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NoctilucaWicklow, Dublin Ireland2 Threads 46 Postswell BK true the 26 county's are a republic - the 6 north ones are a province of the UK - but this an island of ancient Gaelic Celts not anglo saxons or orientals or africans - Australia is also a republic ...but QE2 is there ultimate boss...& thats what they want...I can see a day when scotland & wales get true independence (republics??) before south & north are united... 
purplesmurf: Of course it is...
'We' in the eyes of some people have an incomplete Republic....
Just because we share an island, doesn't make us one nation... Would I like to see a united Island of Ireland, YES.. but not at the cost of one drop of blood, enough has been shed'We' in the eyes of some people have an incomplete Republic....
hem23: Actually apartheid was enforced by the National Party for 46 years in SA ( 1948-1994 )
I felt there ws no point in responding to such rubbish.... Correct HEMahh HEM - of course u right but since the dutch first landed in 1652 the europeans (dutch,french,english,portuguese,belgian,german,ect) dominated over the local population (the whites & blacks only met up 300 miles inland over 100 yrs l8r - the poor old san bushman were in the cape then)....even the dutch were forced to move by imperial,,ism & colonial..ism...they actualy lived with the black tribes....was the tribal apartheid before that...does mugabwe not enforce his apartheid ..as did idi amin..ect...still 'the winds of change blowing through africa' speech is still apt even today...btw - is the situation for the majrity of the rainbow nation any better 2day or worse...only the poitical structure changed...
hem23: Actually apartheid was enforced by the National Party for 46 years in SA ( 1948-1994 )
ok 
enough ...but we all know in our hearts what the truth is..give us back our teddy bears head!!
or will qe2 buy eire for her little commonwealth? 
enough ...but we all know in our hearts what the truth is..give us back our teddy bears head!! or will qe2 buy eire for her little commonwealth? blarneykite: Ireland is partitioned since 1921 or 1922 all depending on what material you read... not however for 800 years
Since that first foreigner stepped on this island it has been partioned
blarneykite: Just because we share an island, doesn't make us one nation... Would I like to see a united Island of Ireland, YES.. but not at the cost of one drop of blood, enough has been shed
I don't think any of us are advocating any more loss of life....
One island does not a nation make but it should be borne in mind that we have been one nation (albeit under the rule of Scandinavians, Anglo Saxons- invaders and colonists) for all but the last nearly 90 years.....
purplesmurf: I don't think any of us are advocating any more loss of life....
One island does not a nation make but it should be borne in mind that we have been one nation (albeit under the rule of Scandinavians, Anglo Saxons- invaders and colonists) for all but the last nearly 90 years.....
And just look at what we've done in those 90 yearsOne island does not a nation make but it should be borne in mind that we have been one nation (albeit under the rule of Scandinavians, Anglo Saxons- invaders and colonists) for all but the last nearly 90 years.....
From Dev to bertie... we were better off being ruled
Noctiluca: Since that first foreigner stepped on this island it has been partioned
Have you been reading the makie uppie history books againblarneykite: And just look at what we've done in those 90 years From Dev to bertie... we were better off being ruled
From Dev to Bertie and still going downhill...and will continue to do so as long as the Civil War defines our politics...
purplesmurf: From Dev to Bertie and still going downhill...and will continue to do so as long as the Civil War defines our politics...
Too right S.
optomistic68: Too right S.
No baby threads today????Noctiluca: ahh HEM - of course u right but since the dutch first landed in 1652 the europeans (dutch,french,english,portuguese,belgian,german,ect) dominated over the local population (the whites & blacks only met up 300 miles inland over 100 yrs l8r - the poor old san bushman were in the cape then)....even the dutch were forced to move by imperial,,ism & colonial..ism...they actualy lived with the black tribes....was the tribal apartheid before that...does mugabwe not enforce his apartheid ..as did idi amin..ect...still 'the winds of change blowing through africa' speech is still apt even today...btw - is the situation for the majrity of the rainbow nation any better 2day or worse...only the poitical structure changed...
Of course anyone who paid even the slightest bit of attention in history class will know racial segregation began the minute Jan Van Reibeeck arrived in SA in 1600s. I was just referring to Apartheid which was introduced by the ruling National party in 1948.
blarneykite: No baby threads today????
Thats choice from someone who posts Who cheats more? Men or Women on the politics section on the International Side. No wonder the Irish are thought of as being stupid.
optomistic68: Thats choice from someone who posts Who cheats more? Men or Women on the politics section on the International Side. No wonder the Irish are thought of as being stupid.
No, that just you that they figure to be stupid..... and you're not doing much to counter that fine debate
blarneykite: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D2rm4dwuDkCI%26feature%3Dshare&h=95bd0
whats this supposed to be?
I think this is a huge day for Ireland and IMO a moving day 
IMO she is an 85 year old lady that must have been nervous about the trip, brave i say :)
IMO she is an 85 year old lady that must have been nervous about the trip, brave i say :)
BellaX: I think this is a huge day for Ireland and IMO a moving day
IMO she is an 85 year old lady that must have been nervous about the trip, brave i say :)
I think you'll see that to be the general view held on the threadIMO she is an 85 year old lady that must have been nervous about the trip, brave i say :)
I occasionally question whether we are fit to run our own affairs, perhaps we'd be better off been the 51st state of the United States.
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