The IRA

[SWP's back]

Thank fuck we paid no attention to this bullshit during WW2. And no, it is not momentary, it works and is effective, otherwise we'd be writing this in between stacking bodies in ovens.
Anyway, back to the brave and resourceful IRA...

I'll stick with Gandhi but thanks anyway.

Yep, it worked for Chamberlin. Peace in our time and all that.

 

[UlsterCitizen]

Id have to disagree with you on that one mate, think were better off sticking to the good old pound for a while yet lol

That I dont blame you for but it is a fucker trying to pass on N.I. sterling in England.I keep them seperate now.Euros,sterling and N.I sterling.

That bugs the shite out of me too.

Yet when researching "legal tender" and such in order to write a letter of complaint to Victoria Wines for refusing an NI tenner as payment for 8 cans of the glorious 'Bow, I discovered it is up to the particular shopkeep as to whether to accept it or not! In fact they can refuse "English" sterling too. Just because it's legal tender it does not make them obliged to accept it as payment.

Proper gutted as I was on the sniff for some free 'Bow by way of compensation!

Thank god for the whole in the wall

 

[ob]

Id have to disagree with you on that one mate, think were better off sticking to the good old pound for a while yet lol

That I dont blame you for but it is a fucker trying to pass on N.I. sterling in England.I keep them seperate now.Euros,sterling and N.I sterling.

That bugs the shite out of me too.

Yet when researching "legal tender" and such in order to write a letter of complaint to Victoria Wines for refusing an NI tenner as payment for 8 cans of the glorious 'Bow, I discovered it is up to the particular shopkeep as to whether to accept it or not! In fact they can refuse "English" sterling too. Just because it's legal tender it does not make them obliged to accept it as payment.

Proper gutted as I was on the sniff for some free 'Bow by way of compensation!

Was in a Chinese restaurant in Liverpool once and my cousin tried to pay with NI money and they wouldn't accept it, He didn't have anything else and they phoned the police, the police had a look at the notes and says the man isn't refusing to pay either accept it or let him go, they were not long accepting it then

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Thank fuck we paid no attention to this bullshit during WW2. And no, it is not momentary, it works and is effective, otherwise we'd be writing this in between stacking bodies in ovens.
Anyway, back to the brave and resourceful IRA...

I'll stick with Gandhi but thanks anyway.

Yep, it worked for Chamberlin. Peace in our time and all that.

I could just as easily point to the numerous wars which were a complete disaster such as Vietnam or the current one.

I didn't say the peaceful path was 100% fool proof, I simply suggested it was a more viable option, in my opinion, than mass slaughter on both sides and no end result.

 

[SWP's back]

I'll stick with Gandhi but thanks anyway.

Yep, it worked for Chamberlin. Peace in our time and all that.

I could just as easily point to the numerous wars which were a complete disaster such as Vietnam or the current one.

I didn't say the peaceful path was 100% fool proof, I simply suggested it was a more viable option, in my opinion, than mass slaughter on both sides and no end result.

I'd agree with you there.

 

[BigTony]

I've got a lot of family from Ireland, some of who now live in manchester and ive got to admit i do admire what the IRA did in all honesty.

Would I say that in public? Perhaps not, but I do feel that way, can't help it really.

 

[LongsightM13]

But wernt the many of the loyalists imported into NI in order to bolster the english position. Im struck by how many Browns and Smiths you come across

Yes. Ethnic cleaning on a massive scale, centuries before the term was coined

<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantations_of_Ireland" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantations_of_Ireland</a>

<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster</a>

 

[UlsterCitizen]

But wernt the many of the loyalists imported into NI in order to bolster the english position. Im struck by how many Browns and Smiths you come across

Yes. Ethnic cleaning on a massive scale, centuries before the term was coined

<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantations_of_Ireland" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantations_of_Ireland</a>

<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster</a>

Like the ethnic cleansing that happened to the protestaant population in the south

 

[ob]

But wernt the many of the loyalists imported into NI in order to bolster the english position. Im struck by how many Browns and Smiths you come across

Yes. Ethnic cleaning on a massive scale, centuries before the term was coined

<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantations_of_Ireland" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantations_of_Ireland</a>

<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster</a>

Like the ethnic cleansing that happened to the protestaant population in the south

And presently in coleraine west,west,north and east belfast and city side in londonderry

 

[UlsterCitizen]

Yes. Ethnic cleaning on a massive scale, centuries before the term was coined

<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantations_of_Ireland" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantations_of_Ireland</a>

<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster</a>

Like the ethnic cleansing that happened to the protestaant population in the south

Sure never let the truth get in the way of a bit of aul blarney
And presently in coleraine west,west,north and east belfast and city side in londonderry