Originally Posted by paul_oshea
How do you figure that?
Percentage identifying as "Northern Irish Only": 21%
Percentage identifying as "British & Northern Irish Only": 6%
Percentage identifying as "Irish Only": 25%
Unless I'm reading something incorrectly...
Edit: Are you combining the two former figures? What's interesting about it exactly?
NB is summing the "Northern Irish Only" and "British & Northern Irish Only" categories, and using that sum to make a comparison with the "Irish only" category. Why? Because NB thinks it is interesting and by posting this interesting observation here he's presumably hoping to get some interesting debate on his interesting observation. By interesting I understand NB as meaning pointless.
Ha ha, to ifk's post and DI's diagram.
In the former's case, what about the other 48%...
Well nicked. Well done.
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
No problems. Well, in the main...
Here's to many more.
A combination of the above presumably, along with other identities from around the world.In the former's case, what about the other 48%...
Or maybe "Northen Irish"...
Come now, on the basis of their ropey spelling on here, the alumni of the unionist education system would appear to have much to answer for...
Though am presuming that eejit is additionally one of the '6%' from that census?
I await the arrival of the 'No To Foreign Games' poster.Come now, on the basis of their ropey spelling on here, the alumni of the unionist education system would appear to have much to answer for...
On the contrary, mo chara....our Minister for Education here in Northern Ireland can claim a lot of credit:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20678866
Well done Johno.
Last edited by Not Brazil; 11/12/2012 at 11:42 PM.
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
From last place to first in a year, O'Dowd must be a miracle worker. Sinn Fein rocks!
NI education status 'an enduring myth'
Presumably by the same people with that placard, about G.A.A.?
Doesn't matter if the current crop are all budding Einsteins;their parents (& similar) can't spell...
This reminds me of another protest a few years ago, also at the city hall when the first gay marriage took place. One of the protesters had a placard which read "Ulster says no to sodomy."
Now I'm no expert but to engage in buggery I think you need at least one penis in the coupling.
The couple in question were called Grainne and Shannon.
Strap-on!
Last edited by The Fly; 12/12/2012 at 3:50 PM.
Some would have you believe that the northern counties are in a constant state of alert against every perceived threat.
Save Ulster From ----
Ulster Says No To -------
Insert threat of choice.
I think this time it's particularly ironic, seeing as they're protesting a decision made by a democratically elected body.
"Ulster says no to removing the flag!"
No mate, Ulster says yes to it. Otherwise they would have voted DUP instead of SF and Alliance.
In many ways, the hard core Unionists remind me of nutjob christians in the US. They genuinely think it's a grave human rights abuse that their privileged position is being taken away, and they have to be treated just like anyone else.
Peadar i said that on one of the first posts on this thread, or maybe it was another thread.
Anyway,yes thats exactly who they are, look to the roots of those in mid-state redneck america and you have a larger proportion of the bible god squad who are of german(mormon/methodist/presbyterian/protestant/insert_i_cant_believe_its_not_a_real_religion_here )ancestry or scots/ulster/ulster scots/northern irish. About the same time they were shipped over here they went a bit further west too.
Last edited by paul_oshea; 12/12/2012 at 3:36 PM.
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
One of the remarkable things over the past fews days is that nobody has picked up the massive U Turn by the (so called) political representaives of "Loyalism".
We have seen high ranking figures in the PUP at various protests - we have been told by the PSNI that members of the UVF (and UDA) have been involved in organising and participating in some of the violent scenes we have witnessed.
However, a look at the Belfast City Council Equality Impact Assessment on the flying Of The Union Flag at City Hall, includes the following submission from the PUP:
Progressive Unionist Party
- Northern Ireland is an integral part of the United Kingdom and the flag of a nation is a constitutional symbol;
- while this needs to be respected there is no requirement to fly the flag every day;
- it is our opinion that the Union flag should fly outside the City Hall, the Ulster Hall and the Duncrue Complex on the designated flag days plus the additional four days exclusive to Northern Ireland.
Make of that as you will.
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
Fair play for pointing out NB. Occasionally, even the PUP make some sense!
But they do seem to indulge in a lot of 'double-speak', but not exactly exclusive to them.
Or as my pal says, like the white South Africans (well Boers) and the Israelis and their settlers.
All equally contemptible for the reasons you cite.
I met Ulster on the street one day.
I concluded our conversation by asking "Will your answer to this question be 'no'?"
I'll never forget the conflicted look on their face.
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