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Queen of England's visit to Ireland.
May 16, 2011 at 3:02 pm
Pity the poor Irish! They have suffered economic meltdown and swingeing cuts in jobs and services are being inflicted on ordinary Irish people.
So what wheeze is thought up to promote a " not feeling so bad " factor? Why non other than the first visit of a reigning British monarch since 1911!
This is part due to the monarchy cashing in on the recent wedding which had the effect of making royalty " sexy " again.
So, although the country is in financial crisis, £26 million is to be spent on security, utilising up to 4,000 police including armed British oficers to protect the so-loveable Elizabeth and Philip as they tour round Dublin in bullet-proof cars from people who don't think they are such sweeties.
Expect trouble nonetheless!
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RE: Queen of England's visit to Ireland.
May 17, 2011 at 5:08 pm
Highlight of day 1 for me is that the Irish President doesn't bow or courtsey to HRH!
Other point to note was that they are so scared of the danger of protest or worse, they had to clear the streets through which HRH was driven in the bullet-proof car and so only the police were in evidence!
As with the recent wedding in London, those brave enough to try to get near to protest were dealt with " severely ".
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RE: Queen of England's visit to Ireland.
May 17, 2011 at 6:05 pm
Queen Elizabeth is *still* alive?! 0.o
For heaven's sake, somebody kill her already. It's unnatural for a monarch to live into 'old age'! 
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RE: Queen of England's visit to Ireland.
May 17, 2011 at 6:09 pm
(May 17, 2011 at 6:05 pm)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote: It's unnatural for a monarch to live into 'old age'!
Well, how else would you get there then? 
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RE: Queen of England's visit to Ireland.
May 17, 2011 at 6:14 pm
(May 17, 2011 at 6:09 pm)oggtheclever Wrote: (May 17, 2011 at 6:05 pm)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote: It's unnatural for a monarch to live into 'old age'!
Well, how else would you get there then?
Like the rest of them: as a corpse. Cause being assassination.
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RE: Queen of England's visit to Ireland.
May 18, 2011 at 2:52 pm
(This post was last modified: May 18, 2011 at 5:33 pm by Diamhasla.)
Oh dear, oh dear, where to start...
i) Yes, it is a terrible waste of money. In the grand scheme of things, €30 million isn't a huge amount of money out of a countries budget. But for a country in the depths of a recession, with rising taxes and pay cuts left, right and centre and a health care system that's falling apart, it's rediculous. And that's only the direct cost, not to mention the disruptions caused before and during the visit.
Where was she five years ago? Ten years ago? Back in the boom years when we thought we could afford it.
ii) The amount of opposition to this has been unreal. Granted, most of the people at the riots were just spides with a 8th grade education in Irish history, looking for any excuse to cause trouble, but there's also the little matter of the IRA. As in the terrorist organisation. As if the armed police weren't an accident waiting to happen, we have to deal with this shower of muppets who are willing to blow up their fellow citizens to get their point across. There have been bomb threats all over the country for the last week or so, including two in London, which they've claimed responsibility for. The other day a pipe bomb was found on a bus with 30 people on it.
Speaking of threats...
iii) I don't like the Royals any more than the next person, but a lot of people don't seem to realise how fucked we'd be if the Queen was killed here. There would literally be war over it. Say what you will about monarchy, but it's really in our best interest for Lizzie to make it home in one piece.
It'd be so much easier if aul' Horse face just stayed away from where she isn't welcome.
Edit: A fella I know was heading in to work this morning to find the back door blocked by a copper.
Cop: You don't have any weapons or explosives in that bag, do you son?
Friend: No.
Cop: Right, on you go. Don't let of see you on the news later!
Now that's some damn fine police work if I ever saw it. Only in Ireland.
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RE: Queen of England's visit to Ireland.
May 18, 2011 at 5:36 pm
The point about the British Royal Family is that if it wasn't for a compliant fawning mass media constantly talking them up as something to be cherished, they wouldn't be invited and welcomed anywhere in the world....except by conservative countries with similar compliant media.
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RE: Queen of England's visit to Ireland.
May 18, 2011 at 7:31 pm
Sure, everyone knows they're inbred benefit scabs, the media just can't call them out on it for fear of the potential backlash.
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RE: Queen of England's visit to Ireland.
May 19, 2011 at 2:14 pm
BBC News, 3rd day of the visit, Queen " relaxing " by going to look at horses in Ireland's national stud farm.
Nice job that being a king/queen....."work " for 2 days then relax!!
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RE: Queen of England's visit to Ireland.
May 19, 2011 at 3:19 pm
Why don't they ask her about this?
http://afgen.com/forgotten_slaves.html
Quote:The Irish slave trade began when James II sold 30,000 Irish prisoners as slaves to the New World. His Proclamation of 1625 required Irish political prisoners be sent overseas and sold to English settlers in the West Indies. By the mid 1600s, the Irish were the main slaves sold to Antigua and Montserrat. At that time, 70% of the total population of Montserrat were Irish slaves.
Ireland quickly became the biggest source of human livestock for English merchants. The majority of the early slaves to the New World were actually white.
From 1641 to 1652, over 500,000 Irish were killed by the English and another 300,000 were sold as slaves. Ireland’s population fell from about 1,500,000 to 600,000 in one single decade. Families were ripped apart as the British did not allow Irish dads to take their wives and children with them across the Atlantic. This led to a helpless population of homeless women and children. Britain’s solution was to auction them off as well.
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