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What do ye guys think of the Irish flags burning on top of the bonfires?
Its not really fair as many Derry City fans are not happy!;)
I find it funny, I guess if thats what they really want to do then thats that.
But I would imagine if i had a bonfire at the back of the house and had a union jack on the top of it I would imagine I would be getting a call from the local garda.
Is there a law against burning national flags? Isnt there one in America?
tossers will be tossers is my viewpoint on it
I can't wait for the glorious 12th of July! Dundalk vs. Finn Harps - it's going to be great! :D
The law is its illegal to burn the American flag i think so in the North it would be the official flag and they could burn the tri-colour awayQuote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
it very much is not, flag burning is protected under freedom of speech laws in the US.Quote:
Originally Posted by micls
Aye you free staters don't know what your missing out on:rolleyes:
Its not really any sort of culture is it burning flags and effigies of religious leaders, mind you there is a Nationalist bonfire night in August I think it is to comemerate the introduction of Internment its nowhere near as big though!
Interesting story that I came accross the other day about the BNP planning to recruit at parades during the 12th!! I'd say they will probably find a few idiots willing to buy into their racist rhetoric.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6265020.stm
They tried it before with football hooligan firms, and were laughed out of itQuote:
Originally Posted by SolitudeRed
Really should be a national holiday down here as well. no feckin bonfires though!!! Enough of that carry on already down here.
how so :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
Whatever. A day off is a day off.Quote:
Originally Posted by galwayhoop
:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
shocking attitude tbh.
hopefully tongue in cheek
Try joining the rest of us on the dole Dodge, everyday is a potential 12th of July ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Is that where your Handle originates from then?;)Quote:
Originally Posted by [B
Not tongue in cheek at all. I'd lick the queen's arse if it meant I got an extra weeks holidaysQuote:
Originally Posted by galwayhoop
Mind you I'd probably need more than that
I loved this bit...Quote:
Originally Posted by SolitudeRed
Mr Kennedy, the UUP deputy leader, told the assembly the (BNP) party was not welcome. "I have said to them that this isn't the kind of imported hate-mongering that we want or need in Northern Ireland."
And who says it's only the Americans who don't do irony.
It commemorates an important event (or sequence of them) in Irish history for starters.Quote:
Originally Posted by galwayhoop
It'd be a handy way to "take back the 12th" from the uber-prods for another.
...and as Dodge said -sure it's a day off ...in July.
That'd be like Saudi Arabia importing oil.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vitruvian Man
Don't think they'll have got much change out of the members of the Loyal Orange Lodge of Togo that took place in the demonstrations tho.:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by SolitudeRed
I'd be somewhat in favour of that. It's not like everyone would be forced to go to a parade (more likely we'd all go to the sea-side), but it would be a harmless way of showing a bit of respect for the traditions of the other side, which would go along with LR's other post:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
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Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
Yep, take the sting out of it.
Seems to have gone off brilliantly peacefully. A Good Thing.