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dolores1
30-09-2009, 06:40 PM
The Coca-cola factory in Ireland has demanded its' workers take a 50% pay cut or they are moving to Eastern Europe.

So much for EU workers pay protection.

If you vote yes its' sweet for Coca-cola. Not for you.

yozhik
30-09-2009, 06:45 PM
If they get the YES vote they are after with the Lisbon Constitution ... errrrrrr ... Treaty ... they won't need to move; they can simply have a token HR office in Bulgaria and 'employ' out of that office.

Then the minimum wage rate will be the Bulgarian, not the Irish.

So much for a YES vote providing jobs ... or is that just a typical political spin on words ... where a YES vote won't create jobs; it will save jobs from being exported, as long as the workers agree to wages below the national minimum wage.

How much more do people need to see of this shit beofre they send a resounding NO to Brussels?

Can they not comprehend that this is a taste of things to come if the YES vote is successful?
This should be a massive wake up call for ALL member SOVEREIGN nations.

neutrino
30-09-2009, 06:45 PM
Where's the proof/evidence of this? where are the links? Do you expect everyone to take your word for it?

dolores1
30-09-2009, 07:03 PM
It was here on site I found the link with the Irish Times debate with Michael O'Leary etc. I followed on through.

neutrino
30-09-2009, 07:05 PM
Well I'm not calling you a liar or anything but I don't believe something or accept something someone says unless I see evidence beyond simply their word.
I'm sure it's likely true though.

bluegrazz
30-09-2009, 07:31 PM
Its because the Irish are drunk 50% of the time at work.

-Just joking, had to be said.

nicolaj
30-09-2009, 07:35 PM
take it or leave it...then

enga
30-09-2009, 07:44 PM
Do the Irish have a minimum wage? I thought companies had to pay at least minimum wage with no exceptions. Boycott Coca Cola.

hadabusa
30-09-2009, 07:58 PM
If they get the YES vote they are after with the Lisbon Constitution ... errrrrrr ... Treaty ... they won't need to move; they can simply have a token HR office in Bulgaria and 'employ' out of that office.

Then the minimum wage rate will be the Bulgarian, not the Irish.

So much for a YES vote providing jobs ... or is that just a typical political spin on words ... where a YES vote won't create jobs; it will save jobs from being exported, as long as the workers agree to wages below the national minimum wage.

How much more do people need to see of this shit beofre they send a resounding NO to Brussels?

Can they not comprehend that this is a taste of things to come if the YES vote is successful?
This should be a massive wake up call for ALL member SOVEREIGN nations.

if theyre lucky itll be some wage in between both standards.

lose/lose hard situation

sir bentley drummle
30-09-2009, 10:58 PM
It's even worse according to this article
http://www.socialistparty.net/index.php/news/workplace/242-coca-cola-workers-in-battle-to-save-job.html


and here
http://www.businessandleadership.com/news/article/15343/leadership/coca-cola-workers-go-on-strike

Zero hour contracts........... is that what they mean by Coke Zero??

I haven't bought Coca Cola for over 30 years I could say it's because of politics but actually I just don't like the taste ;)

sithnemesis
30-09-2009, 11:25 PM
With the exclusive agenda of making the planet's drinking water supply inaccessibly unaffordable for humanity's children...

Thank you

http://artradarasia.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/cocacola.jpg

yozhik
01-10-2009, 12:56 AM
Do the Irish have a minimum wage? I thought companies had to pay at least minimum wage with no exceptions. Boycott Coca Cola.

Not once the EU Constitution is ratified ...

bluegrazz
01-10-2009, 04:28 AM
Its interesting that I made a comment earlier that reeked of Rasism and stereotyped the Irish as having such poor work ethic and being such alcoholics that 50% were drunk at work- NOT ONE OF YOU SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

Granted I was joking but if this had happened in Israel and I jokingly said "Nah, the Jews will get into negotiations and Jew Coca Cola into giving them all a raise" I would have been crucified as a "Racist."

