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Thread: Should Ireland be united?
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11th November 2010, 22:26 #41
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11th November 2010, 22:29 #42
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I sometimes get the impression the 'English' would quite like another small war with Argentina (not in a pre-emptive way you understand).
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12th November 2010, 08:28 #43
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If you want to discuss the Falkland Islands please use the other thread.
Originally Posted by Cooper_S
The M1 motorway and A1 link replacing the horrible old N1 between Dublin and Belfast meaning that people in Belfast can realistically go to Dublin for a day trip and vice-versa (I know, I've done it!) and no border controls whatsoever. In fact one of the only practical things that seperates the Republic from Northern Ireland and makes it different from e.g. going from England to Scotland, is that they use a different currency.
Should the UK ever join the Euro, with Ireland and the UK both being EU members, then the problem will partly disappear as it won't make much difference which side of the border you're on.Please 'like' our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/motorsportforums
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12th November 2010, 09:03 #44
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Originally Posted by Mark
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12th November 2010, 10:05 #45
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Originally Posted by Cooper_S
Of course religion is an issue, which is always difficult for an Englisher to understand where religion is largely irrelevant these days.Please 'like' our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/motorsportforums
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12th November 2010, 13:14 #46
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Originally Posted by Mark
Looking back, and I have absolutely no proof of this, it's just a suspicion, I think the Irish government educated its people this way in order to avoid too much conflict with the UK. I have known people over the years whose political sympathies lay with the IRA to a degree that it was better not to ask, possibly dangerous people. If the Irish government(s) had taken a different policy, it could have been the majority of people in the Republic who held these views, so imagine the mess that would have been.
The result of it all, though, is that many Northern Irish people who identified with the Republic have felt abandoned and betrayed by it.
You only have to look at international football: why is it that Ireland is so called, and not "Republic of Ireland"? "Ireland" is an island, a geographical entity. It's a minor quibble, but it seems wrong to me.
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12th November 2010, 13:34 #47
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Originally Posted by fandango
As for your other points, is similar to Scotland I think. Many English like the idea of visiting or living in Scotland, many Scots on the other hand don't have such fond regard of the English!
So from what you are saying those Northern Ireland residents who identify closely with the republic may find themselves less welcome than they first thought?Please 'like' our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/motorsportforums
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12th November 2010, 22:58 #48
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Isn't it strange and I hope I have not mentioned this before in that the acrimony between the religions is more prevalent in Scotland that it is in England.
Take the soccer teams, Glasgow Celtic, started by Irish Christian Brothers and then Glasgow Ranger supported by Protestant Unionists. Again I emphasise that religion is the catalyst and excuse. It really is Nationalism and Unionism. My opinion only. It's sad to see people so close in identity harbor such hatred. Not monopolized by either group.
I believe (imho) that the English people are less involved in this hatred than the groups from N1 and Scotland."Believers that socialism is a one aspect theory are deluded and do not comprehend it"
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12th November 2010, 23:27 #49
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Originally Posted by Mark
And it's not a question of being less welcome, for Northern Irish people in the Republic, more an attitude. They don't expect to be foreigners, but they are. It's very subtle, not at all like the resentment to the English.
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