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Precedent, or more likely selective use of a black armband for dead royal from every royal family in the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus
Oh and Townsend is 100% British. He's spoke about wanting England to beat Ireland in euro 88.
Professional pride made him an excellent player for this country, and he's obviously still fond of the country. But he's still considers himself British. I've no problem with this.
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Originally Posted by jebus
Says the guy who keeps posting on here.
Well she wasn't Irish and there was no reason for irish players to do this. And it was corny as hell. Fools in green jerseys.
So what though? It was corny as hell, as was everything to do with her death, but so what?Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
So it shouldnt have been done. No non Irish person should be celebrated in this way (and trust me, I ain't no armchair republican)Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus
I agree, but does it affect me in any way shape or form when something like this happens? No, not at allQuote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Didn't we have remembrances for the WTC attacks?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
hmmm because thats a fair comparison GZ...
3000 average joes v. 1 spoiled princess...
Another thing I didn't agree with. Did we have anything for the victims of the Tsunami? (and I@m not sure whether we did in a football snense either...)Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
It is when it comes to whether the Irish should hold public marks of respect for another nation's lossQuote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
yeah i know, but the thing is if these muppets had their mind on the important stuff, like trying to win the bloody game and qualify, etcQuote:
Originally Posted by jebus
I'm not saying they're similar in any way except that there was a massive media circus, an outpouring of grief be it misplaced or not, effected somewhere else and we commemorated them in some token way.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
The squad wearing armbands was a gesture on the part of the squad, not the Irish nation. A lot of them were subjects of hers and others would've had the sort of affection seen for her in the days after her death. If it gave the lads an extra bit to play for, bravo Andy Townsend. Did we win that day?
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Originally Posted by bennocelt
They won 4-2 away from home and then went to Lithiania and won again to make the playoffs where we lost to Belgium on a refereeing error. They weren't muppets.
Lady Di RIP may have had no connection with this country but she was certainly hugely popular. No interest myself but she was an incredibly popular figure who did a lot of good work and was part of the Royal family of our nearest neighbour where most of our squad earned their living.
did we wear armbands after the WTC attacks then? i think that the league had a minutes silence... again, i would have more sympathy for the people who died on Sept. 11 than a princess who died on the N11...
furthermore there were irish people who died in the Sept. 11 attacks. 2 who worked in the towers and 1 lady on one of the flights. Reason enough in my opinion.
That about sums you up. Subjects ffs??? Thats thr problem with royalty.:rolleyes:Quote:
A lot of them were subjects of hers
:confused: Do you think I'm a monarchist or something? If they're British citizens then yes, they are subjects of the royal family. Not my cup of tea but then its not my problem, I'm not British.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mayo_Bhoy
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Originally Posted by gspain
Obviously you dont remember the actual performances then:rolleyes:
Belgium were world beaters then too
No connection. Repeat, No connection
Cult of celebrity
Good work, what?
Fair enough. I took you up wrong obvQuote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac