tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post6690199770369580061..comments2024-03-28T10:25:42.597+00:00Comments on TPQ: Will The “West Brits” Win The Grand Slam?AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-64788826169292528492018-04-19T22:30:00.531+01:002018-04-19T22:30:00.531+01:00Niall,
Someone's lost the plot but I doubt it...Niall,<br /><br />Someone's lost the plot but I doubt it's Peter! Very little in the way of sectarian shite is uttered from the stands these days at the International level due to the demography of the fans changing to a more family orientated ethos. And how do I know this?<br /><br />Three Catholic friends of mine who happen to follow wee Norn Iron have mentioned it to me. They've Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-88230032587293722302018-04-19T09:06:37.582+01:002018-04-19T09:06:37.582+01:00Steve R,
Vast improvements....like what? Just bec...Steve R,<br />Vast improvements....like what? Just because they frown upon, sectarian references being lauded from the terraces and not just by the odd dickhead Steve, that's another false narrative, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. If it exists outside of the game and is part and parcel of your culture it exists inside the game and on the terraces also...the two are inseparable and that is Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-1293053374719338412018-04-18T09:37:32.096+01:002018-04-18T09:37:32.096+01:00henry joyless, once again, thanks for this morning...henry joyless, once again, thanks for this mornings belly-laugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-76799095850443894122018-04-18T07:15:20.599+01:002018-04-18T07:15:20.599+01:00Niall
Are you seriously suggesting that there is n...Niall<br />Are you seriously suggesting that there is no sectarianism in Irish republicanism?Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027470398152153427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-80899885019752518252018-04-17T22:21:28.223+01:002018-04-17T22:21:28.223+01:00Niall,
I was referring to the National team of No...Niall,<br /><br />I was referring to the National team of Northern Ireland. Vast improvements have been made to combat sectarianism among the crowd and while the odd dickhead is still about it's largely gone.<br /><br />I have no idea about the teams in the IFA League, it's been a long time since I bothered with them.<br /><br />By your same token sectarian racism is also alive and Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-21513564921723794472018-04-17T14:22:52.465+01:002018-04-17T14:22:52.465+01:00Grouch
we live in an evermore changing world with...Grouch<br /><br />we live in an evermore changing world with life constantly presenting new challenges. Responding to complex situations with reductionist, tried and failed approaches will achieve nothing but further grief. Whatever the answer ... "Little Englander"-like responses will, in all likelihood, only bear bitter fruit.Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-12504253419902713322018-04-17T08:27:02.318+01:002018-04-17T08:27:02.318+01:00Steve R,
Steve, sectarian racism hasn't been e...Steve R,<br />Steve, sectarian racism hasn't been eliminated from the IFA league here at all...that is a typical Prod view. The sectarianism and anti-Irish ideology has been cosmetically covered over to add to the false narrative that norn iron is a great wee place to live...not if your Irish and a Taig...just look at the voting patterns and the failure to restore Stormont....sectarianism Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-20290902020488955862018-04-16T19:56:10.988+01:002018-04-16T19:56:10.988+01:00Matt Treacy says
Seamus, I have no problem with ...<b> Matt Treacy says </b><br /><br />Seamus, I have no problem with Amhrán na bhFiann and love to hear it sung with gusto on big days in Croke Park. Not so much at other games when the county secretary's niece murders it with a cringe worthy phonetic version: "Show love cunning around na bean..." and so on.<br /><br />Anyway, point in relation to Amhrán na bhFiann and the rugger AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-91815811251515073412018-04-16T11:02:28.158+01:002018-04-16T11:02:28.158+01:00seo libh canaidh amhrann na rainbowlords -
https:/...seo libh canaidh amhrann na rainbowlords -<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX3s6lxUeRcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-6998462547699754082018-04-16T10:10:26.436+01:002018-04-16T10:10:26.436+01:00mr. treacys last comment says it all. he has taken...mr. treacys last comment says it all. he has taken the cultural marxist 'soup' also it would seem. heres another political dubliner called matthew who has swallowed the spoon and all -<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUmxwhWqGJo<br /><br />expect loads of this over the next few years from both 'left' and 'right' - who are all singing from the same cultural Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-9962560001513704932018-04-16T06:47:33.817+01:002018-04-16T06:47:33.817+01:00I defense of the NI fans there have been significa...I defense of the NI fans there have been significant improvements and sectarianism has been largely eliminated. <br /><br />Good on O'Neil for calling out the sectarian poaching policy of the FAI towards northern players too. <br /><br />They got caught out when approaching Paddy McNair only to find out he was a dirty prod and dropped their interest! Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-11721057060293133292018-04-15T14:59:02.470+01:002018-04-15T14:59:02.470+01:00We all have our preferences.
I guess the more pa...We all have our preferences. <br /><br />I guess the more parochial the mindset, the greater the need for differentiation ... and the consequent likelihood of intolerance of differing tastes over most domains.<br /><br />(That said though, I do remember a time when golf and rugby clubhouses were bombed and it didn't distress me much back then)!Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-84067530850024915222018-04-15T14:46:20.237+01:002018-04-15T14:46:20.237+01:00AM,
I remember that too and they gave Nazi salutes...AM,<br />I remember that too and they gave Nazi salutes also....their actions were defended by the claim that was fully supported by the IFA that their salutes were 'Ulster Salutes'....never heard of it....sport has always been political...it's just another means to dominate rather than go to war...as for singing of anthems...how many actually know the fuckn words!!!!Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-79581936670822539002018-04-15T12:32:11.331+01:002018-04-15T12:32:11.331+01:00The Soldier's Song is the anthem of the 26 cou...The Soldier's Song is the anthem of the 26 county state and the Ireland rugby team is a 32 county entity. The Soldier's Song is only played before games in the 26 counties, all games outside the 26 it is Ireland's Call. I don't see the problem. Why should Rory sing his neighbour's anthem?Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027470398152153427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-89817276120969977392018-04-15T11:51:25.572+01:002018-04-15T11:51:25.572+01:00Good piece Matt. I wouldn't concern myself too...Good piece Matt. I wouldn't concern myself too much that some political careerist thinks the Irish Rugby team are West Brits: the same West Brits his party is more than willing to play second fiddle to in a coalition. <br /><br />We all identity as something. I identify as European before I do as Irish but that is a choice made later in life, more due to European secularism. But it is no lessAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-12284705801477907632018-04-15T11:48:21.461+01:002018-04-15T11:48:21.461+01:00All nice words and all that but back to reality: t...All nice words and all that but back to reality: there is politics in sport and the main people who call on us to keep politics out of sport are usually the main people use sport to promote their politics. Ffs take a look at any major sporting event the Brits organise. It usually involved Brit squaddie terrorists being saluted by politicians/monarchs, followed by their anthem and the usual Wolfe tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240967708414139476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-75190738680491492402018-04-14T19:14:22.650+01:002018-04-14T19:14:22.650+01:00Even soccer clubs have an anthem that defines the ...Even soccer clubs have an anthem that defines the identity of their supporters. What you're suggesting is that identity is a bad thing. This is a fallacy. Anyone playing for Ireland should be happy with our great national anthem. The current situation is an utter hypocrisy and a disgrace. But not surprising with the preeminence of shoneenism amongst the westbrit oligarchs who are now Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337076496766384212noreply@blogger.com