DUP Bigotry

Don't know which section this should go in..'Off Topic' or 'Other' Sports', but I'll post the ridiculous statement here anyway.... :mad:

DUP man says 'Irish' should be dropped from Lions title
12:52 Wednesday April 13th 2005

A DUP councillor from Belfast has complained about the inclusion of the word 'Irish' in the name of the British and Irish Lions rugby team.
Nelson McCausland said he had written to the rugby authorities to express his unease at what he described as "political correctness run amok".

He said the team had for decades been known as the British Lions, but the name appeared to have changed in recent years to include the word 'Irish'.

He said the team was drawn from the British Isles and should be known only as the British Lions, despite the fact that 11 of this year's squad are Irishmen.

They're just so laughable at this stage. Who in their right mind would actually listen to these jokers? :rolleyes:

You know we are forever stuck with this term British Isles which sweeps us under the description of British. I believe the government in the 1950's once lodged a complaint with the UN to have it taken out of use. It is a term I find quite annoying and I wish we had done more to get it dropped.

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Originally Posted by Éanna

They're just so laughable at this stage. Who in their right mind would actually listen to these jokers? :rolleyes:

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Unfortunately they get more votes than any other party up North! :confused:

Sad thing is that they actually believe their own hype...unreal :eek:

Electioneering nonsense.

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Originally Posted by Poor Student

You know we are forever stuck with this term British Isles which sweeps us under the description of British. I believe the government in the 1950's once lodged a complaint with the UN to have it taken out of use. It is a term I find quite annoying and I wish we had done more to get it dropped.

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Gotta say never bothered me, just a geographical term. Don't hear Fuji having a go at being part of Australasia...

I'd love to call the "Ulster" Unionist parties on their bluff.

They have serious idenity issues. They dont live in Britian but they're British. They claim to be "Ulster" Unionist but wont have the other counties of Ulster because that would ruin their little cosy consent set up.

Reminds me of Le Pen and the French footbal team

Sure give them the rest of the 3 counties of Ulster. They we'll have an election

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Originally Posted by Macy

Don't hear Fuji having a go at being part of Australasia...

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Aren't they a Japanese company? :confused: :D


Anyway, being part of Australasia is like being part of Europe, in a way.

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Originally Posted by Macy

Gotta say never bothered me, just a geographical term. Don't hear Fuji having a go at being part of Australasia...

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Fuji is a mountain in Japan Macy. Nowhere near Australasia.... :D

Australasia is the name of a continent. It just happens to sound a bit like 'Australia'. Likewise - just because Mexico is in 'North America' or 'The Americas' doesn't mean people are claiming it's in the US......

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Fuji is a mountain in Japan Macy. Nowhere near Australasia.... :D

Australasia is the name of a continent. It just happens to sound a bit like 'Australia'. Likewise - just because Mexico is in 'North America' or 'The Americas' doesn't mean people are claiming it's in the US......

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Look I'm busy in work, okay... :o :D

aye, is it fiji you're looking for macy :D ?

The DUP are a joke, the only time they speak is to criticize or complain about someone/something. They are full of negatives and have no desire for moving forward/discussion. The sooner they get rid of the Big Ian(Reverend my ar$e), Sammy 'Streaker' Wilson and co. the better. They are as bitter as lemons. :rolleyes:

British and Irish Lions makes it fair, why doesn't he write to the IFA and see if they make the Northern Ireland set-up fair for fans!!! anthem, flag etc :mad:

Got to agree with the bigot myself (notorious religious gobsh*te who is mentioned in 'The Committee'). What sort of Irishman would play in a British representative side? :confused: Got to be a unionist, non. Remember reading in EMFA fanzine about the Aussies playing 'the Queen' in the eighties when the BRITISH Lions were out there. The person writing it was complaining about Brendan Mullin, saying 'we never expected you to sit down in protest. But FFS, we didn't expect you to join in singing it (the Queen), either.'

Tell you what Nelson, you keep your f*cking Lions Irish free and let us play The Soldier's Song at ALL our matches. Deal?! :p

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Originally Posted by lopez

Tell you what Nelson, you keep your f*cking Lions Irish free and let us play The Soldier's Song at ALL our matches. Deal?! :p

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If only...but our yellow-spined rugby union would probably accede to a 'compromise' song such as bloody Irelands Call, which one man, Denis MacBride, forced the union to introduce because of his belief that he was British and would not stand to Amhrann na BhFiann as he found it insulting.

Sad that one little orange bast*rd can change a tradition dating back to when the anthem was actually written.

If they hate the word so much it's a wonder they still use the term Northern IRELAND to describe the six county’s.

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Originally Posted by dublinharp

If they hate the word so much it's a wonder they still use the term Northern IRELAND to describe the six county’s.

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Wonder it's not the 'British North' or something stupiddddddd!
:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by joeSoap

If only...but our yellow-spined rugby union would probably accede to a 'compromise' song such as bloody Irelands Call, which one man, Denis MacBride, forced the union to introduce because of his belief that he was British and would not stand to Amhrann na BhFiann as he found it insulting.

