Gerry Adams and Twitter

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Jerry Adams went onto Twitter the other day, I just love some of the questions that people asked him. Here are a few examples:

“When you go swimming does the 'no bombing rule' rankle with you?”

“Gerry, I'm in a bit of a pickle, red wire or blue wire?”

“Did you have a ride on Shergar before you shot it?”

"Were you ever tempted to wear a pink balaclava just for giggles?"

 

[jet57]

Jerry Adams went onto Twitter the other day, I just love some of the questions that people asked him. Here are a few examples:

“When you go swimming does the 'no bombing rule' rankle with you?”

“Gerry, I'm in a bit of a pickle, red wire or blue wire?”

“Did you have a ride on Shergar before you shot it?”

"Were you ever tempted to wear a pink balaclava just for giggles?"

Nice talk for somebody who apparently knows little of nothing about Sinn Féin’s come back from a real attempt at extermination. As a result we now have the Irish Free State. The same sort of terrorism if you will, brought us the United States of America too. All from the very same fight. So, perhaps you might want to send Gerry Adams a thank you note . . .

 

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Nice talk for somebody who apparently knows little of nothing about Sinn Féin’s come back from a real attempt at extermination. As a result we now have the Irish Free State. The same sort of terrorism if you will, brought us the United States of America too. All from the very same fight. So, perhaps you might want to send Gerry Adams a thank you note . . .

I was born in England with Irish parents, I know a damn sight more about Ireland than you ever will. Drinking green beer and talking about St. Patty's day doesn't cut it.

 

[jet57]

I was born in England with Irish parents, I know a damn sight more about Ireland than you ever will. Drinking green beer and talking about St. Patty's day doesn't cut it.

What county?

Mine were Ulstermen; so nice try. I would think that your parents might not want you to laugh at Gerry.

And you may test my knowledge anytime.

 

[Airstrip One]

That's why I just drink green beer and talk of St Patty's Day, while leaving this talk to the professionals.

 

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What county?

Mine were Ulstermen; so nice try. I would think that your parents might not want you to laugh at Gerry.

And you may test my knowledge anytime.

Your view of Gerry Adams does not coincide with my own, it is easy to see the world through rose coloured specs when you live several thousand miles away.

 

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What county?

Mine were Ulstermen; so nice try. I would think that your parents might not want you to laugh at Gerry.

And you may test my knowledge anytime.

I don't want to get into a pissing contest with you, suffice to say that I've been to every county in Ireland North and South.

 

[Taft2016]

Your view of Gerry Adams does not coincide with my own, it is easy to see the world through rose coloured specs when you live several thousand miles away.

I often encounter this sort of attitude when discussing the Irish issue with Brits.

As I see it, Ireland was never any type of threat, yet it was annexed. Its people were oppressed for not converting. They were allowed to die during famines. Your centuries long presence was not welcomed, and yet you remained by force. The Irish retaliated in the only manner in which they had any realistic chance of success.

I'm not saying what the Irish did was pretty, but explainable.

Are you saying the English occupation of Ireland was pretty? If so, how? If not, can it be explained?

 

[Airstrip One]

The British occupation of Ireland was much more horrific than anything the Irish have ever given back.

 

[Taft2016]

The British occupation of Ireland was much more horrific than anything the Irish have ever given back.

heh, I remember departing Bristol a few years back, and staying over a few days in Dublin. This was the very same week that there was all of that looting going on throughout the UK.

The cab driver in Ireland was furious. Apparently somebody in the English gov't made a comment that the use of rubber bullets against demonstrating British subjects was unthinkable (or some similar word).

The cabbie was carrying on, "The fookers! They use rubber bullets against us all the time in the north!"

lol.

 

[Airstrip One]

That's the thanks the Ulsters get for collaborating with the English in the occupation of the Irish. Keep firing those rubber bullets, I say.

 

[jet57]

Your view of Gerry Adams does not coincide with my own, it is easy to see the world through rose coloured specs when you live several thousand miles away.

I don't want to get into a pissing contest with you, suffice to say that I've been to every county in Ireland North and South.

I didn't ask you about your travel experiences. I asked what county your parents were from. I too have been there and as I can now see that you don't know what your talking about.

We have a different view on English affairs in Ireland; both north and south.