Moral of the story- he Irish have a sense of humor and can take a joke- Also, negative comments about the Irish are acceptable and dont make you a Racist- As long as the skin color is white- Its fine to stereotype.

tyler
01-10-2009, 05:55 AM
Its because the Irish are drunk 50% of the time at work.

-Just joking, had to be said.

Idiot!

truth finder
01-10-2009, 06:29 AM
This is why i drink this..

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-aGtnfd55yY/R8Ky18zeHiI/AAAAAAAAAqM/8KEItlui3Ng/s400/pepsimax.jpg


and not this.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3tG1-DP6ie0/SlSRfu-DScI/AAAAAAAAAhs/9BOAALmy-ts/s320/Coca-Cola-Art_Halloween2_a.jpg



What a joke they don't need to cut pays, if anything the CEO's need a pay cut

redskywalker
01-10-2009, 06:38 AM
boycott:mad:

sub x
01-10-2009, 06:44 AM
Its interesting that I made a comment earlier that reeked of Rasism and stereotyped the Irish as having such poor work ethic and being such alcoholics that 50% were drunk at work- NOT ONE OF YOU SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

Granted I was joking but if this had happened in Israel and I jokingly said "Nah, the Jews will get into negotiations and Jew Coca Cola into giving them all a raise" I would have been crucified as a "Racist."

Moral of the story- he Irish have a sense of humor and can take a joke- Also, negative comments about the Irish are acceptable and dont make you a Racist- As long as the skin color is white- Its fine to stereotype.


With all due respect Bluegrazz you are talking out of your arse,who said its acceptable to make negative comments about my people :confused: because your last comment slipped under the radar,you think its all right :confused:how about taking that same retarded logic you have and think about this,if you know anything about history,having such poor work ethic and being such alcoholics that 50% were drunk at workand we still kicked the British empires arse ;) so think about that before you make your stupid retarded comments.

Just a another point to consider,in the 60s,70s and 80s hostels,hotels,restaurants in the UK used to display signs saying:

No Dogs
No Blacks
No Irish.

We were considered below Black people,so just judging by skin means nothing,and really what did your above comment add to the discussion other than proving you are a racist arsehole. ;)

So have some humble pie and STFU you clown :rolleyes:

truth finder
01-10-2009, 06:51 AM
With all due respect Bluegrazz you are talking out of your arse,who said its acceptable to make negative comments about my people :confused: because your last comment slipped under the radar,you think its all right :confused:how about taking that same retarded logic you have and think about this,if you know anything about history,having such poor work ethic and being such alcoholics that 50% were drunk at workand we still kicked the British empires arse ;) so think about that before you make your stupid retarded comments.

Just a another point to consider,in the 60s,70s and 80s hostels,hotels,restaurants in the UK used to display signs saying:

No Dogs
No Blacks
No Irish.

We were considered below Black people,so just judging by skin means nothing,and really what did your above comment add to the discussion other than proving you are a racist arsehole. ;)

So have some humble pie and STFU you clown :rolleyes:


I don't think he meant it in a nasty way...:)

I'm irish heritage and i didn't find it offencive

sub x
01-10-2009, 07:02 AM
I don't think he meant it in a nasty way...:)

I'm irish heritage and i didn't find it offencive

Well I can't for the life of me think what any other way it was meant other than a nasty braindead comment.

He thinks its already because we are white ??? well I was just putting him straight that its not alrght i,so hopeful the is lesson has been learned,and there no better buachaill than myself but point this out ;)

The Mass Graves of Irleand (http://www.irishholocaust.org/home)

The British Cover Up (http://www.irishholocaust.org/britain%27scoverup)

bluegrazz
01-10-2009, 07:19 AM
With all due respect Bluegrazz you are talking out of your arse,who said its acceptable to make negative comments about my people :confused: because your last comment slipped under the radar,you think its all right :confused:how about taking that same retarded logic you have and think about this,if you know anything about history,having such poor work ethic and being such alcoholics that 50% were drunk at workand we still kicked the British empires arse ;) so think about that before you make your stupid retarded comments.

