Offended by a celebratory chant.... Some people love an excuse.
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Offended by a celebratory chant.... Some people love an excuse.
This rush to get offended by every single mention of the IRA sickens me to be honest.
People will happily sing Amhr?n na bFhiann, despite the fact that when it was written, it would have been regarded by the "powers that be" as seditious, a call to terrorism whatever.
But it became "legitimised" because it was made the national anthem years later?
I have similar arguments on different fora regarding the IRA, and they generally boil down to the same fundamental debate.. when did the "good IRA" become the "bad IRA"
Because anyone who thinks it was ok from Padraig Pearse to declare an independent Republic on the steps of the GPO, and complains about Francis Hughes is a hypocrite
But the worst of it all is its taking away from the fantastic womens performance.. lets just talk about that now
The point stop pretending to have a problem with terrorist organization when for a year you showed support for one yourself.Quote:
Originally Posted by jbyrne
It shows how influenced we are by modern mediaQuote:
Originally Posted by jbyrne
Apparently we aren?t allowed to achknowledge the IRA in any positive light but at the same time we must at our respects to a queen who?s monarch caused terror on this island for centuries?
Irish people are unbelievably hypocritical when it comes to this stuff. Anything related to Loyalists/oRangemen singing any sort of chant and we're straight on it. Yet singing any pro IRA chant is fair game.
celtic symphony is not a sectarian/pro ira song hope this helpsQuote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
They have just spent 11 days in Overt British Nationalism to bury an old woman.Quote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum
Neither is the air of Billy boys. But when you chant oh ahh up the Ra it's the same thingQuote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
This forum does go to show as I've always believed how out of step it is with the general public view of things. It's always been a case for me of wanting to understand how the more radical think, but not shared by the majority. This is just another facet of that way of thinking
billy boys mention being up to their knees in fenian blood. i must have missed the part in celtic symphony where they used similar sectarian language.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea