it's a symptom of a relatively young melting-pot country

People just want to identify with something and stand out from others / fit in with a local community - ancestral heritage is just one way of doing it.

Posted By: CWC on April 16th 2013 at 10:52:43

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Hmm (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Apr 16, 09:05:15
- Can someone add a bit more detail to this for the relatively young and uninformed (General Chat) - samcd84, Apr 16, 09:52:03
  - Yep - which they did (General Chat) - duke of york, Apr 16, 10:02:02
    - BIzarre thing to link the two. I like DB but he's been a prick there. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Apr 16, 10:03:33
      - I guess only point being - if anyone ever asks you to donate to support acts of violence (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 16, 10:09:25
        
        I think in this case you're crediting him with a more than he deserves. (General Chat) - jafski, Apr 16, 10:17:10
        
        maybe. but a cynical look at the way Washington treated Sinn/IRA (General Chat) - fal5taff, Apr 16, 10:26:02
        
        yep.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Apr 16, 10:27:35
        
        Yes. That 8 year old lad that died was involved with all that shit. Well done all. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Apr 16, 10:43:56
        
        no ones suggesting anything like that..... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Apr 16, 10:49:26
        
        It was the wrong time to make that point that's all I'm saying. (General Chat) - jafski, Apr 16, 11:20:56
        
        errm... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Apr 16, 12:08:47
        
        I've not been affected by terrorism so my opinion isn't valid. No worries. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Apr 16, 12:13:34
        
        errrm... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Apr 16, 12:14:35
        
        "Guess you've never been directly affected by terrorism - otherwise you may have a slightl (General Chat) - jafski, Apr 16, 12:17:01
      - Is that the real Db then? bit surprised he's come out with that if it is,not on really. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 16, 10:05:46
        
        It is him yes. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Apr 16, 10:06:19
      - Agree with that, big fan of Baker but pointless comment (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, Apr 16, 10:04:28
  - Used to happen in the UK too. North London, Manchester, Brum, Liverpool. (General Chat) - jafski, Apr 16, 10:01:43
    - Oh and parts of Glasgow. Funding for Loyalist terror groups went on too. (General Chat) - jafski, Apr 16, 10:05:56
  - yes, via a fundraising organisation called NORAID. was the IRAs (General Chat) - fal5taff, Apr 16, 10:00:56
    - That certain Irish-American attitude is kind of annoying. (General Chat) - bird table, Apr 16, 10:21:52
      - it's a symptom of a relatively young melting-pot country (General Chat) - CWC, Apr 16, 10:52:43
      - its the romance of the "struggle".... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Apr 16, 10:29:47
  - in a nutshell, yes (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Apr 16, 09:55:40
  - Yes,lots of Irish Americans in Boston. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 16, 09:53:56
    - Also places called Cambridge,Lynn, and Walpole iirc. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 16, 09:58:42
      - Well it is New England for a reason. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 16, 09:59:54
        
        Even places called Boaron (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 16, 10:00:09
        
        FFS. Boston (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 16, 10:00:20
        
        Yeah i was going to add that,thought it may have been abit obvious though! (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 16, 10:03:32
- bad taste and bad timing to make a point like that... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Apr 16, 09:30:34
  - There was a lot in The Guardian last night. (General Chat) - phrankin, Apr 16, 09:36:23

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