do people still watch the bbc?
Not a fucking hopeâŠWe should leave the EU though and bring back the punt.
Isnât Racist Riggins a Blueshirt?
Is he aware that it was Fine Gael who removed the 26 counties from the Commonwealth?
Please read the posts in this thread.
I have, mate, I donât think you have though, such is your snowflakey rage at people not wishing to reinstate a colonial link.
Another swing, another miss.
Deary me, Tim. How lame, even by your standards.
Have you got any more cliched INTERNET âdebatingâ techniques or is that it?
When have you debated the question at hand?
I asked you did you read the thread and you came back with a sentence which makes no sense.
I gave you a reply which makes perfect sense if you understand English, which youâre giving all the signs of not doing, but thatâs cool - itâs nice to think that anybody looking to learn English, such as yourself, would log in here.
You clearly still have a fair bit of learning to do though.
Of course you didnât reply to the initial point made.
Are you a Fine Gael supporter?
And are you aware that Fine Gael removed the 26 counties from the Commonwealth?
If youâve read the thread (which you claim to have), youâll know that itâs not a point that has come up in it so far.
Of course Sidney, did you miss the bit about me saying even Dev was against the declaration? Hmm, I wonder which of the ruling party duopoly in Ireland would have done it then? 
A total nonsense of a point which you seem to think is brilliant. What relevance does that have to the actual argument? I couldnât give a shit what Fine Gaelâs policy was on this 65 years ago. I may have voted for FG but I am not some party member devoted to them. I consider them the best of a bad bunch, but that doesnât say much. If you want me to criticise Costelloâs government and Fine Gael then fine. I can criticise them on any number of things from their history, it makes no odds to me.
Itâs funny seeing you think I am a fanboy for them though when you are actually one for Sinn FĂ©in. You shrieking about imagined racism/bigotry/sexism et cetera of other posters on here, when at the same time you stand up for a party led by two murderers is pretty fucking funny to be honest.
Anyway, neither your shit point or the above has anything to do with the matter at hand so either put something forward relevant about the discussion or STFU.
No IRA history stick to the point
What you said referred to Fine Gael in precisely no way, mate. It said precisely nothing about about them. Hence the point was not discussed, as I said.
âA total nonsense of a pointâ.
Ooh, thatâs me told, anyway.
Itâs a very pertinent point given you vote for them, pal.
You really should take it up with your local cumann, or whatever they call local constituency branches of Fine Gael, if youâre so concerned about it. Iâm sure there will be loads of grass roots opinion to back you up. You could start a movement.
You laugh at people actually protesting on the streets, yet here you are moaning on the INTERNET.
Youâre never going to get anything done that way.
Iâm not a fanboy for Sinn Fein at all, pal. Iâd disagree with quite a few things on their policy platform, such as their stance on water charges. In the four 26 county general elections Iâve been eligible to vote in, Iâve given them my number one vote twice and reserve the right to move it away from them should I so feel like it.
A bit like yourself.
Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness arenât murderers, mate. Didnât you claim to work in the courts? This is a rule of law society. You donât just go around accusing people of being murderers with no evidence - see how you get on in the courts with that.
Like most right wingers and Trump supporters, you seem quite happy to do away with the rule of law when it suits you. Thatâs one of the defining characteristics of fascism.
Everything seems to be âimaginedâ to you, and certainly your offence is always that. Itâs hardly surprising youâd consider racism, misogynism or mocking disabled people to be imagined slights though when youâve clearly grown up in such a protected, cosseted environment where kicking down, but rarely if ever up, is a way of life. Iâd say the biggest slight youâve ever had to put up with is Mummy or Daddy not giving you a lift to school once in a while.
Donât you claim to be big on âfree speechâ?
And yet youâre telling me to shut up? Not very eloquent and not very free speech. You should also try that one the next time youâre in the courts and see how you get on, or maybe start your own âHow to be really shit at Law 101â course. Maybe try Trump University for that one.
Knowing you, telling people to shut up is probably your main tactic - certainly if your posts here are anything to go by, itâs a safe bet youâre really shit in a courtroom setting.
Or perhaps you donât actually believe in free speech at all? Again, that was one of the defining characteristics of fascism. Which your flirtations with are quite appropriate, given youâre a Fine Gael supporter.
Poor Tim Riggins
Youâve lost the plot Sidney.
As I said, it does not concern me what FGâs position is on the matter. I donât have joining a talking shop as a make or break in terms of voting for any party anyway. Iâm sorry that I had to burst your bubble on this one.
Again what relevance does this have to the topic at hand? [quote=âSidney, post:74, topic:23406â]
Like most right wingers and Trump supporters, you seem quite happy to do away with the rule of law when it suits you. Thatâs one of the defining characteristics of fascism.
Everything seems to be âimaginedâ to you, and certainly your offence is always that. Itâs hardly surprising youâd consider racism, misogynism or mocking disabled people to be imagined slights though when youâve clearly grown up in such a protected, cosseted environment where kicking down, but rarely if ever up, is a way of life. Iâd say the biggest slight youâve ever had to put up with is Mummy or Daddy not giving you a lift to school once in a while.
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Again, what this have to do with the topic at hand?
Again, what does this have to do with Ireland joining the Commonwealth? I asked you to put forward some actual arguments for or against Ireland joining the Commonwealth, but you havenât.
On this thread youâve written a few hundred words now of utter gibberish. Swinging with ad hominum attacks and irrelevant points.
Itâs frankly strange to see how wound up the US Election has made you that you would follow me around behaving like this. I knew a while ago when you accused me of being a member of âYBIGâ (a forum I had to google to see what it was, and one I was surprised that a self proclaimed fan of the Northern Ireland soccer team like yourself would be a member of) that you were a bit unhinged but youâve gone full on looper in the last couple of weeks.
Youâre the one who was telling me to STFU, mate. Iâm surprised youâre so offended.
I donât think we should join the Commonwealth because I consider it to be a sham of an organisation which carries distinctly colonial overtones which we would be much better off without given our history, and which would not benefit the 26 counties in any way, only harm it.
I wouldnât suggest to Poland, the Czech Republic or Estonia, for instance, that they should be part of a Russian-led commonwealth.
Would you?
As I said, get on to your local Fine Gael constituency party if you feel so strongly about it.
Great, so we finally have Sidneyâs opinion on the matter after numerous posts.
You mean like the Council of Baltic Sea States, so maybe you should go and tell them they should stop being members of that. Along with all the Commonwealth countries who donât have the chip on their shoulder Irish attitude to being apart of an organisation promoting a share history and culture.
The Commonwealth is united under the free and equal principle. There is no âBritish ledâ aspect to it. The Queen is the ceremonial head of the association, that can be changed at anytime. She is the head of state of numerous countries within the Commonwealth whilst others are Republics.
Nice work how you contradict yourself by saying the Council of Baltic Sea States is Russian-led when it isnât, and then say the Commonwealth isnât British-led before saying it is.
A bit like how you tell people to âSTFUâ about a vote from less than two weeks ago, yet moan about a decision from 67 years ago.
Only join curnncy