The OP Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, Tutankhamen said: You don't think saving comrades fighting real live Nazis is a big thing? Proud to say my father was a schoolmate of James Stokes VC. Or Robert Downie VC was my neighbour 50 odd years ago. But playing tig with half baked Adolfites in George Square is dead on. Interesting. It’s pretty fucking left field to the actual point. Both times you’ve brought it up. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutankhamen Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 12 minutes ago, The OP said: It’s pretty fucking left field to the actual point. Both times you’ve brought it up. Do's a favour comrade, put me on block 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pcplum Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 3 hours ago, The OP said: Source? You bigoted weirdo. I think you'll find, despite their policy of neutrality and despite the fact Britain oppressed them for hundreds of years, the Irish tended towards the British in WW2. You are a swivel eyed 'Parkhead floodlights left on' loon. What’s bigoted in what he’s said in that post? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Winding things back to the starting point FG definitely have the Blueshirts as something they would rather forget, but FF and their stance on neutrality and de Valera signing a book of condolence for Adolf Hitler didn't look very clever in the eyes of the world when the images started appearing on newsreels of Dachau and Belsen. Britain and Nazi Germany were generally not viewed as being morally equivalent at that point. Something to bear in mind about Irish fishermen selling fish and potatoes to U-boats is that Irish merchant shipping vessels often formed part of the Atlantic convoys that those U-boats were attacking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The OP Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Pcplum said: What’s bigoted in what he’s said in that post? Pretending that the Irish were the only thing that stood between the British and victory in the Atlantic (against historical consensus which says they were neutral and tended towards Britain) and pretending that no one else gave dodgy world leaders respect during the war. It reeks of Anti-Irish bigotry. Edited July 4, 2020 by The OP 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 It's getting like up here... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53289622 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 2 hours ago, The OP said: Pretending that the Irish were the only thing that stood between the British and victory in the Atlantic (against historical consensus which says they were neutral and tended towards Britain) and pretending that no one else gave dodgy world leaders respect during the war. It reeks of Anti-Irish bigotry. These sort of racist loon balls are best ignored. Ireland like Britain had facist sympathisers, hardly ground breaking stuff. Its amazing how they focus on them but ignore the 70 000 from the republic who chose to fight against them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 I can't remember if it was one of the PUL boys on here that said there was no reason for the Bogside march in '69 cause they had the vote but that was when I just switched off mentally 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: It's getting like up here... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53289622 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 2 hours ago, gannonball said: These sort of racist loon balls are best ignored. Ireland like Britain had facist sympathisers, hardly ground breaking stuff. Its amazing how they focus on them but ignore the 70 000 from the republic who chose to fight against them. The Republic ignored them, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 ...and issued the starvation order. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPO_362 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said: ...and issued the starvation order. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPO_362 Did you not even read the link of what you have posted? @The OP I appear to have not even taken my own advice. Edited July 4, 2020 by gannonball 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 So much for being ignored. Celtic supporters have a weird identity crisis these days. Rattling on about Antifa on the one hand but on the other waving the symbols of a state that opted to stay neutral during the most important anti-fascist struggle to ever happen and vocally supporting an organisation that actively collaborated with the Nazis and even had a member called Sean Russell die on a U-boat. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seán_Russell Over and out for this thread for now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 26 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said: So much for being ignored. Celtic supporters have a weird identity crisis these days. Rattling on about Antifa on the one hand but on the other waving the symbols of a state that opted to stay neutral during the most important anti-fascist struggle to ever happen and vocally supporting an organisation that actively collaborated with the Nazis and even had a member called Sean Russell die on a U-boat. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seán_Russell Over and out for this thread for now. That's actually quite fetching. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 8 hours ago, gannonball said: These sort of racist loon balls are best ignored. Ireland like Britain had facist sympathisers, hardly ground breaking stuff. Its amazing how they focus on them but ignore the 70 000 from the republic who chose to fight against them. I thought it was more like 160,000 but I could be wrong. I always felt that Ireland had neutrality forced upon it. They might not have cared much for the Nazis but any decision to join the Allies would have seen British troops back on Irish soil, which given recent history would simply not have worked. Better to remain neutral and avoid giving Germany any excuse to invade. IIRC the Royal Navy ensured their perimeter was large enough to ensure an invasion of Ireland was less likely. I also read somewhere that the secret services of Britain and Ireland was closer that anyone admitted Once the USA entered the war, Ireland was less concerned about Germany and were maybe less neutral than before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jacksgranda Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 BIFFO's blootered brother booted. https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0715/1153378-ireland-politics/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 BIFFO's blootered brother booted. https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0715/1153378-ireland-politics/Do you ever mind Biffo's drunken radio performance. ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, John Lambies Doos said: On 15/07/2020 at 10:45, Jacksgranda said: BIFFO's blootered brother booted. https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0715/1153378-ireland-politics/ Do you ever mind Biffo's drunken radio performance. ? He'd a cold and was tired. Or pished, as it's better known. ETA: He's not well, recuperating from a stroke, afaik. Edited July 16, 2020 by Jacksgranda 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/07/18/how-ireland-gets-its-way How Ireland gets its way On a per-head basis, Ireland has a good claim to be the world’s most diplomatically powerful country 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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