Sad that one little orange bast*rd can change a tradition dating back to when the anthem was actually written.

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He's a sad hypocritical b*stard. Denis McBride actually stood for the anthem in the first place before he got that pathetic dirge introduced.

The situation reminds me of a Real Madrid friend of mine who complained about a bit part player in Spain turning down an under-21 cap in the late nineties - the first one he ever heard of - because he'd rather play for 'his country.' He wasn't Basque or Catalan but a bloke called Nacho of Galicia who was then I think playing for Compostela. I saw him on a Sky Sports programme about Spanish football saying the same thing although he didn't mention anything about turning down a cap. Give him his dues, the man had, if not much talent, certainly principles.

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Originally Posted by kerr's tribe

The DUP are a joke... The sooner they get rid of the Big Ian(Reverend my ar$e), Sammy 'Streaker' Wilson and co. the better. They are as bitter as lemons. :rolleyes:

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Sammy Wilson. A gob****e of the first order. :D And how I laughed...

Ali G: "Is you Irish?"
Sammy W: "No, I'm British"
Ali G: "Ahhh. Is you 'ere on 'oliday?"

Priceless. :D

:D PP

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Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy

Sammy Wilson. A gob****e of the first order. :D And how I laughed...

Ali G: "Is you Irish?"
Sammy W: "No, I'm British"
Ali G: "Ahhh. Is you 'ere on 'oliday?"

Priceless. :D

:D PP

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yes. absolutely top class from Ali G. The look on his face was priceless. The interview with the Orange Order guy was brilliant too:
Ali: Would you marry a Catholic?
OO: Personally, no I wouldn't.
Ali: even if she had her own car?!
:D

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Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy

Sammy Wilson. A gob****e of the first order. :D And how I laughed...

Ali G: "Is you Irish?"
Sammy W: "No, I'm British"
Ali G: "Ahhh. Is you 'ere on 'oliday?"

Priceless. :D

:D PP

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yeah, remember him caught frolicking naked (put u off your breakfast! :eek: ) in the forest with some girl? , hence sammy streaker as we called him :D He is such a plonker, he used to be a teacher i think!!

That ali g clip on northern ireland was brill, sammy streaker was raging. And also the Orange order guy too....

Ali G: Would you marry a Catholic?

OO grandmaster or whatever: No, it is against my beliefs

Ali G: Aaah, but what if she was really fit?

Eanna, you beat me to it!!! :D :D

Yeah, but just what is your problem with the RAC? And Gay-Lick is just a batty language...

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Originally Posted by Éanna

yes. absolutely top class from Ali G. The look on his face was priceless. The interview with the Orange Order guy was brilliant too:
Ali: Would you marry a Catholic?
OO: Personally, no I wouldn't.
Ali: even if she had her own car?!
:D

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Ali G; does you ave music on dis march,
OO; Oh yes, we have lot's of music on our marches,
Ali G; does you ave drums,
OO , oh yes we have lots of drums,
Ali G, Is you like knocking out a drum and bass fing or is you more like speed garage,
OO, :confused:

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Originally Posted by kerr's tribe

...Ali G: Would you marry a Catholic?

OO grandmaster or whatever: No, it is against my beliefs

Ali G: Aaah, but what if she was really fit?

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OO: No!

Ali G: What if she is one of dem Julies from The Corrs? :D

:D

i just wish he had interviewed Big Ian, that would have been a cracker! His BP would have gone through the roof :p

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Originally Posted by Macy

Gotta say never bothered me, just a geographical term. Don't hear Fuji having a go at being part of Australasia...

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not the best on the old latin but does't austral mean south?
that would make australasia mean south asia.

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Originally Posted by $Leon$

not the best on the old latin but does't austral mean south?
that would make australasia mean south asia.

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Dunno, but the main theory behind the origins of the name 'Eire' is that it is a derivative of the Gaelic/Celtic word 'iarthar' or 'iar' meaning west.

Interesting to see that Britain was therefore the point of reference used when naming our country....! West Brits indeed ! :D

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Dunno, but the main theory behind the origins of the name 'Eire' is that it is a derivative of the Gaelic/Celtic word 'iarthar' or 'iar' meaning west.

Interesting to see that Britain was therefore the point of reference used when naming our country....! West Brits indeed ! :D

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you could also say that ireland was the western edge of the known world at the time. i'd imagine the name dates pre discovery of america and that the world is infact round. europe, the middle east and africa were the known world at the time.

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Dunno, but the main theory behind the origins of the name 'Eire' is that it is a derivative of the Gaelic/Celtic word 'iarthar' or 'iar' meaning west.

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I thought Éire was a Celtic goddess.

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Originally Posted by Schumi

I thought Éire was a Celtic goddess.

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i think your right
thats what it says here anyway
eire