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just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .
watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .
article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .
name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black
now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .
or am I out of order .sorry if I am. |
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"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .
watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .
article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .
name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black
now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .
or am I out of order .sorry if I am."
It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it. |
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"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .
watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .
article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .
name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black
now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .
or am I out of order .sorry if I am."
Sky news is the equivalent of the Sun newspaper.. It's tabloid journalism that's irresponsible at best. It's sister channel in the States, Fox is the same. I wouldn't pay too much heed to it tbh |
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By *j47Man
over a year ago
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"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .
watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .
article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .
name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black
now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .
or am I out of order .sorry if I am.
It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it."
It is racist it assumes if ur Irish ur an alcoholic I am sorry but I am Irish and not an alcoholic and I take offence to a remark such as that |
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"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .
watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .
article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .
name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black
now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .
or am I out of order .sorry if I am.
It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.
It is racist it assumes if ur Irish ur an alcoholic I am sorry but I am Irish and not an alcoholic and I take offence to a remark such as that "
I think it's disgraceful. Am surprised at sky news tbh. |
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"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .
watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .
article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .
name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black
now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .
or am I out of order .sorry if I am.
Sky news is the equivalent of the Sun newspaper.. It's tabloid journalism that's irresponsible at best. It's sister channel in the States, Fox is the same. I wouldn't pay too much heed to it tbh"
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"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .
watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .
article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .
name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black
now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .
or am I out of order .sorry if I am.
It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.
It is racist it assumes if ur Irish ur an alcoholic I am sorry but I am Irish and not an alcoholic and I take offence to a remark such as that "
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I'm Irish and I don't even drink but I'm not naive enough to think that the glorification of binge drinking isn't going to result in a particular image of us as a nation. |
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Wonder what would happen if every Irish person in the world gave up alcohol for say 12 months (12 might be stretching it a bit) Would we become the boring bastards of Europe or the work horses of the world. |
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By *j47Man
over a year ago
limerick |
"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .
watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .
article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .
name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black
now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .
or am I out of order .sorry if I am.
It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.
It is racist it assumes if ur Irish ur an alcoholic I am sorry but I am Irish and not an alcoholic and I take offence to a remark such as that
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I'm Irish and I don't even drink but I'm not naive enough to think that the glorification of binge drinking isn't going to result in a particular image of us as a nation."
Irish people also hold the top four jobs in the aiviaton leasing yet we are not all called pilots
We produced some of the world's best singsrs, musicians and groups yet we are not all called singers
We are one of the world's biggest beef and dairy producers yet we ate not called cows( well not all of us)
So we have a % of the population that drink are we to accept we are to be called alcoholics I don't think so |
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A "Race" is white people, black people, asian people. That's it. A religion is not a race and a nationality is not a race. In reality there are no races because we all have a common ancestor and variation in appearance are only a result of where we live on the globe basically.
So no would not call that comment of sky news racist, politically incorrect, probably, if you are form the pc crowd. That's about it. Point being, joking or making politically incorrect comments about another nationality is not racism by definition. |
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"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .
watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .
article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .
name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black
now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .
or am I out of order .sorry if I am.
It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.
It is racist it assumes if ur Irish ur an alcoholic I am sorry but I am Irish and not an alcoholic and I take offence to a remark such as that
F
I'm Irish and I don't even drink but I'm not naive enough to think that the glorification of binge drinking isn't going to result in a particular image of us as a nation.
Irish people also hold the top four jobs in the aiviaton leasing yet we are not all called pilots
We produced some of the world's best singsrs, musicians and groups yet we are not all called singers
We are one of the world's biggest beef and dairy producers yet we ate not called cows( well not all of us)
So we have a % of the population that drink are we to accept we are to be called alcoholics I don't think so "
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We produced some of the world's best singsrs, musicians and groups yet we are not all called singers
We are one of the world's biggest beef and dairy producers yet we ate not called cows( well not all of us)
So we have a % of the population that drink are we to accept we are to be called alcoholics I don't think so "
Worlds biggest beef producers? *snickers* We have single cattle stations that are almost the size of the whole of Ireland. I don't think so some how. |
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It's offensive in the literal sense but I wouldn't pay too much attention to it. A lot of Irish people drink way too much so it's probably best just to take it on the chin. If anything we can blame English occupation for driving us to drink  |
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"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .
watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .
article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .
name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black
now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .
or am I out of order .sorry if I am.
It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.
It is racist it assumes if ur Irish ur an alcoholic I am sorry but I am Irish and not an alcoholic and I take offence to a remark such as that
F
I'm Irish and I don't even drink but I'm not naive enough to think that the glorification of binge drinking isn't going to result in a particular image of us as a nation.
Irish people also hold the top four jobs in the aiviaton leasing yet we are not all called pilots
We produced some of the world's best singsrs, musicians and groups yet we are not all called singers
We are one of the world's biggest beef and dairy producers yet we ate not called cows( well not all of us)
So we have a % of the population that drink are we to accept we are to be called alcoholics I don't think so "
Exactly the kind of denial that prevents the issue from being addressed |
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By *j47Man
over a year ago
limerick |
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We produced some of the world's best singsrs, musicians and groups yet we are not all called singers
We are one of the world's biggest beef and dairy producers yet we ate not called cows( well not all of us)
So we have a % of the population that drink are we to accept we are to be called alcoholics I don't think so
Worlds biggest beef producers? *snickers* We have single cattle stations that are almost the size of the whole of Ireland. I don't think so some how."
