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Hardly.

"I trust you are also against old-age pensions." State-enforced ones, absolutely. # "Those bludging old farts take BY FAR the biggest chunk of the welfare budget" If healthy, they ought not get a dime; if ill, they should be dippin' into their own resources. Welfare is supposed be for the helpless ...

Let's have a global rebellion that will hang all commies and restore to the individual what is his (self-owneship & -direction). Privatize all production (and hang any bastid who looks to shore up a failing industry with 'too big to fail'). Then we can all live as human beings instead of as propert...

It's not just a 'left wing' thing. In fact it's the so-called 'neo-liberal' Govts. that love lax immigration policies--cheap immigrant labour is good for their Big Business buddies. It's all about money. There are the wealthy immigrants who buy up every business they can get their hands on then only...

I'll leave you to work it out 'Pommy dingbat'. 'Justify' it all you want. The English were criminal tossbuckets and theives when it came to Ireland and you know it. Aaaannnnd! There we have it. The PC selective history writ large. The only difference between you and those you oft disparage are whic...

Umm, yes it did. Give it up, stupid Englishman. No it really didn't dingbat. The title 'High King' just meant the strongest king amongst kings, basically the toughest of the petty 'kings' of tribes. There was no united government, unlike England who'd had Kings and a Queen for yonks by then. I'll l...

And the English even gave it its name :roll: When are you going to address this? vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑ Sun Feb 10, 2019 4:02 am ... A piece of land is not a country until it has a uniting Government and national identity. Ireland at the time did not have a uniting government nor a national i...

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Fri Mar 22, 2019 7:08 pm

But just hadn't bothered to have a country eh!

And the English even gave it its name

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑ Sun Feb 10, 2019 4:02 am ... A piece of land is not a country until it has a uniting Government and national identity. The Irish at the time had none of the above, they were, like your Maoris, a bunch of tribes or clans as they prefer with multiple 'kings'. So like your...

Don't you ever sleep? Not when my kids got a high-temperature. Stop clutching at strawmen. Ever heard of the High Kings of Ireland? :lol: Who's clutching at straws now. Do some more wikking about what that title meant. vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑ Sun Feb 10, 2019 4:02 am ... A piece of land is not...

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑ Sun Feb 10, 2019 4:02 am ... A piece of land is not a country until it has a uniting Government and national identity. The Irish at the time had none of the above, they were, like your Maoris, a bunch of tribes or clans as they prefer with multiple 'kings'. So like your...

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑ Sun Feb 10, 2019 4:02 am ... A piece of land is not a country until it has a uniting Government and national identity. The Irish at the time had none of the above, they were, like your Maoris, a bunch of tribes or clans as they prefer with multiple 'kings'. So like your...

But they, at that time, didn't meet the criteria of a country that you elsewhere said was what made colonization not an issue, so what's the problem? And if there is one what would be your solution? Or you just another PCer whinging about the nasty Brits and their empire. They did actually. You can...

Now you change your story. I've never seen Ireland coming into the PC radar. Ireland tends to stir up strong emotions, and the PC are a passionless lot. They are about platitudes and appearances and really don't give a damn about any of their pet 'causes'. The Irish have never been one of their 'sp...