A few Albion 'fans' being nationalistic ****s on the train last night...a rare occurrence?

[The Wookiee]

Considering the amount of Irish legends we've had associated with the club (Gerry Armstrong, Liam Brady, Chris Hughton etc .)

It does seem silly to sing anti IRA songs.

What have they got to do with the IRA ?

 

[Diego Napier]

That's the trouble with you being a foreigner, you wouldn't understand that they (the IRA) were the other side , and they murdered lots of people from the "side" you claim to be a part of , and lots of people from that side who did lose loved ones don't find it as easy to move on as a New Zealander who wasn't affected in any way, and , and take a bit of offence at being told to do so.

and fortunately lots of people from both sides who did lose loved ones have moved on, as have the British and Irish governments along with the vast majority of the adult populations of both countries.

 

[Megazone]

What have they got to do with the IRA ?

They played for the Republic of Ireland? (not including Armstrong)

 

[pastafarian]

Still don't get why somebody would be offended by people slagging off the IRA ?

ask John McDonnell

 

[The Wookiee]

I was in a pub the other week, talking about the grand hotel bombing, saying how terrorism is wrong. If anybody Irish overhead the conversation, would they of been offended ?

 

[dazzer6666]

Never heard this at any game at the Amex, or travelling to/from. As said above, if it happened probably a few 'visitors' having had one too many.

 

[The Wookiee]

They played for the Republic of Ireland? (not including Armstrong)

And ?? What's the connection with the IRA ?

 

[Megazone]

I was in a pub the other week, talking about the grand hotel bombing, saying how terrorism is wrong.

Controversial thing to say.....

 

[studio150]

I guess the human race can also be split into those who sound like a pompous @rse and those that don't - and you sit squarely in the first category!
I have no idea who this group was - but it may well be some of the lads who drink in the Railway Bell who over the last few weeks have been raising money in support of a fellow Albion fan (and his family) who is seriously ill with cancer culminating in a fund-raising do last night in the pub which has raised £8,000- in total - just saying!

The world is also made up of people who make assumptions which are so far fetched that they are ridiculous and those who assumptions have a degree of logic.

 

[The Wookiee]

Controversial thing to say.....

What's controversial about that ?

 

[Megazone]

What's controversial about that ?

Not stating the obvious.

 

[Mowgli37]

 

[The Wookiee]

Not stating the obvious.

You've lost me there, why is discussing the grand hotel bombing controversial ? We were also discussing 9/11 and the bombings in London, all agreed they were atrocities that were wrong !

 

[Megazone]

You've lost me there, why is discussing the grand hotel bombing controversial ? We were also discussing 9/11 and the bombings in London, all agreed they were atrocities that were wrong !

Phew!

 

[Wellesley]

Not stating the obvious.

So you are tarring all Irish people with the IRA brush, and you think we shouldn't be anti IRA and all of the horrific murders they committed, because we've had a few Irish players.

 

[Megazone]

So you are tarring all Irish people with the IRA brush, and you think we shouldn't be anti IRA and all of the horrific murders they committed, because we've had a few Irish players.

Why do we need to be anti IRA if we support Brighton and Hove Albion?

 

[alfredmizen]

and fortunately lots of people from both sides who did lose loved ones have moved on, as have the British and Irish governments along with the vast majority of the adult populations of both countries.

Yes they have , and I count myself amongst the people that have , despite the IRA killing 4 of my comrades and trying to kill me once ,what I do object to, is being told how i should move on , by someone who is a foreigner , and who had no direct experience of the IRA or their terrorist activities whatsoever.

 

[Soulman]

Why do we need to be anti IRA if we support Brighton and Hove Albion?

So what, should we support the IRA ?......you have to be on a wind up surely.

 

[Wellesley]

Why do we need to be anti IRA if we support Brighton and Hove Albion?

We need to be anti IRA because they murdered innocent fellow Countrymen, women and children of ours. Don't understand what supporting Brighton has to do with it, or how we should forgive the IRA because Liam Brady was briefly our manager.

 

[The Wookiee]

Phew!

oh you thought I supported the bombings ? Jeez !