Maybe you are right that I shouldn't get so flared up with it being referred to as the North, I admit I have hang ups of my own on that issue as I associate it with Sinn Fein and am still really upset with them over the bread loaf incident, But you are right that me getting worked up on it is my own issue and something that I need to work on myself. I never meant to upset people and am sorry if I have done so.
It's like with Derry/Londonderry - who the fuck cares in the grand scheme of things? The North? Northern Ireland? Just names, you know what the person means.
Aye, the absolute last thing any of these clowns want to do is take responsibility. It'd be a death sentence politically, but it's too much to ask for them to put the public first.
Quite frankly, bollocks to this. You know full well what you're doing. I'm remembering now my mate pointing out the Orange Order flag hung outside his window in Belfast a few months back. What he told me about his experience with both sides of the divide. Hard Unionists like you have no respect for the Irish, and posts like the ones I've quoted make it clear.
Nonono, it's Derry. End of.
I call it Derry, but I also don't get up in arms when someone calls it Londonderry, is my point. Seeing people freaking out over it (especially on comment sections on Facebook) is such a pet peeve of mine. Just riles me.
They won't.
I was the one who originally said "the North" and I certainly didn't mean anything by it. I just didn't feel like typing out the full names. I don't talk about Ireland often and if I had thought to use NI and ROI I would have done so.
I apologise for making a big thing about it to be honest, it was my own hang up and I shouldn't have made a big deal about. Sorry about getting you involved with it, I shouldn't have got bothered by you referring it to as the North
It's cool, you weren't offensive to me about it. TBH the discussion after it was an eye opener, I had no idea, and I can see why people would be passionate about it. It's not a problem though. In future I'll try to remember to use NI and ROI which are more convenient shorthand anyway.
No seriously, you can use whatever terms you want, the other posters are correct that I shouldn't have got worked up over it. It was a shitty move.
There are certainly people who take it very seriously, and I can absolutely see why it's a big point of contention up North. Personally, I'm just not going to call it Londonderry any time soon, but yeah, I'm not going to fight about it. It's not my place to I feel, as a Dubliner.
Damn, I've only ever heard that said once by a super pro-IRA dude way back.
Yep, very specific. The kind being hardcore Unionists, who are vehemently opposed to ties to the South. I'd wager you'd have to actively look in like an Orange Order area to find someone IRL who would be that upset about it to assault you. It'd be easier to find someone to assault you because you're from the South!
and english people that only found out it and northern ireland existed 18 months ago.
Not a lad and wasn't the one that brought it up either- the only reason my family don't like the good Friday agreement was cus of the fact it let convicted murderers out and my father had close friends killed during the Troubles. If you think that's a rant fine.
If it's hanging the politicians that caused this from lamp posts, I'll not stop it.
Sorry I am getting really tense in this thread, it was suggested I get executed earlier and I've been called a lot of names. Am kinda getting really upset and it's late so I should just leave this thread. Am sorry if I upset anyone or was obnoxious in this thread, I know can get too emotional sometimes and not even think what I'm saying.
I can't tell if immediate post-brexit UK would be a good or bad time to visit the UK as a tourist
It very would be bad. Play stay away until the main fallout has settled.
Indeed it's scary. My employer has no idea wtf is happening and 3/4 of hired workforce is from EU countries like Portugal,Poland, Hungary, Lithuania. I'm just wondering what will happen with all these immigrants (including me) who left their homes and families in search of better life.
This is what upsets me more than anything else, the human aspect. I wish I could give you an answer or assurances, but we honestly don't know and that's the shameful truth and I'm sorry.