Just a another point to consider,in the 60s,70s and 80s hostels,hotels,restaurants in the UK used to display signs saying:

No Dogs
No Blacks
No Irish.

We were considered below Black people,so just judging by skin means nothing,and really what did your above comment add to the discussion other than proving you are a racist arsehole. ;)

So have some humble pie and STFU you clown :rolleyes:

Twas meant to prove a point- And BTW I am half Irish... Obviously YOU are incapable of realizing the Irony of my statement and the point I was making. My comment from earlier was up for many hours and nobody said a thing- BUT a comment about any other race would have branded me a racist in mere minutes.

sub x
01-10-2009, 07:49 AM
Twas meant to prove a point- And BTW I am half Irish... Obviously YOU are incapable of realizing the Irony of my statement and the point I was making. My comment from earlier was up for many hours and nobody said a thing- BUT a comment about any other race would have branded me a racist in mere minutes.

No irony about your post,its was plain out racist what you said,so I am branding you a racist so your dream and been fulfilled,nothing iron,just so smart arse comments because you trying being funny and you failed miserably,learn something about Irish and maybe you will learn and thing or 2.

"
Moral of the story- he Irish have a sense of humor and can take a joke- Also, negative comments about the Irish are acceptable and dont make you a Racist- As long as the skin color is white- Its fine to stereotype.
" so wheres the Iron ??? all I see is you trying to be,justify taking the piss out my people.

Back track as much as you like the proof its there for all to see.

truth finder
01-10-2009, 07:57 AM
No irony about your post,its was plain out racist what you said,so I am branding you a racist so your dream and been fulfilled,nothing iron,just so smart arse comments because you trying being funny and you failed miserably,learn something about Irish and maybe you will learn and thing or 2.

"
Moral of the story- he Irish have a sense of humor and can take a joke- Also, negative comments about the Irish are acceptable and dont make you a Racist- As long as the skin color is white- Its fine to stereotype.
" so wheres the Iron ??? all I see is you trying to be,justify taking the piss out my people.

Back track as much as you like the proof its there for all to see.


I don't think he was been racist at all, and its people like u that make mountains out of mouls hills...

So u have never sterotypicalised any culture in ur life?

sub x
01-10-2009, 08:24 AM
I don't think he was been racist at all, and its people like u that make mountains out of mouls hills...

So u have never sterotypicalised any culture in ur life?


People like me making mountains out of moral hills :confused:,racist maybe to strong a word then,Prejudice would be a far more apt description.

You may claim Irish heritage but all due respect you didn't live here at the time when Irish people searching for a better life in the UK were meet with this sort of shit all the time,or being called a murdering terrorist bastard simply for being Irish,the OP plainly stated that it was acceptable to take the piss out Irish people because he got away with it the first time,all it was a stereotypical generalization that contributed nothing to the discussion.

BTW I am not insulted,all I'm going is trying to show the OP the error of his statement,your not Irish,hes not Irish so how can either justify and think that other Irish people wouldn't be insulted by these remarks,I think you will find out are both wrong.

bluegrazz
01-10-2009, 08:43 AM
People like me making mountains out of moral hills :confused:,racist maybe to strong a word then,Prejudice would be a far more apt description.

You may claim Irish heritage but all due respect you didn't live here at the time when Irish people searching for a better life in the UK were meet with this sort of shit all the time,or being called a murdering terrorist bastard simply for being Irish,the OP plainly stated that it was acceptable to take the piss out Irish people because he got away with it the first time,all it was a stereotypical generalization that contributed nothing to the discussion.

BTW I am not insulted,all I'm going is trying to show the OP the error of his statement,your not Irish,hes not Irish so how can either justify and think that other Irish people wouldn't be insulted by these remarks,I think you will find out are both wrong.

Bud, I think your missing the entire point here- No, I never lived in Ireland, my family on my Moms side came here during the Potatoe Famine and were met with lots of "racism"- That was something I never had to go through.

