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Is it time to remove the remnants of British Imperialism in Dublin
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Originally posted by DAMNTHEWEATHER View PostTake it out yer 200 mil.
Paying for air-conditioned Tractors for Polish farmers while ignoring our own homeless has never been a great idea...
I hope those in Dublin do not ignore their homeless...Here Rex!!!...Here Rex!!!.....Wuff!!!....... Wuff!!!
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Originally posted by quinner View PostGreat idea.....I will write to Theresa.....Paying for air-conditioned Tractors for Polish farmers while ignoring our own homeless has never been a great idea...I hope those in Dublin do not ignore their homeless...We'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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Sorry for getting on my high-horse with you; I know you wouldn't deliberately set out to insult me or make assumptions. I guess I just get a bit defensive when my nationality is always used to explain my thinking; I don't think it's done consciously. But the fact remains that you assumed I'd be in favour of leaving the British stuff in situ purely BECAUSE I'm British, and not for any other reason........like you might say, "Ah, well, you were bound to think that, you're British." Do you see what I mean?
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Originally posted by KatieMorag View PostSorry for getting on my high-horse with you; I know you wouldn't deliberately set out to insult me or make assumptions. I guess I just get a bit defensive when my nationality is always used to explain my thinking; I don't think it's done consciously.
But the fact remains that you assumed I'd be in favour of leaving the British stuff in situ purely BECAUSE I'm British, and not for any other reason........like you might say, "Ah, well, you were bound to think that, you're British." Do you see what I mean?
my guess that you'd opt to leave the stuff as it is, was coming from both the fact that you are British with a good few pints of Irish blood.... and so you would in my opinion have a better take on it....a kind of Irish and British take ....an even handed opinion from a neutral corner if you like....
I didn't linger too long on making my assumption....it took less than a minute....a fleeting thought.
My reasoning was that (and let's hope I'm not still digging here) I might see you Ma as saying 'get it down'....yet you having the wisdom of an Irish culture and a more modern (Brit) approach....would reason as you did....
IE; You opted to keep it.... and I thought and said "How did I know you'd say that". It was more or less a 'on balance' 'probabilities' thing.....
and I was fair pleased with myself that I got it right.We'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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Yes, that does make sense........although I think there's probably more than a few people of my "mixed" background that would be up for pulling it all down; equally, there's probably a good few Irish-born who would say leave it, as evidenced by the replies on this thread; I think it's more a question of individual mind-set than nationality. As for the Ma - she probably wouldn't have had an opinion either way.
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Originally posted by Napper Tandy View PostWaste of Irish tax payers money and the only people bothered in the state would be shinners.
although pulling the GPO down along with all the 'squares' would be a bit much....no real point in one without the other......forget it.
On a lighter note...the thread achieved what it was posted for....to cause a group chat.....
We had Oz....England....Ireland....and who knows maybe Canada and the US later....We'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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Originally posted by DAMNTHEWEATHER View PostYes it would be....It is.....as said by Box and KM....an integral part of the chronological history of the City and Country....a fact of life....and it would be false to try to hide 800 odd years of Irish history.......
although pulling the GPO down along with all the 'squares' would be a bit much....no real point in one without the other......forget it.
On a lighter note...the thread achieved what it was posted for....to cause a group chat.....
We had Oz....England....Ireland....and who knows maybe Canada and the US later....Here Rex!!!...Here Rex!!!.....Wuff!!!....... Wuff!!!
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Originally posted by KatieMorag View PostYes, that does make sense........although I think there's probably more than a few people of my "mixed" background that would be up for pulling it all down; equally, there's probably a good few Irish-born who would say leave it, as evidenced by the replies on this thread; I think it's more a question of individual mind-set than nationality. As for the Ma - she probably wouldn't have had an opinion either way.
I wonder what the result of a full on Brit / Irish poll would be.
Some would say the Brits wouldn't live with Irish symbolism all round their capital city.....no more than say the Germans would live with British stuff all over Berlin..... or Beijing with Japanese stuff.We'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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