Political History and Hate (7)

Feb 24, 2009 7:17 PM CST Political History and Hate
petalbabe
petalbabepetalbabeOgdensburg, New York, Cork Ireland61 Threads 1 Polls 3,101 Posts
I was going out with a man who was engish, and who was in the British Army. He saw alot of bad things, of course; friends being blown up, atrocities on both sides.

How would you feel if you got involved with someone like that and your views were very different? Could you come to a cease fire in your relationship, or do you think it is a waste of time to try and agree?

Just interested in opinions.
Feb 24, 2009 7:22 PM CST Political History and Hate
petalbabe
petalbabepetalbabeOgdensburg, New York, Cork Ireland61 Threads 1 Polls 3,101 Posts
petalbabe: I was going out with a man who was engish, and who was in the British Army. He saw alot of bad things, of course; friends being blown up, atrocities on both sides.

How would you feel if you got involved with someone like that and your views were very different? Could you come to a cease fire in your relationship, or do you think it is a waste of time to try and agree?

Just interested in opinions.


i was on the side of the true Irish, by the way. Always have been.
Feb 25, 2009 7:55 AM CST Political History and Hate
vinny1967
vinny1967vinny1967Dublin, Cork Ireland131 Threads 7 Polls 11,475 Posts
petalbabe: I was going out with a man who was engish, and who was in the British Army. He saw alot of bad things, of course; friends being blown up, atrocities on both sides.

How would you feel if you got involved with someone like that and your views were very different? Could you come to a cease fire in your relationship, or do you think it is a waste of time to try and agree?

Just interested in opinions.


I think it's healthy to have different opinions and diff beliefs.
Just so long as they didnt try to ram it down peoples Throat I would not mind...........

If they continually brought it up and tried to influence people with it, like religion say, I would be gone............

JMO

Hope your well.

wine
Feb 25, 2009 7:58 AM CST Political History and Hate
petalbabe
petalbabepetalbabeOgdensburg, New York, Cork Ireland61 Threads 1 Polls 3,101 Posts
vinny1967: I think it's healthy to have different opinions and diff beliefs.
Just so long as they didnt try to ram it down peoples Throat I would not mind...........

If they continually brought it up and tried to influence people with it, like religion say, I would be gone............

JMO

Hope your well.


Thats very true. The problem I found was that unfortunately the soliders are indoctrinated to the extent that they dont necessarily know WHAT they are fighting for, apart from "doing their job".

I wondered if other people had experienced this kind of conflict in a relationship.
Feb 25, 2009 8:03 AM CST Political History and Hate
gorrestfump
gorrestfumpgorrestfumpportlaoise, Leix Ireland46 Threads 5 Polls 1,052 Posts
i think it would be very difficult (for myself at least) to be in a relationship if there was a vast different in sets of views..

obviously i dont mean views on whether the toilet seat should be up or down, but on the important things in peoples lives..

for example... i could not be with somene who was DEVOUTLY religious or anyone who was an athiest....

so i do think that radically different views on a certain subject can hamper peoples relationships..
Feb 25, 2009 8:08 AM CST Political History and Hate
vinny1967
vinny1967vinny1967Dublin, Cork Ireland131 Threads 7 Polls 11,475 Posts
petalbabe: Thats very true. The problem I found was that unfortunately the soliders are indoctrinated to the extent that they dont necessarily know WHAT they are fighting for, apart from "doing their job".

I wondered if other people had experienced this kind of conflict in a relationship.


Sorry I haven't............the worst diff I had was who to vote in the General Election........laugh

But I do agree with FG............I could never be in a relationship with someone who was very religous as from my experience everything comes back to it......

wine
Feb 25, 2009 8:24 AM CST Political History and Hate
ciaran64
ciaran64ciaran64drimnagh, Dublin Ireland217 Threads 4 Polls 5,881 Posts
vinny1967: Sorry I haven't............the worst diff I had was who to vote in the General Election........

But I do agree with FG............I could never be in a relationship with someone who was very religous as from my experience everything comes back to it......
well my ex was english and cudnt understand why i cheered for ireland against england,had 2 explain i am irish and always will b,didnt talk 2 me for weeks after it
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