My point was, in our society its okay to stereotype "white" races (like the Simpsons episode where the Irish Museum has a drunk Irishmen beating his wife) and you can be as "racist" towards whites as you want. Black Comedians regularly rip on white folk (and I consider Irish to be white folk) and thats culturally acceptable but if a white man stereotypes or makes a racial comment about a Black, Jew, Chinese or Arab- Everyone gets up in arms, people lose their jobs and they are branded as a racist.

I am POINTING out the double standard here. I said the Irish got a 50% pay cut because 50% of them come to work drunk everyday (a stereotype) and nobody pointed out that that was an inappropriate comment for MANY hours. Had I said something about Jews (even Joking) or Blacks or (fill in the blank) I would have been IMMEDIATLY set upon by the politically correct crowd telling me I was a racists... The P.C. crowd didnt come to the defense of the Irish because the Irish are white and thus "fair game".

Its a bullshit double standard- If you cant see my point, I dont know what to say here- Read the thread from the start and notice how long it took for ANYONE to say ANYTHING about my comment- Now look how quick everyone will jump on someone for Stereryping a colored race.... Thats my point dude.

No offense to you or your (my, ancestral) people- The offense is to society as a whole. I was making a point, thats all.

djhooker
01-10-2009, 08:47 AM
This is why i drink this..

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-aGtnfd55yY/R8Ky18zeHiI/AAAAAAAAAqM/8KEItlui3Ng/s400/pepsimax.jpg


and not this.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3tG1-DP6ie0/SlSRfu-DScI/AAAAAAAAAhs/9BOAALmy-ts/s320/Coca-Cola-Art_Halloween2_a.jpg


that's not much better is it?

the white knight
01-10-2009, 08:49 AM
Fucking Coca Cola what a way to treat your workforce some of them have been working fo CC for 30 years and this is the way CC treats them the Bastards it counts for nothing giving your life away to them.
The greedy fuckers your profits go up so you decide to cut your workers pay and conditions many of these people the workers not just in CC case but all in Ireland and the UK are going to be put in the same position lots of people have put themselves in a trap by having a mortgage and other large borrowings they will have no other choice but to accept or look for another job another reason to make youself debt free so the system will have less control over you.

bluegrazz
01-10-2009, 08:54 AM
Pepsi is worse- There is a Pepsi Plant in Corbin KY that pays minimum wage with a max salary of $9/hr (thats like 4 pounds) with no health insurance- Its really, really sad what these corperations are doing to us- Drink Kool Aid. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH.

sub x
01-10-2009, 08:56 AM
Bud, I think your missing the entire point here- No, I never lived in Ireland, my family on my Moms side came here during the Potatoe Famine and were met with lots of "racism"- That was something I never had to go through.

My point was, in our society its okay to stereotype "white" races (like the Simpsons episode where the Irish Museum has a drunk Irishmen beating his wife) and you can be as "racist" towards whites as you want. Black Comedians regularly rip on white folk (and I consider Irish to be white folk) and thats culturally acceptable but if a white man stereotypes or makes a racial comment about a Black, Jew, Chinese or Arab- Everyone gets up in arms, people lose their jobs and they are branded as a racist.

I am POINTING out the double standard here. I said the Irish got a 50% pay cut because 50% of them come to work drunk everyday (a stereotype) and nobody pointed out that that was an inappropriate comment for MANY hours. Had I said something about Jews (even Joking) or Blacks or (fill in the blank) I would have been IMMEDIATLY set upon by the politically correct crowd telling me I was a racists... The P.C. crowd didnt come to the defense of the Irish because the Irish are white and thus "fair game".

Its a bullshit double standard- If you cant see my point, I dont know what to say here- Read the thread from the start and notice how long it took for ANYONE to say ANYTHING about my comment- Now look how quick everyone will jump on someone for Stereryping a colored race.... Thats my point dude.

No offense to you or your (my, ancestral) people- The offense is to society as a whole. I was making a point, thats all.


I get what you saying now,but that didn't come across so well in the part I quote,maybe I'm also at fault for not taking the whole thread into context,and just to clarify I am not one of the PC crowd and if you had intended to be prejudice (which I know now you weren't) that is your right, equally my right to defend myself,anyway misunderstanding,no harm done.

