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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 10:37 AM Original message |
Who remembers wearing their "I gave to the IRA" sticker without being |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. Why would anyone wear that sticker in the first place. |
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cspanlovr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. One mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. One man's subway bomb is another man's ironic social commentary |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. "And the Black and Tan like lightning ran..." |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. "Craigavon sent the Specials out, |
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Syncronaut Seven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 11:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Solidarity. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
67. Fuck Jerry Adams. |
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mohinoaklawnillinois (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #67 |
80. Just for accuracy, the man's name is Gerry Adams. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. No, actually the correct spelling is "Fucking Tool"... |
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Syncronaut Seven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 11:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Your little fella looks like a terrorist! |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 03:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
63. well I'm off to Dublin in the green, in the green |
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savemefromdumbya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. They almost blew me up in Manchester, UK! |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. They did blow up my cousins. |
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BlackHeart (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Uhmmm... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Depends on who you talk to |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. And doesn't take much reading of history by non-brits and non-Irish |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. The IRA wasn't always a terrorist organization. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. Noraid used to run a table at Irishfest in Milwaukee |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. But they were collecting money for the Widows & Orphans! |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I think the Noraid people are mostly in 32CSM now n/t |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. My daughter went to a good-bye party for a guy just out of prison |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
12. I lived in London in the 70's |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
14. I had a temporary "Irish Rifle Association" tattoo one year |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
15. You think that's bad |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. Sorry, but unless you have dead relatives in 'Derry... |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Sorry for your family's loss |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. As did MINE, by the way. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. You are the one that brought up the orange shamrock... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Oh stop with the poor pitiful me act |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Tell you what... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. No, you weren't mourning relatives, |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Erin go Bragh! good post. n/t |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Cliche as substitute for thought n/t |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Mr Orange doesn't want thought. n/t |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. He is in pain and grief - where's your "emotional intelligence" n/t |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Oh please... |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. allow me to quote myself: |
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mohinoaklawnillinois (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Tyler, you forgot another that belongs in the same circle of hell |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. You will get no argument from me on that one. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Allow me to quote you as well |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Amen |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
68. "prods"? |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. offensive enough for me |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. with a name like |
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sg_ (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. The ra ... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #68 |
77. LOL too funny |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #77 |
86. Glad you found the humour! |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. I wasn't born there |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. So you're not even Irish then? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. You know what ass u me-ing things makes, don't you |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. True enough... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Shouldn't you call it Londonderry? |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Thank you for the comment. REALLY. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Shows how little you know about Ireland |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. You REALLY ought to read posts before you hit enter. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. No, I don't hate you, we probably have a lot in common |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #54 |
78. We probably do... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:14 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. If I can find one, I will lift it to you |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. Ireland is not a simple place. |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Nope - it was called Doire before the British renamed it n/t |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #42 |
58. Then why don't you call it "Doire"? |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. Well said n/t |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 03:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
66. there are 364 days for you to get your big old orange on.... |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
70. You'd think there were more dead protestants then catholics |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. Fuck the IRA. |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. AND the Ulster Brigades. |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. I'm with you |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. My grandfather gave nearly a million bux to the IRA. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. My grandmother used to read the history to me |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. How would you feel if I said my grandfather had given a million dollars |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. Give up. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Well as an Irish atheist... |
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sg_ (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #39 |
65. Good point benbow. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
71. Put me in the same boat. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
82. It depends... |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
60. That's too bad. I wonder how many murders your grandpa financed. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #60 |
74. A lot, I would imagine. |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #60 |
90. And I'm sure NOBODY in your ancestry has EVER done anything of |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:43 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. Not that I am aware of |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
69. Wonder how many people got killed with his money? |
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LeaveIraqNow (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
46. The american revolution. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 02:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. The IRA fought in the war of independance, but... |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
73. You have a good point there |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
48. My mother has a framed bond on the wall from De Valera's tour |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. Good post. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
59. Isn't the lesson here that when you invade and kill people |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Good post. n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Thank you. Peace. n/t |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #59 |
72. Thank You! If someone invaded our country shall we sit back and do |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
64. hoo boy |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
75. Goes to show, "terrorist" is a political label, nothing more. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:47 PM Response to Reply #75 |
96. Would anyone claim that the Eniskillen mass murder was "freedom fighting"? |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
81. One land |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:21 PM Response to Reply #81 |
87. Just like California, Texas and Arizona are Mexican right? |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. You're silly |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. This whole thread is silly... |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-17-06 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
97. locking |
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