I know I got a little carried away there it should have read world's top quality beef producers
I sure u meant *sniggers* |
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"A "Race" is white people, black people, asian people. That's it. A religion is not a race and a nationality is not a race. In reality there are no races because we all have a common ancestor and variation in appearance are only a result of where we live on the globe basically.
So no would not call that comment of sky news racist, politically incorrect, probably, if you are form the pc crowd. That's about it. Point being, joking or making politically incorrect comments about another nationality is not racism by definition."
It can however be a form of ethnocentrism. |
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Well im using my telly as a screen and it's on the other side of the room so I can't really see what i'm typing very well. I think I better use my pc display instead. |
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"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .
watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .
article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .
name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black
now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .
or am I out of order .sorry if I am.
It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it."
were fourth in the world alcohol consumption per capita...behind Estonia,Austria, and france.. |
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By *j47Man
over a year ago
limerick |
"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .
watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .
article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .
name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black
now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .
or am I out of order .sorry if I am.
It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.
were fourth in the world alcohol consumption per capita...behind Estonia,Austria, and france.."
So why didn't she ask is she enstionian,Austrian or french gawwwwd |
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"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .
watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .
article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .
name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black
now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .
or am I out of order .sorry if I am.
It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.
were fourth in the world alcohol consumption per capita...behind Estonia,Austria, and france..
So why didn't she ask is she enstionian,Austrian or french gawwwwd "
that's what I was thinking |
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"Well im using my telly as a screen and it's on the other side of the room so I can't really see what i'm typing very well. I think I better use my pc display instead.
Specsavers "
True I need reading glasses for close up. I'm just using my tv to play half life 2 on it because it's hd. |
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"Wonder what would happen if every Irish person in the world gave up alcohol for say 12 months (12 might be stretching it a bit) Would we become the boring bastards of Europe or the work horses of the world. "
No we would not!!!
We would be finaly teaching the next generation that excessive drinking is no longer fashionable.
Rather, it is a bloody awful social problem, that causes ontold misery to the person and their family.
Ireland is now on par with many European Countries, Countries that do not promote the attitude, sure what the feck it`s not just us.
Time we manned up.and faced the fact, like the UK we are a Nation of binge drinkers. |
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By *j47Man
over a year ago
limerick |
"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .
watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .
article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .
name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black
now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .
or am I out of order .sorry if I am.
It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.
It is racist it assumes if ur Irish ur an alcoholic I am sorry but I am Irish and not an alcoholic and I take offence to a remark such as that
F
I'm Irish and I don't even drink but I'm not naive enough to think that the glorification of binge drinking isn't going to result in a particular image of us as a nation.
Irish people also hold the top four jobs in the aiviaton leasing yet we are not all called pilots
We produced some of the world's best singsrs, musicians and groups yet we are not all called singers
We are one of the world's biggest beef and dairy producers yet we ate not called cows( well not all of us)
So we have a % of the population that drink are we to accept we are to be called alcoholics I don't think so
Exactly the kind of denial that prevents the issue from being addressed"
No I disagree I think it's more to do with the way we show our children how to enjoy them self's u don't change attitudes with brow beating u change by leading by example |
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"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .
watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .
article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .
name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black
now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .
or am I out of order .sorry if I am.
It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.
It is racist it assumes if ur Irish ur an alcoholic I am sorry but I am Irish and not an alcoholic and I take offence to a remark such as that
F
I'm Irish and I don't even drink but I'm not naive enough to think that the glorification of binge drinking isn't going to result in a particular image of us as a nation.
Irish people also hold the top four jobs in the aiviaton leasing yet we are not all called pilots
We produced some of the world's best singsrs, musicians and groups yet we are not all called singers
We are one of the world's biggest beef and dairy producers yet we ate not called cows( well not all of us)
So we have a % of the population that drink are we to accept we are to be called alcoholics I don't think so
Exactly the kind of denial that prevents the issue from being addressed
No I disagree I think it's more to do with the way we show our children how to enjoy them self's u don't change attitudes with brow beating u change by leading by example "
Indeed, and when a significant proportion of adults think a kids' communion party is as good a place as any to get blotted.... |
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"There are more bars and off licence in tralee then any other shops that's why the world think we are alcoholics we are a nation of binge drinkers "
them bars and off locenses are mainly filled by tourists |
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"just wondering what others think .or am I over reacting .
watching sky news this morning .3 female 1 male presenters .
article of woman who has just turned 100 puts it down to drinking bottle of Guinness every morning .
name gladys .one askes is she Irish...guy says is she d*unk .other remarks doesn't they go hand in hand ...she happens to be black
now if a remark was made like that about her .it would be classed as racist .
or am I out of order .sorry if I am.
It's not racist, frankly many Irish love nothing more to glorify our propensity for binge drinking, we can't then turn around and whine about it.
It is racist it assumes if ur Irish ur an alcoholic I am sorry but I am Irish and not an alcoholic and I take offence to a remark such as that
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I'm Irish and I don't even drink but I'm not naive enough to think that the glorification of binge drinking isn't going to result in a particular image of us as a nation.
Irish people also hold the top four jobs in the aiviaton leasing yet we are not all called pilots
We produced some of the world's best singsrs, musicians and groups yet we are not all called singers
We are one of the world's biggest beef and dairy producers yet we ate not called cows( well not all of us)
So we have a % of the population that drink are we to accept we are to be called alcoholics I don't think so
Exactly the kind of denial that prevents the issue from being addressed
No I disagree I think it's more to do with the way we show our children how to enjoy them self's u don't change attitudes with brow beating u change by leading by example
Indeed, and when a significant proportion of adults think a kids' communion party is as good a place as any to get blotted...."
any excuse for a drink...it's definitely ingrained in our life style. ... |
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