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Re: Give Ireland Back To the Irish [Re: Bobbins] 2
#27781226 - 05/17/22 07:07 AM (2 years, 2 days ago) |
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“The IRA doesn’t understand the difference between political violence and politics.”
Y’all realize Sinn Fein doesn’t happen without the IRA right?
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Re: Give Ireland Back To the Irish [Re: The Ecstatic] 1
#27781985 - 05/17/22 06:27 PM (2 years, 1 day ago) |
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During The Troubles, which lasted for decades, on average a bomb went off every day and one of the Provisional IRA's biggest arming operations was done by American Republicans, who felt kinship with the Irish Republican Army.
I'm not disrespecting the Provo's but - there was a lot of violence in the small and the big.
I agree with them that the natural border between Ireland and Britain is the ocean which goes all the way around. To have a part held hostage by another power is as unnatural to me as having the Germans run my country during WW2.
Let ireland be ireland so that the respect between sovereign states can -begin-.
Its not civil or respectful to occupy part of another country, it shows you view them as an inferior.
Thats the trouble with the Israel/Palestine situation too. A number of Jews feel that it is too early to establish the state of Israel, as by their scriptures ordained by God, and that its because of this that the current state of Israel is fraught with problem upon problem.
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Re: Give Ireland Back To the Irish [Re: Asante]
#27782840 - 05/18/22 10:51 AM (2 years, 1 day ago) |
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I view the isreal Palestine issue as singularly distinct from what happened in Ireland.
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I agree, but not all do. The Prov. IRA and PLO exchanged weapons and technology between them.
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Re: Give Ireland Back To the Irish [Re: Asante]
#27783871 - 05/19/22 06:10 AM (2 years, 11 hours ago) |
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I don't think it would have been possible for Sinn Fein to have this electoral success if Gerry Adams had not stepped down four years ago. Northern Ireland still has more Protestants than Catholics. The two women leading the party have less association with the Provos.
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Re: Give Ireland Back To the Irish [Re: Brian Jones] 2
#27783876 - 05/19/22 06:18 AM (2 years, 11 hours ago) |
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Its a phase in history that apparently was necessary, or it wouldnt have been.
Are Rebel Songs still illegal in Britain?
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Re: Give Ireland Back To the Irish [Re: The Ecstatic]
#27784041 - 05/19/22 09:24 AM (2 years, 8 hours ago) |
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The Ecstatic said: The IRA was good, actually.
Christ no. Run afoul of them and you'd end up face down in a bathtub, with two bullet holes in your kneecaps. They were not good people and I think even most normal Irish people who lived in areas where they were operating would probably agree with that. They were basically a kind of mafia.
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Re: Give Ireland Back To the Irish [Re: wolf8312]
#27784053 - 05/19/22 09:33 AM (2 years, 8 hours ago) |
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Yeah Ira was pretty much nothing but a terrorist organization
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CHeifM4sterDiezL said: Yeah Ira was pretty much nothing but a terrorist organization 
Yeah, although from what I've heard the British intelligence services were up to their neck in a lot of it. Pretty much the same kind of shit they got up to in Iraq and the old empire.
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Re: Give Ireland Back To the Irish [Re: wolf8312]
#27784092 - 05/19/22 10:18 AM (2 years, 7 hours ago) |
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This is a meaningless talking point. First of all, the size of a nation (or other polity) has little effect on per capita economics. For example, small nations can be very wealthy, and large nations can be very poor. You see the same thing with states, cities, etc. Small states can have strong economies and high wages, and large states can be poor and impoverished. This is not my opinion or a matter of conjecture, but a statistical and empirical fact that can be easily verified by looking up the economic and financial data across several different countries. The size of a national economy has basically no relevance to anyone besides investment bankers, corporate CEOs, and political and military leadership. From the perspective of the average citizen, what actually matters is the per capita economic data, not the size of the national economy.
Secondly, you automatically assume that supporters of Irish independence are conservative. This is absurd, and it just displays your complete ignorance of left wing politics, and I say that as a leftist myself. It's true that many neoliberals and other members of the center-left tend to favor larger governments, larger economies, and larger corporations, but most people on the "far-left" like socialists, communists, anarchists, indigenous activists, etc. would probably hold a very different view. There are many reasons to favor more localized, small scale governance in both the political and economic domain. Of course there are exceptions, but local government and small businesses tend to be less prone to corruption, and are more responsive to the interests and needs of their community. At more localized scales, it is easier to hold those in power accountable for their actions, and it's harder for corporations, lobbyists, and other special interest groups to throw their weight around. A corporation can spend a million dollars on lobbying at the national level, but it's much harder to do so in dozens of smaller elections at the same time.
