KKK in Northern Ireland?

[Little lunch]

Riiiiiight...so it's pretty much open season on the population of Northern Ireland around here then. That's...depressing.

It's getting better though.
They've sent a lot of their riff raff to NZ.
But seriously, we've known Boru for ages and he's not a racist.
He's actually a very funny guy.
Ugly as a hatful of arseholes, I've heard, but don't tell him I said that.
That's why I'm sending you this message privately.

[OakTree500]

Literally never surprised at any reports of racism anymore... like is anyone?

It's a bit of a "yes and no" sort of thing.

Like, am I surprised by anything any more? Not really.  Racism in particular though.......who the fuck thinks that was ever a good idea. Maybe it's because it just doesn't compute in my brain or that I live in a particularly sheltered part of England, but Racism has never really "been a thing" where I live. I've only ever seen it once in 30 years, and that person barely made it out alive due to his comments. This sort of thing, like in northern Ireland, is just a whole lot of "what?   " .

That's no to say it doesn't happen and/or is worse in other places of the world, but it's one of many "you'd think people would know better" type deals. I mean I know they don't, but you get the idea.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Ugly as a hatful of arseholes, I've heard, but don't tell him I said that.

Arseholes everywhere have just been outrageously offended.

Boru

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Boru

I don't think I can post links yet 'cos of 30/30, if you google the sentence you should find it.

There's also this; it seems the gov was so concerned with the situation they called in the UN: 

Yup, it seems pretty clear that there's a fair degree of intolerance in Fiji.  And your point would be...?

Boru

[GUBU]

What I don't get is why are they protesting outside a muslim prayerhouse. Sunnis in the north tend to unionism, with a few even managing to be prominent UVF/UDA members.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

What I don't get is why are they protesting outside a muslim prayerhouse.  Sunnis in the north tend to unionism, with a few even managing to be prominent UVF/UDA members.

We don't know who they are, so it could be a group of Nationalists.  See, you assume that they're unionists, so you're clearly being intolerant. 

Boru

[GUBU]

What I don't get is why are they protesting outside a muslim prayerhouse.  Sunnis in the north tend to unionism, with a few even managing to be prominent UVF/UDA members.

We don't know who they are, so it could be a group of Nationalists.  See, you assume that they're unionists, so you're clearly being intolerant. 

Boru

I'll give you intolerant. You'll be getting so much intolerance, boyo, that you'll be knocked into next month..

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

'Have ye ever tried to pick up yer teeth with broken fingers?'  Stephen Rea, The Crying Game

Boru

[Fireball]

'Have ye ever tried to pick up yer teeth with broken fingers?'  Stephen Rea, The Crying Game

Boru

  I only have chipped teeth, none are missing, and no broken fingers. Though in one fight I slugged a guy so hard that I sprained my wrist. Gawd, he had a glorious shiner. Looked way better on him than that wrap I had on my wrist did.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

'Have ye ever tried to pick up yer teeth with broken fingers?'  Stephen Rea, The Crying Game

Boru

  I only have chipped teeth, none are missing, and no broken fingers. Though in one fight I slugged a guy so hard that I sprained my wrist. Gawd, he had a glorious shiner. Looked way better on him than that wrap I had on my wrist did.

Yeah, that's a hazard of getting into punch-ups - it isn't considered good form to postpone the fight long enough to compare relative bone density.  Too many fuckers had heads harder than my hands.

Boru