Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 2 minutes ago, MarkoRaj said: This thread seems to have turned into a rather illuminating look into the mindset of the failed statelet. Justifying ethnic profiling because 'The State' do ithttp://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Britney-Spears-Cringe-Face.gif Oh dear. Nobody has justified it, nor done anything like that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 The working class folks in Belfast are mostly brand new, same as any city. The biggest snotty nosed bigots i ever met in the Wee Six lived in suburbia. Obviously they had done well out of the Fake State. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Who gives a fuk about someones name. Few bigots on here this eve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 5 minutes ago, MarkoRaj said: This thread seems to have turned into a rather illuminating look into the mindset of the failed statelet. Justifying ethnic profiling because 'The State' do ithttp://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Britney-Spears-Cringe-Face.gif Ethnic, nah, same people no matter what some might say. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoRaj Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Crikey, somebody asks about profiling and all hell breaks out. The State has been using it for years in crime detection/terrorism. Hardly a big deal but a few on here lost it because clever as they make out, they couldn't define what they were on about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Just now, John Lambies Doos said: Who gives a fuk about someones name. Few bigots on here this eve You appear to be missing the point entirely JLD. It's not that anyone gives a f**k about folks names, it is more the reality that in a deeply divided city many still name their progeny for tribal reasons and, consequently, that makes them identifiable. Nobody appears to be saying that this is a good thing, nor should they. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 ^^^ This. I would have made a similar comment if a journalist called Mervyn was being held up as the Oracle of Delphi where Sinn Fein was concerned for similar reasons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 If the Troubles hadn't happened eff knows how the Fake State would have turned out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 3 minutes ago, Glenconner said: The working class folks in Belfast are mostly brand new, same as any city. The biggest snotty nosed bigots i ever met in the Wee Six lived in suburbia. Obviously they had done well out of the Fake State. Agreed, although the "dick" quotient is still too high for the aforementioned tribal reasons. It will take many years............ Also, many of the suburbia dwellers on both sides made it big from the misery of others, and many of them were working class. I used to regularly fall out of pubs on the Falls and New Lodge back in my hospital days and met many, many sound people,although I was always glad of the company of locals to ensure my "safety". I also avoided mentioning that I was a Linfield fan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Just now, LongTimeLurker said: ^^^ This. I would have made a similar comment if a journalist called Mervyn was being held up as the Oracle of Delphi where Sinn Fein was concerned for similar reasons. Naw ye widnae. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Aye ah wid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 4 minutes ago, MarkoRaj said: 1 hour ago, Glenconner said: Crikey, somebody asks about profiling and all hell breaks out. The State has been using it for years in crime detection/terrorism. Hardly a big deal but a few on here lost it because clever as they make out, they couldn't define what they were on about. The fact states use profiling, (and many do), as pointed out be Glenconner, is hardly indicative of bigotry on either side's part. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 1 minute ago, LongTimeLurker said: Aye ah wid. Only winding you up, LLL. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 No problemo, offline for a few hours. Will be interested to see how many pages will have been churned out when I log on again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 6 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said: Not sure whether someone called Siobhan is likely to know what the DUP are up to. If you want to know what's happening in NI you are better off reading what they are saying in the Belfast Telegraph or the News Letter or checking out the Slugger O'Toole website. Given Buckfast is made by Cistercian monks why would the DUP be fans of it? This is how this started and if you look at the original tweet the article linked was in The Times and written by Tim Shipman so f**k knows what prompted your response. Then again, I'm surprised your PUL alarm bells weren't triggered by a Tim writing the article. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Saddest part of the Wee Six politics was the complete lack of any serious Left in decades past. Even the old NILP made SLAB look like the SWP. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 You appear to be missing the point entirely JLD. It's not that anyone gives a f**k about folks names, it is more the reality that in a deeply divided city many still name their progeny for tribal reasons and, consequently, that makes them identifiable. Nobody appears to be saying that this is a good thing, nor should they. Fair enough... didn't read all the pages tbh... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 1 minute ago, Glenconner said: Saddest part of the Wee Six politics was the complete lack of trust Fixed that for you. Add in segregation on an industrial scale and the promulgation of the idea that the "other side" had two heads and ate babies. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 1 minute ago, John Lambies Doos said: Fair enough... didn't read all the pages tbh... Me neither - NI threads tend to be depressing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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