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The now disbanded IRA, that one?

jord wrote:

Braddock wrote:

jord wrote:

Wow Cam, wow.

Look at it this way, how would you feel if one of your fellow Englishmen joined the IRA?

I'd be angry yes, but wishing death on them?

Not really, no. Besides they'd just get bullied by by the IRA anyway for being English.

How would you feel about Brits who spied for Russia causing the deaths of hundreds of fellow Britons?

... or was that just a really bad example?

jord wrote:

I have the feeling this is going to be true and you're going to link me to the story...

Angry is how I'd feel, but do people joining for the Republic of Ireland spy for Ireland's enemies and get 100's of irishmen killed...?

It isn't unheard of....

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/th … 72848.html

Lets keep the focus on these "neo-soupers" please Sasanach!..

"took soup"  -  we still recall stories from the Great Hunger era (irish famine) of English efforts to gain converts to the Church of England. The British sought to capitalize on the starvation of the mostly Catholic Irish poor — a starvation they did much to promote — by offering life sustaining soup to those who would renounce their faith.

Most preferred hunger or emigration, but those who “took the soup” or “soupers” were always referred to bitterly. It was a form of degradation, and worse, a collaboration with their persecutors.

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jord wrote:

No Russia and the UK are in peace time. I want a link of when someone who joined the British Army from the Republic of Ireland got 100's of irishmen killed in peace time please.

An Irishman could well be asked to engage in what the Brits engaged in on Bloody Sunday if the political climate changed and such orders came through. Let's face it - these guys joined an army that occupies six counties of Ireland against the will of the indigenous population. It's as simple as that. It's as if the Nazis had occupied Britain, cleared off, but got an agreement to keep Cornwall, and then some Londoners went to joint he Nazi army.

I'd have more respect for them if they had joined the French Foreign Legion - at least they helped our asses down through the ages (if pathetically).

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CameronPoe wrote:

jord wrote:

No Russia and the UK are in peace time. I want a link of when someone who joined the British Army from the Republic of Ireland got 100's of irishmen killed in peace time please.

An Irishman could well be asked to engage in what the Brits engaged in on Bloody Sunday if the political climate changed and such orders came through. Let's face it - these guys joined an army that occupies six counties of Ireland against the will of the indigenous population. It's as simple as that. It's as if the Nazis had occupied Britain, cleared off, but got an agreement to keep Cornwall, and then some Londoners went to joint he Nazi army.

I know what the situation is I don't need it spelled out to me as if my country is the equivalent of the Nazi's.

France wanted your island too as a staging point to invade England, so they didn't really help you.

Unless helping an old woman across the road into her house so you can try and rape her is helping...

jord wrote:

CameronPoe wrote:

coke wrote:

Get over it, wishing that they get "creamed in Afghanistan" makes you more of a traitor than them in my eyes.

I'm a traitor? Why?

I assume because you wish the death of your countrymen because they joined a foreign military. Maybe to see action, maybe because their family and friends got killed in a terrorist attack and it's their only chance of getting back. Though it's all the same huh, they deserve to die either way...

Jord - I'm not wishing ill on British soldiers in the British army. I'm wishing ill on turncoats, that's all. There are people on this island alive today who lost relatives and ancesters to the British army from the late 1800s up to the present day.

PS Don't understand your terrorist attack reference.

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M.O.A.B wrote:

Let's hope this doesn't become one of them international incidents ,

Ireland had quite a large helping for Nazi's during WWII, now that's pretty bad stuff.

Try doing a bit of reading. Ireland provided airspace for allied flyovers and provided no help whatsoever to the Nazis. The only point of contention is that we didn't let the Jews in.

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CameronPoe wrote:

jord wrote:

CameronPoe wrote:

I'm a traitor? Why?

I assume because you wish the death of your countrymen because they joined a foreign military. Maybe to see action, maybe because their family and friends got killed in a terrorist attack and it's their only chance of getting back. Though it's all the same huh, they deserve to die either way...

Jord - I'm not wishing ill on British soldiers in the British army. I'm wishing ill on turncoats, that's all. There are people on this island alive today who lost relatives and ancesters to the British army from the late 1800s up to the present day.

PS Don't understand your terrorist attack reference.

The reference was an example of why someone might join the B. Army. And I wanted to know whether they fell into your "Irish citizens in the British Army that are allowed to live" box. If of course you have one.

If your kid was in London visiting, and was blown to bits by Islamic terrorists, and the only way you could get revenge was by joining the British Army. Is that okay?

jord wrote:

CameronPoe wrote:

jord wrote:

I assume because you wish the death of your countrymen because they joined a foreign military. Maybe to see action, maybe because their family and friends got killed in a terrorist attack and it's their only chance of getting back. Though it's all the same huh, they deserve to die either way...

Jord - I'm not wishing ill on British soldiers in the British army. I'm wishing ill on turncoats, that's all. There are people on this island alive today who lost relatives and ancesters to the British army from the late 1800s up to the present day.

PS Don't understand your terrorist attack reference.

The reference was an example of why someone might join the B. Army. And I wanted to know whether they fell into your "Irish citizens in the British Army that are allowed to live" box. If of course you have one.

If your kid was in London visiting, and was blown to bits by Islamic terrorists, and the only way you could get revenge was by joining the British Army. Is that okay?

skating on thin ice given the  amount of children killed by the British crown forces here in the north of Ireland from 1968-2005.. how does revenge look now... justifiable?