There Really Is Some Absolute Cnts Out There

I worked with a Catholic who supports Celtic at Haribo. There was a temp that always wound him up walking past him playing a flute motion. It incensed the Celtic supporter so much he had to be physically restrained by colleagues and they both ended up in the office. How the temp kept his job was beyond comprehension.

 

Did 6 tours in ulster, enjoyed everyone of them, from the republican areas of west Belfast and bandit country ( South armagh) to the safe areas of East Belfast and some nice areas of Fermanagh, the hatred is on a different level, but it is reciprocal ( towards the players) and the parents who encourage their small children to launch stones at you, their is still a dissident threat and things happen which are not reported over here, ulster is much different now to what it was 15 years ago, areas and pubs which were predominantly republican or nationalist have lost much of that tribal influence about them, you still get the neanderthals like the retard in the picture ( that will never go away) but the majority of the youth have no memories of the troubles and don't want to experience it either, I agree though we did put our noses in things years ago that we shouldn't have, and I totally get their want to have a united Ireland, but you never hear ( or i havent) the republic Priminister or their goverment in general pushing our goverment (s) to " give it back" speaking to a few southern Irish lads in the British army they say their hasn't ( for a while)been or is no desire atm to want to have a united Ireland.

 

Just like Hong Kong. India and the Falklands.

 

I know next to nothing about this. But on one point you've made: I haven't heard politicians from the Republic of Ireland call for a United Ireland either. That may just be that it's bypassed me, but it certainly doesn't seem like it's top of their agenda. In your personal opinion, why do you think that is?

 

Hong Kong as been and still is pro British, they got their freedom and now the Chinese are implementing their ways which is why the locals last year were demonstrating.
The Falklands is something else, we claimed it in the 1600s then the Spanish and the French, not sure if the Americans tried or not, just been reading about it and I didn't see any mention of the Argies ever owning it ( i get its close ish to Argentina so they would say its theirs) probably in part due to Spain once having it,

And India was definitely a train crash

 

The Irish lads say its most probably the cost, I asked them would they want it back and the general concensus is they couldn't care less either way

 

That's a really interesting story.

Did your Uncle see the strangeness in hating the UK but yet living here in safety?

Did he see himself as Irish, what about his family, did he marry an English wife?

 

Proof that they who shout loudest are heard but aren't always right mate.

 

Definitely touches kids.

 

That's what you get when you colonise countries and then partition them when you leave. I expect to see a United Ireland in my lifetime, and I think it will come about quicker due to Brexit Ireland has modernised socially very quickly.

 

Never say never, but I very much doubt imo my 7 year old will see it in her lifetime, I think it all depends on which side of the fence you sit politically, if they ever get a referendum and they voted to leave then fine, but then again would the republic want it, a referendum would never happen without the South saying yes or no.

 

I'd be surprised if the South said no. It's harder to govern divided. Initially there would be costs iincurred but they would soon be absorbed.

 

I visited Belfast nearly a year ago, just before Covid started to impact us all and it was an interesting place to see at close quarters. There were clear signs of evolution, some modern development (especially around the docks) and some lovely buildings of heritage. Something you see in many places as they start to gentrify or become more global in outlook. But Belfast didn't seem to have a great deal of that feeling and there was a lot of dereliction, especially in the student areas where plenty of eateries and shops lay dormant.

We walked along Shankhill Road and many of the horrors of yesteryear are proudly emblazoned on walls as art and there were several small memorial gardens in front of estates... all eerily padlocked. There were still plenty of armoured police vans around which was somewhat unsettling and there were a couple of places where we ventured in and straight back out.

There were a couple of people we chatted to who shared that there is still a very uneasy peace and it was just a few years ago when someone was actually murdered (which I didn't recall hearing about on the mainland).

What I did sense was that younger generations who didn't directly experience the troubles seemed to have a more open air to them, more inquisitive and engaging and open to chat and share. The future of Ireland probably lies in there hands. With all that's going on, with Brexit tensions and trade friction with the mainland, it could well be a spark that ignites Ireland again, or it may be the thing that unifies them.

I genuinely wouldn't want to hazard a guess at this time.

 

Maybe Churton could throw light on how the south view a united Ireland.

 

Really ARE some absolute cûnts out there.

 

Are you sure? Doesn’t both work? One for past tense and one for present tense.
Tbf I only have a 50 year old O level English certificate so I might be wrong.
Anyway I’m calling for an adjudicator.
Jamdrop where are you

 

I'd go with are because you are talking plurals.

There is a lovely person out there

There are some lovely persons out there.

 

Ok I bow to your and Mickey’s obvious superior knowledge of English grammar.
How enlightening? Isn’t the BBS so educational?

 

Purals ?

 

Then there is the black Anglican vicar who refused to clap for captain Tom because it was a sign of British white nationalism. Captain Tom wasn't just collecting for whites when he did an this man of God would have taken all the help he could if he had caught it