Post by Wasp on Oct 30, 2008 19:24:10 GMT
so what are you disagreeing with? What is your stance? Is it:
1. Indigenous people of a country should not get preference above blow-in's.
2. Irish speakers are not considered indigenous.
Please clarify what you are disagreeing with.
1. Indigenous people of a country should not get preference above blow-in's.
2. Irish speakers are not considered indigenous.
Please clarify what you are disagreeing with.
I am in disagreement with funding for the Irish language not token funding and I AM in disagreement with paying to have Irish translated at stormont etc.
Well, if you don't support democracy or recognise international law, then you could argue that it doesn't make it right.
I'm a supporter of democracy, international law and treaties between sovereign governments. The GFA was passed through a democratic vote on both sides of the border and was signed off in an international agreement between the sovereign governments of our respected states.
I'm a supporter of democracy, international law and treaties between sovereign governments. The GFA was passed through a democratic vote on both sides of the border and was signed off in an international agreement between the sovereign governments of our respected states.
Earl a piece of paper or any agreemnet does not cnage the fact that people born on British soil are British and people born on Irish soil are Irish. If you support international law etc then you must support the war in Afghanistan.
It doesn't matter where you pay your taxes to or what set of laws you abide by (clearly, you are a bit grey when it comes to laws you like, and choose to ignore those you don't like) . Legally, under British and international law, a person born in NI can be a British or Irish citizen, or both.
Yes they can, but that still doesn't change the fact that they are British or Irish by birth depending on whetehr or not the were born in the republic or born in the UK.
The people they are trying to 'appease' are people who are just like you and who have their own identity. Do you not agree that a person should be free to be the person that they are? You are born British or Irish, you don't choose it.
If I want to be American I can apply for citizenship, if I was born in the republic and want to be British then I can be BUT by birth I would be and always would be Irish.
My point is that we are not robots. Not everything that we do has a practical purpose or need to produce a profit. Culture can be profitable, but often it costs more than it makes.
Again what is your point??
The geographical name for the island is Ireland. You are getting geographical and political maps all muddled up. There are no state lines on a geographical map.
Any map I had at school had borders on it which clearly showed the various countries.
Come off it WASP. Are you sitting there waiting for round 2, waiting for the PIRA to just start off again?
Do you watch the news? If you don't then you should and you would see terrorism is not a thing of the past.
That's not my point at all.
What is your point then.