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Originally posted by JasmineJ:

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Originally posted by squiggle:

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Originally posted by JasmineJ:

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Originally posted by Irish-Princess:
Squiggle, i don't knock your nationality or fellow countrymen. The Queens in my opinion is a non-entity, and I'm sorry but i abhore the Monarchy and all they stand for for resons explained previously, but as you say each to their own. I don't think the Irish FMs intentionally mean to knock the English but if it happens it's not personaly alot of Irish people still harbour a lot of hurt and anger about events that happened in the past, it can easily be brushed over by saying it was 100s of years again but that doesn't heal the wounds. Anyway I didn't want this thread to turn into a thread like that I just wanted to speak about how laughable it is this made front page News.

Don't apologise for abhorring the monarchy - a more bigoted, racist and sectarian group of people you couldn’t wish to meet.

Never mind 100's of years, there has always been (and still is if truth be told) an element of anti Irish sentiment amongst the Brits.

Can I just gently point out Jasmine that, as far as I remember, you are a Brit? Being Scottish that is.

Thus I should excuse the attitude of my ‘fellow countrymen’

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Originally posted by electric6:
Loads of the 'English' people where I live are Irish anyway

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:

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Originally posted by electric6:
Loads of the 'English' people where I live are Irish anyway

Surely, pit yackers.

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Originally posted by electric6:

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:

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Originally posted by electric6:
Loads of the 'English' people where I live are Irish anyway

Surely, pit yackers.

Of Irish stock, Mr L being one of them (with a very English surname, somehow...)

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Originally posted by squiggle:
Well all I can say is that I have never heard any anti-Irish sentiment among all the English people I have met over the years. Quite the opposite in fact.

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:

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Originally posted by squiggle:
Well all I can say is that I have never heard any anti-Irish sentiment among all the English people I have met over the years. Quite the opposite in fact.

Me2.

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Originally posted by electric6:

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an element of anti Irish sentiment amongst the Brits.

Who bought all those bleedin' Westlife albums then?

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Originally posted by Irish-Princess:
Bit late with this one...

But the story about ROG snubbing the Queen by greeting her with his hands in his pockets although not really proper manners, it's bit rich for the English Media to lamblast him as has been done all weekend after Martin Johnsons performance in Landowne road with our head of State a few years ago, now surely that was alot worse, that was downright arrogance.

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Originally posted by Hollygolightly:
I am half Irish / German and my parents instilled in our family to NEVER judge anyone by their nationality or colour. They were determined that their children should grow up as unpredujiced as possible.
Quite frankly,I had a very difficult time of it when I lived in London, but only from a few ignorant individuals...Kraut/Paddy being two of the better forms of abuse I took every day.
Having said that when people got to know me and not the baggage from my countries history, things were fine. I have many fabulous English /British friends whome I absoultely love and adore. Sorry if this is long winded but I hate Nationalism in any shape or form

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Originally posted by Tayto:
ROG was caught with his hands in his pockets before he was introduced to The Queen. The media jumped on it fair enough. The Irish media jumped on Martin Johnson in the same way when he did what he did.
End of.

I'm Irish and live in Ireland. I have great respect for Queen Elizabeth - think she's great.

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Originally posted by Tayto:
PMSL Squiggle.

I agree with you but I won't quote your post with the flag in it.

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Originally posted by Shar:

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Originally posted by Hollygolightly:
I am half Irish / German and my parents instilled in our family to NEVER judge anyone by their nationality or colour. They were determined that their children should grow up as unpredujiced as possible.
Quite frankly,I had a very difficult time of it when I lived in London, but only from a few ignorant individuals...Kraut/Paddy being two of the better forms of abuse I took every day.
Having said that when people got to know me and not the baggage from my countries history, things were fine. I have many fabulous English /British friends whome I absoultely love and adore. Sorry if this is long winded but I hate Nationalism in any shape or form

Nothing wrong with nationalism provided it's not accompanied by prejudice and bigotry ...

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
I'd do the BOD.

Oh Princess()You forgot the London part in your location.*runs*

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Originally posted by squiggle:
I'm gonna give it one more try

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Originally posted by Tayto:

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
I'd do the BOD.

Oh Princess()You forgot the London part in your location.*runs*

The BOD's too well done at this stage.

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Originally posted by Tayto:

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Originally posted by squiggle:
I'm gonna give it one more try

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
I'd do the BOD.

Oh Princess()You forgot the London part in your location.*runs*

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
I'd do the BOD.

Oh Princess()You forgot the London part in your location.*runs*

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
Either his parents never thought him manners....

Oh dear oh dear.

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Originally posted by toker:
please say english if you mean english, and british if your including the scots and welsh.

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Originally posted by old hippy guy:
SOME people and (it has to be said) some countries seem to thrive on bearing a grudge, be it from 2 years ago or 700 years ago,
They seem to enjoy wallowing in self pity, the "oh poor me/us" syndrome I call it,
MOVE ON, get over it, YES the Brits did terrible things in Ireland, and I as a Brit am truly sorry, (NOT that I had ANY say in the matter, cause I wasnt born when most of it happened)
and shock horror the BRITISH media is biased towards the BRITISH QUEEN, what the F do you expect??
I was living in the ROI when some English rugby player apparently "insulted" the president of Ireland, and going on the reaction from the Irish media you would think he had goosed her and copped a feel,
What did he do? he wouldnt move off a carpet!! he later whole heartedly apologised said he didnt realise etc,
Was that good enough? not at all, seems they wanted blood, cause he's ENGLISH ya see, I myself was subjected to torrents of abuse at work for this OUTRAGE,
see 1 thing I learned when I lived n worked there was, to be ENGLISH means that one is PERSONALY responsible for EVERY crime every injustice every insult past present and future EVER perpetrated by MY country on the Irish.

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
I'd do the BOD.

Oh Princess()You forgot the London part in your location.*runs*