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Nothing funnier than England's brutal occupation of Ireland!
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Sinnick
offlineMemberMaybe I got the story wrong, but I thought it was aimed at mindless terrorists (I can't think of any other kind), not any particular government. Brilliant FP.
Without going into the politics (this is after all a humorous website) there are plenty of brutal occupations available - North America, Korea, Iraq, Vietnam, the whole of South America, etc, etc - none of which were very pleasant at the time.
I don't think it would help this website to explore the politics of who did what, but let's hope we can extract some humour where possible.
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Des Custard
offlineMemberThen there's the Normans' brutal occupation and repression, nay, total subjugation, of the English. God it hurts, even though we're mostly assimilated after 9 1/2 centuries. And the English Catholics and Protestants couldn't stop burning each other for centuries. That hurt too.
By the way, nicely observed comic piece red. Or may I call you blue? Not green or orange, of course.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Hunter F. Thompson
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Hunter F. Thompson
offlineMemberI'm prolly going to translate it. Mass killer, Dr Petiot was executed for "crimes" which he maintained were heroic deeds: he said his victims were SS and other occupying officers. He was an agent of The Pond, and recently released archives confirm that he was wrongly executed. Clearly, his execution marks the turning point in the career and objectives of what had been a resistants' underground. Gripping stuff.
Posted 2 years ago # -
The All New Jeni B
offlineMemberPut simply, one man's freedom-fighter is another man's terrorist.
And as for the bloody Scots coming here and taking over from us Picts....
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Chip Paper
offlineMemberGreat FP, Red.
And I'm going to risk getting all pompous to add that it's ironic because the exact reverse was true after partition in 1922 regarding the South's attitude to the Six Counties...
And... at huge risk to my own personal safety... to Rikkor - Yes you're right it was a truly brutal occupation - but from about the 1600s up until ninety years ago, ffs!
Since then it's been way, way, way more complicated. Believe me, if we could have got shot of the entire thing in one go, it would have been a lot cheaper (ahem, apols to any Norn Iron contributors). Look, my father comes from Donegal and my mother's distantly related to Michael Collins... so that makes me bullet-proof to criticism. Hopefully.
*ducks*
*removes waste paper bin*
Posted 2 years ago # -
Oxbridge
offlineMemberI could try and be witty but bollox. One, England and Britain are not the same thing. Seriously. Two, it was considerably more complex than occupation. Three, it was rarely brutal and four modern Ireland (yeah right, with some exceptions) has got over it, so it's about time the Americans tried to as well.
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The All New Jeni B
offlineMemberI was perfectly happy living in the trees, before those smart arses climbed down and started walking upright...
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Chip Paper
offlineMemberTrees? My second cousin, twice-removed bagsied them when they were mere saplings...
*shakes Jeni out of tree*
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FormerlyAlOPecia
offlineMemberAnd in High Schools, usually twice a year. Or if your eggs aren't cooked right in the morning. Or if you didn't like being sacked because you were incompetent. Or because God Told You to Do It. Because its your Goddam Second Amendment Right.
And the ongoing occupation of Afghanistan - no oil, I hear you say, BUT just look at all of those tasty mineral deposits, stuffed full of the metals we need to run a modern society, just laying around on the surface - just a co-incidence, I'm sure.
Grow up Rikkor.
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StoopyDeGunt
offlineMemberI know they've had a blip in their economy recently, but surely Eire is still a rich nation?
Isn't it a long time since they were in the Misfortune 500? They are no longer one of the world's most patronisable ethnicities, surely.
Or do they go up and down the league table every time Bono takes his money out of a foreign cashpoint?
I don't know.
Advice puh-lease!!
Posted 2 years ago # -
Quaz
offlineMemberI've been brutally occupied for the past couple of months by the most boring project to let bean counters look at production figures. Never mind the suffering of the Irish and Scots, at least William Wallace could see an end in sight once they started pulling his intestines out.
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