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was obviously a joke! (and done in the style of a daily mail writer)
Yeah, the Mail was even writing anti-Irish crap about pigs in the parlour even in the 90s, for God's sake.Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
Yeah too, Pete, they have an awful record with staff - look at the high turnover too. Always a bad sign, I reckon.
[QUOTE=dcfcsteve]It's called parody Klein4....![]()
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was obviously a joke! (and done in the style of a daily mail writer)
Lest you find yourself in the company of a sad-act reading the Irish Daily Mail, here's a couple of of their more choice quotes to regail them with as you call their sanity into question :
1994 : Paul Johnson (Columnist).
Whilst writing on of the Mail's favourite topics - sponging immigrants - he said that certain nationalities specialise in defrauding British taxpayers "First into the field, needless to say, were the Irish", he wrote, accusing us of flocking to Britain to claim the dole "as a kind of patriotic duty".
1996 : Bruce Anderson (columnist)
In an article attacking Ireland's then EU Commissioner over his European agricultural policies, he repeated Johnson's allegations, and said "As soon as you arrive in Ireland you leave the modern world". He described the West of Ireland as "a world of farm subsidies and corruption... based on the pig and potato and ruled over by the priest".He also libelled Padraig Flynn personally by trotting out all the usual anti-Irish character stereotypes. The Mail eventually publically apologised for this article, and paid-out damages to Flynn.
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Well done Steve on taking the time to show some examples although to be fair you do not have too look very hard when it comes to the Mail. Maybe you should pull together a selection of their infamous "Paddy" cartoons with a few Evening standard examples thrown in for good measure. I am happy to report both papers have now ceased this so perhaps our chance for our "day of anger" has gone
Couldn't put it better myself. Anyone buying the Mail is striving to be the thick Paddy that the paper likes to portray. Same goes for the Sun (too many anti-Irish articles to recount), the Express (likewise) or the Mirror (remember that rant coming up to Wembley 91?). But didn't The Irish Scum greet the news of Croke Park being opened up to soccer with a dig at GSTQ being played there?Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
Oddly enough, the Mail sells heaps of copies in Euros. It's the Costa Syndrome, where patriotic Brits who love their country fanatically and hate foreigners with an equal passion so much that they, erm, go and live abroad. You know; place ain't like what it was, too many foreigners who don't speak the language, etc. The Mail has an iteresting history. Leaving aside it's brief support for one of our most famous British guests of the 20th century, Oswald Moseley, it started life as a jingoist rag in 1896, just in time for the lead up to the Boer War. It's founder, Lord Harmsworth, claimed that his readers 'relished a 'good hate.'' With a stable of collumnists like Richard Littlesh*t, Peter Sh*tins and Simon Heffer they still get plenty to fuel to vent their spleen.
This is the cooooooooooooolest footy forum I've ever seen!
So what does that leave us with?Originally Posted by lopez
The Star ? or maybe the Guardian.
"Must you tell me all your secrets when it's hard enough to love you knowing nothing."
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Doesn't that leave you with three daily Irish papers (four if you include the Irish News)? Maybe the Sunday World could come up with a daily pile of tripe to cater for those that find the Times, Blueshirt and Examiner a bit too highbrow. FFS, there's enough scandal in the country and if there's a slow 'news' week then purchase the story from the British rags, as the Indo often does.Originally Posted by razor
This is the cooooooooooooolest footy forum I've ever seen!
PlusOriginally Posted by dcfcsteve
15 January 2006 Paul Drury
Parading of "IRA TROPHY" Puts Pressure on Celtic
Obviously anyone from here buying this rag is an imbecile. But more and more this country is becoming a sub state of britain. The tv shows, the papers, the football clubs Irish people "support", calling each other "mate" etc etc........
KOH
Dublin is worse than the rst of the country too. Its possible to live in Dublin & not even be aware anything exists outsdie the pale. I find thatnmost places outside the pale look towards Dublin first (political & economic centre) whereas Dublin looks to Britian first.Originally Posted by NY Hoop
Jesus that is utter nonsenseOriginally Posted by pete
Do you have to be from cork to come up with this rubbish?
KOH
And don't forget the Belfast Newsletter and Belfast Telegraph. (I wish I could as they're both ****e, but there you go)Originally Posted by lopez
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They're red, they're black
The hatchetmen are back.
We'll support you evermore
Though you never score...
Lopez, I hope you're not suggesting thatOriginally Posted by lopez
a) the Indo is highbrow (it's worse than most of the red tops, and certainly well behind the Star in terms of quality journalism)
b) a FG paper - long time since that was the case, FF through and through these days.
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
I have lived in Dublin for over 6 years so feel my opinion is somewhat informed. have you lived in Ireland outside Dublin?Originally Posted by NY Hoop
I lived for 2 years in cork. A lot of country people come to live in the capital but a lot less Dubs go to live down the country so I am very informed.Originally Posted by pete
KOH
Until it comes to the North and labour relations, then the Indo is safely back in William Martin Murphy/rabid Blueshirt mode.Originally Posted by Macy
KOH
No One Likes Us, We Don't Care
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
anyone else with me that theres more than a grain of truth to Bruce Anderson's thoughts as described above??
Is there a difference between FF and FG on labour relations? Only way FG could be more right wing than FF would be to be the PD's!Originally Posted by WeAreRovers
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
Maybe that's why they apologised and paid-out compensation..... ?Originally Posted by wws
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Sure is, Bertie is the Unions' "friend" don't forget - Dublin Airport etc. Bertie knows that there's votes in the unions, that's why IBEC and the other bosses groups hate him.Originally Posted by Macy
Having said that it's all posturing and electioneering by Bertie and he always has the PD attack dogs to do the nasty work for him. But I would still say that FF are the lesser of two evils when it comes to the big parties. Particularly when it comes to the North. There'd have been no GFA if FG had been in power.
Personally I'm hoping for a FF/Lab government next time. That would have 2 positive side-effects - 1) Rabbitte gone and 2) the PDs gone.
KOH
No One Likes Us, We Don't Care
Works out great for both parties - Bertie still the friend of the unions (votes for FF) & PDs enemy of the unions (votes for them). Each preaching to its own core base.Originally Posted by WeAreRovers
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