The attitude of most 'southerners' (sic.) IMO was this:
It's the team of the people of Ireland. The majority want to hear the SS at Irish games. The majority of the players sing it. I'd say that the majority would accept a compromise that doesn't diminish the teams Irishness. I'd be happy with both flags (Irish and NI) and two anthems providing neither are the national anthem of England/Britain.
But hey why spoil a post with the facts. Your quote of me is basically this: If you don't like the current situation of rugby - which has bent over backwards to accomodate unionist feelings - then nothing is going to appease, bar of course the Union Jack (or the allegedly Irish part of that flag) and GSTQ - then go and support someone else or set up your own unionist and British team from the 6C and enter the 6N (7N it would become). If you find that offensive, tough!
No it wasn't. In fact GSTQ was used upto the seventies by the Welsh RU as our anthem and it even mentioned 'respect for our visitors' in the programme. (GSpain thinks it was to do with some royals turning up, but I'm waiting to see the proof that they actually did. Di only turned up for romps with Bum Chin if the rumours are true (Well they were strong eough to split up Bum Chin's marriage to that bird on VH1). Happy days for you I bet.
Another example of relegatiing Irishness to a regionality. The answer is to have two anthems like South Africa - The SS and one representing NI - instead of the current sh*t. If you want GSTQ for rugby then play the SS along with it NI games aswell.
Pretty stupid statement here. Many non 'southerners' accept the SS because they believe it the anthem of the Irish nation and that they have Irish as a nationality not as a regionality to another country.
Minority interests only work one way with these people. Ask them to recognise any of the symbols of Irish nationalism and they bring up the foreign country argument. Fine! That's why I'm so glad FIFA have decided to allow anyone eleigible for Irish citizenship to play for Ireland. There's certainly no shortage of support from the O6C when I go and watch Ireland play.
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