Furthermore, there are many reasons why a population or group of people might not want to live under the authority of another nation, especially one like the UK. The UK has a long history of imperialism, oppression, and colonialism. By submitting to the authority of the UK (or the US, or the EU, or etc.), one is submitting to the authority of a nation that has been at the forefront of capitalism, imperialism, and colonialism for literally centuries. We need more national, cultural, and political diversity in the world, not less. Different cultures and nations should be politically free and independent, and should have the right to self-governance. People in the Commonwealth of nations or anywhere else in the world should not have to submit to the political authority of the UK, or any other nation. Countries should be ruled by their local populations and citizens, not by political and financial elites from foreign imperialistic nations like the UK or US. Ireland should not have to submit to the UK. Palestine should not have to submit to Israel. Self-governance is a good thing, not a bad thing, and self-governance is not some sort of right-wing "nationalist" position, it's actually a very common position that most socialists and other radical leftists support, even if the mainstream neoliberal centre-left does not.
Building international relations and partnerships is great, and I think most leftists would be big supporters of that, but fostering international cooperation does not in any way require the centralization of political and financial power, and in general, small business and local governments are going to serve the average citizen much better the multinational corporations and governments that answer to dozens of millions of citizens. Moreover, if you look at international political organizations and NGOs like the IMF, UN, the EU, the World Bank, etc. these organizations often present themselves as promoting friendly international relations and global cooperation, but in reality they actually function as a global instrument for protecting and promoting the interests of the political establishment and the capitalist class. In particular, they function as a neocolonialist tool to promote the centralization of political and economic power in the hands of a small ruling elite in the US, the UK, and the EU, primarily by means of "trade deals" and international agreements, in which smaller nations -- and often (though not always) poorer -- are forced into agreements that generally favor the larger and wealthier nations like the US and UK that get to dictate the terms of these agreements. Colonialism and imperialism are still alive and well, just under a different name. Organizations like the IMF and the UN are the modern vehicles of these imperialist policies, and they function almost entirely to make the US and UK more wealthy and more powerful, at the expense of the peoples and nations under their control (including their own citizens). If you want to promote international solidarity and cooperation, that's great and you should do so, but that goal can be pursued without the need for political and economic centralization, and as as liberal, I would expect you to appreciate the benefits of small business and local government.
You're not a critic of nationalism, but rather an advocate for neocolonialism.
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Re: Give Ireland Back To the Irish [Re: Quasiorder]
#27788726 - 05/22/22 08:31 PM (1 year, 11 months ago) |
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Of course the IRA was violent and coercive and broke the rules. What military isn’t/doesn’t?
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Re: Give Ireland Back To the Irish [Re: The Ecstatic]
#27794744 - 05/27/22 06:47 AM (1 year, 11 months ago) |
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https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-moves-to-make-irish-language-official-in-northern-ireland/
This is interesting, but mainly symbolic. Most of the people in the rest of Ireland don't speak much Irish.
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Re: Give Ireland Back To the Irish [Re: Asante]
#27794977 - 05/27/22 11:07 AM (1 year, 11 months ago) |
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Asante said: During The Troubles, which lasted for decades, on average a bomb went off every day
We had a very British-centric newsfeed in Aus and if I think about the 70's the IRA bombings, letterbox bombs were almost daily news.
Even though I agree with their cause they were a violent terrorist organisation with a perverted sense of justice.
I think it's a testament to the strength of character of the people that were able to shape Sinn Feign into a legitimate political party.
I still remember a joke from back then;
What's the fastest game on earth?
Playing a game of pass the parcel in a Belfast pub.
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I'm not glorifying any group that uses violence, such as the military of my country, but situation was that from the viewpoint of Ireland, the Provo IRA in their days were the military of their conquered country.
I wouldnt want a big neighbor like Germany holding down a portion of my land and with it keeping it from being sovereign and free. I would sympathize with those who did something about that, quite a bit.
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Re: Give Ireland Back To the Irish [Re: Asante]
#27795014 - 05/27/22 11:36 AM (1 year, 11 months ago) |
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Yes I take your point on them fighting for their independence I'm just not a fan
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I'm very uneasy about many aspectsof it too, others are interesting from other points of view, such as their advanced engineering of improvised materials, that stand completely apart from politics.
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