldn't see Carson being hanged... The rising put a stop to all this and turned the democratic home rule movement into a military action, as the british saw it.Such is Irish history over the past 100 years..normal political process in the thrall of a radicalised minority armed with bombs and bullets. Anyone draw any similarities with today's Islamic state? | |||
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"Have any of ur Brits educated urself on this?true Irish patriots standing up to British rule" It might be well advised to educate yourself before questioning that of others. | |||
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"Hardly a narrow view, when the mast majority of Irish people at the time welcomed the young English soldiers and wanted them to restore the peace. Most academics acknowledge that the 'Rebels' introduced the bomb and bull it into Irish politics, fact which still has consequences today. You can hardly blame the British people here for what their predecessors did. You mention WW1, again I learned from the Portillo documentary that the 'Rebels' signed a proclamation of independence in which they described Germany (who we were locked in a bloody war with beyond imagination) as their loyal allies!!!! Do u ever acknowledge the terrible crimes the empire caused in the countries it invaded?The Rebels had ever right to fight for freedom and they inspired Michael Collins to force the Brits to the peace talks in Downing street.Btw please be aware of the thousands of Irish lives fought in Ww1 for a British king with the promise of Home rule which never happened" | |||
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"The 'Rebels' took it upon themselves with no popular mandate from the huge majority of Irish people who were against them, to cynically attack innocent young English lads sent to keep the peace. They chose their moment when WW1 was at its more intense and the Westminster government and the resources of both politicians and the military were most stretched. They wanted martyrdom and sadly through gross naïveté were granted it by misguided retribution by an inexperienced army commander. They in effect committed treason against their own people, as you correctly identify many thousands of young Irish lads including my own Grandfather were fighting in Irish regiments on the Western front at the time. I don't dispute the right of Ireland to have independence but I'm afraid the manner in which it was gained is no more cause for celebration than other similar acts of barbarity committed by the 'Empire' (including Irishman!) around the globe." To be fair. It was British forces who bombarded the inner city. Killing hundreds of civillians. | |||
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"whats easter rising got to do with the site fed up listening about it im in northern ireland so im british we are part of the uk and i wear my poppy with pride and support our armed forces so please give it a rest " so you wear your poppy which supports soldiers fighting foreign wars in far flung places like iraq yet you dont think people should commemorate their own soldiers who were trying to drive out a foreign occupier in their own country? no doubt you're sick of orange walks disrupting people while commemorating something that happened over 300 years ago? | |||
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"The poppy is a symbol of peace not war. It takes a particularly bitter and twisted view of the world to suggest that poppy somehow supports war! Please educate yourself on this point at least. As for Irish independence, as previously stated no one would question the right for any country to live peacefully and independently, however the manner of prosecuting Irish independence in 1916 is hardly without reproach and is as questionable as the many atrocities committed in the name of the Empire by Englishmen, Scotsmen, Welshmen AND Irishmen!!!!" Well put. There are two unfortunate things about the Poppy. 1. It is often 'brandished' by certain thug-type people in the UK, who give ordinary decent Brits a bad name. 2. Because of it's association with Britishness and the Royal affiliation, it is inclined to be kept at arms length by even the more liberaland intelligent of Irishmen. | |||
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"Have any of ur Brits educated urself on this?true Irish patriots standing up to British rule It might be well advised to educate yourself before questioning that of others." Back u up ur point! | |||
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"All anyone needs to know about most wars is that the sons of poor men kill each other to allow the sons of the rich and powerful become even more rich and powerful." | |||
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"Have any of ur Brits educated urself on this?true Irish patriots standing up to British rule It might be well advised to educate yourself before questioning that of others. Back u up ur point!" You can not spell and missed the date by weeks. Looks less relevant as a post and unlikely you are going to reflect on the nuances of historical events. Just the way I read it | |||
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"Have any of ur Brits educated urself on this?true Irish patriots standing up to British rule It might be well advised to educate yourself before questioning that of others. Back u up ur point! You can not spell and missed the date by weeks. Looks less relevant as a post and unlikely you are going to reflect on the nuances of historical events. Just the way I read it " Maybe when trying to be smart you should check your own facts. The rising was the end of April. | |||
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"Interesting point on the 'British Isles' including the island of Ireland. The British Isles are a geographic feature in the same way that the Americas refers to the continent from Canada to Chile, and does not take into account the political make up of the geography. I don't think geographers or weather forecasters can be criticised for using the correct term of British Isles to describe our collection of islands off the cost of Europe." That's a deeply insulting term as it infers an ownership that doesn't exist, the correct terms are European or Atlantic Archipelago, either are more geographically correct and don't insult several million people | |||
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"Only if you are extremely small minded and caught up in the politics of the past or worse are vehemently anti British. I have never encountered anything other than warmth expressed towards Irish people and to the country of Ireland by British people today. Not sure why the apparent hatred of the British in the current context. We do not hate Germans or the Japanese because of what they did during WW2! Move on or grow up!" do you realise the Britain still occupies 6 counties of our land , borders that were made to always keep a unionist majority ? | |||
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"Interesting point on the 'British Isles' including the island of Ireland. The British Isles are a geographic feature in the same way that the Americas refers to the continent from Canada to Chile, and does not take into account the political make up of the geography. I don't think geographers or weather forecasters can be criticised for using the correct term of British Isles to describe our collection of islands off the cost of Europe. That's a deeply insulting term as it infers an ownership that doesn't exist, the correct terms are European or Atlantic Archipelago, either are more geographically correct and don't insult several million people " If by 'correct term' you mean 'official' or 'widely accepted' then you're wrong. Those terms, whilst having gained some discourse amongst more educated people, remain largely unused. The most correct / official term is British Isles. However, it is quite inappropriate, because as you say it 'insults several million people'. On one hand, to be refer to an Irishman as British, suggests, in the mind of the Irishman at least he is a part of and possibly subserviant to Britain. However, the Irish should realise that the true British are in fact the Breton tribes of what is now Wales and of course parts of Northern France. Hence the Irish name for Wales. | |||
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" Its not Eire,its the Republic of Ireland. Surely it's Éire in the Irish language, Ireland in the English language. Either way and last century politics aside its a beautiful country with some lovely people- As is England. Well said this shows the measure of the poster He's looking to provoke thereby justifying his own agenda Sara " | |||
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"You really need to read about WW2 if you think that Germany and Japan did not try to erase Britain and its people from the map!!!!!! Your prejudice is showing through again. The British Isles does not infer that Ireland is a British island! In the same way that the Americas does not infer that every country from Canada to Chile belongs to the USA! I still do not understand your analogy with the N word? Nobody today who has any sense would use the N word as an insult, but that is nothing like describing our bit of Northern Europe as the British Isles, or saying the Irish Sea. Do you take exception to the English Channel?" Well actually these names can denote some level of ownership. The French government for example officially do not accept the term English Channel - it is the Channel on French navigation charts. | |||
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