Now now......don't act out like a "typical" American.....it's unbecoming don't ya know.....
And this doesn't become you......
Two explosions at Boston Marathon finish line injure dozens: reports
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I gave you a thumbs up for Irony, but my Irish background is offended by this ironic statement.
They can't because you aren't.
My niece is in England and she sees it the same way. A few here would like to blame her (like you) for the way some people in England think. That is only because they have nothing sensible to say.
There are twisted miserable people in every country. Thankfully they're a small minority, and society doesn't appreciate their twisted bull.
Can anyone tell me what I'm saying wrong?
The fact that Boston, the headquarters of NORAID, an IRA fundraising organisation, suffers not only a terrorist attack but one which has IRA hallmarks is deeply ironic and whilst this irony is obviously lost on North Americans - as this thread shows - it isn't lost on Britons.
And I was offended by Boston raising money for the IRA.
But I will say again: The fact that Boston, the headquarters of IRA fundraising organisation NORAID, suffers not only a terrorist attack but one which has the hallmarks of the IRA (bombs in litter bins, etc) is deeply ironic and deeply uncanny.
You can whinge about it all you like, but it's a fact.
A quick google will show others on the interweb pointing out the same irony.
The fact that Boston, the headquarters of NORAID, an IRA fundraising organisation, suffers not only a terrorist attack but one which has IRA hallmarks is deeply ironic and whilst this irony is obviously lost on North Americans - as this thread shows - it isn't lost on Britons.
And I was offended by Boston raising money for the IRA.
But I will say again: The fact that Boston, the headquarters of IRA fundraising organisation NORAID, suffers not only a terrorist attack but one which has the hallmarks of the IRA (bombs in litter bins, etc) is deeply ironic and deeply uncanny.
You can whinge about it all you like, but it's a fact.
A quick google will show others on the interweb pointing out the same irony.
And the fact that there are ******* Britons just like there are *******s everywhere else in the world, isn't something people feel like arguing.
Now move along and stop gloating, your twisted fuc k is showing.
What makes you think I'm gloating?
I'm pointing out the IRONY that Boston has suffered a terror attack. IRA victims' families in Britain will probably see it a just desserts, though.
Again, you can whinge and complain about it, but it's all fact. There's nothing you can do about it.
The fact that you're calling it irony, and the fact that you've said it, practically verbatim, 5+ times now. YOU feel this way, and are couching it as the opinions of others like a coward.
I disagree. Many in Britain see it as ironic. I'll say it as well. That doesn't mean I feel this way.
From a British point of view, it is deeply ironic.
And it cannot be hard for even you to see the irony that a city where IRA fundraising group NORAID was headquartered and where it received a lot of its money has just suffered a terror attack.
The only thing ironic at the moment is that Boston has suffered an IRA-like attack.
How can you not see the irony?
seeing it as suspect, seeing it as perhaps linked, seeing it as a possibility that it's why.... that implies knowledge of the history of terrorism and of world issues, and an ability connect a to b.
Stating 5 times 'well isn't that ironic', is not simply seeing something as an interesting coincidence, it's implying you see it as a comeuppance.
Sorry, but I've know BL long enough, and seen his pattern of involvement, to know he's not simply saying 'it's ironic'.
Yes... got ahead of myself. Thatcher wouldn't be one of those people like BL. It surprised me first thing in the morning to see that from him but I should not have been.
Oh yeah... he hasn't been involved in a thread like this in years. He's enjoying himself for sure.
Maybe I haven't been here long enough to see him post anything but "British flag waivers" until this morning.......
You're right. When he first came on CanCon he used to be active but for many years now he's just spammed us with large posts of flag waving or other uninteresting things on the brits.
This morning he's been active and cheerful.
Well, Micks do make up a substantial percentage of Boston's population, there must be several hundred Kennedys. -
Your statement that because some people in Boston (not Boston) helped to fund the IRA, therefore all people in Boston decades later deserve to be attacked by terrorists.
By that logic, everybody in London deserved to be attacked by the IRA because people in London funded and trained the Paras and Gusty Spence & Co.