I appreciate that you took the time to explain,when you easily could have told me to fuck off with myself(its early,I haven't slept yet,and the Lisbon treaty is frying my brain,roll Friday :D )

bluegrazz
01-10-2009, 09:03 AM
I get what you saying now,but that didn't come across so well in the part I quote,maybe I'm also at fault for not taking the whole thread into context,and just to clarify I am not one of the PC crowd and if you had intended to be prejudice (which I know now you weren't) that is your right, equally my right to defend myself,anyway misunderstanding,no harm done.

I appreciate that you took the time to explain,when you easily could have told me to fuck off with myself(its early,I haven't slept yet,and the Lisbon treaty is frying my brain,roll Friday :D )

:D Hey man- Its all good. I know you Irish are a stubborn lot :D

freedom1st
01-10-2009, 10:58 AM
Well, we knew slave labour was the plan, and here it is. This will spread and many more people will lose their homes. Wonder when the workhouses will arrive?!

sub x
01-10-2009, 01:41 PM
:D Hey man- Its all good. I know you Irish are a stubborn lot :D

Touche my friend,touche ;) :D

truth finder
01-10-2009, 02:15 PM
that's not much better is it?


The lesser of two evils:p

skyver
01-10-2009, 02:17 PM
Twas meant to prove a point- And BTW I am half Irish... Obviously YOU are incapable of realizing the Irony of my statement and the point I was making. My comment from earlier was up for many hours and nobody said a thing- BUT a comment about any other race would have branded me a racist in mere minutes.

Don't worry mate. I know exactly what you were getting at. Bluegrazz was simply pointing out that if he had made a joke about jews, there would have been a string of posts asking why he is being anti-semetic.

sub x
01-10-2009, 02:40 PM
The lesser of two evils:p

Apologies to yourself Truthfinder,my pig headed,stubbornness got the better of me,no hard feelings I hope ;)

bluegrazz
01-10-2009, 02:57 PM
Don't worry mate. I know exactly what you were getting at. Bluegrazz was simply pointing out that if he had made a joke about jews, there would have been a string of posts asking why he is being anti-semetic.
I am actually very glad it worked out this way- If I had been called out for being racist against the Irish immediately- My whole point would have been moot (and nobody would have believed I was trying to make a point) but I took a chance (and I was pretty sure the P.C. crowd would never run to the defense of the Irish) and I think it worked out quite well.

Sub X was doing what any proud person would do to protect their ethnic group from stupidity and dumb stereotypes- The problem is nobody from any other ethnic group ran to his defense. Had I made a joke about Jews (as you pointed out) many ethnic groups would have joined in flaming me for an unadulterated bloodbath.

I live in the Southern (Kentucky) United States and we are Stereotyped and joked about as being poor, uneducated, inbred, toothless hillbillies. The media and television and movies and books routinely make fun of us for being these things. I tell people I am from Kentucky and they picture a toothless, tobacco chewing inbred who has married my sister (whos also my mom) and this is considered "funny". Even kids cartoons portaiy the South like this.

I dont know what "real" racism feels like though. I have never had to deal with the tribulations that someone living in Ireland has to deal with daily (or Pakistan, Sicily, etc) and I am so fortunate that I never had to deal with anything other than the "inbred hillbilly" stereotype... But we, the white race are "fair game" to hate on, make fun of and disrespect- Its only "people of color" that you cannot say anything against.

I get pissed when people automatically discount my opinion because I live in KY and I can so sympathize with Sub X (although I truthfully have no ideal) and I HOPE someone reads this thread and it actually impacts them and perhaps changes their opinions. That was seriously the whole point I was trying to get across.

Now, considering I am Irish/Italian (by heritage- I am a white American) I need to go get drunk, beat my wife, stomp some grapes,make some spaghetti and miss work. LOL. (my best friends actually call me a Mc WQP- But they are just dumb Jews and hillbillies anyhow)

I hope there was really no offense taken here- And I am proud of Sub X for not only standing up for what is right, but also saying that ts okay okay to be wrong.

truth finder
01-10-2009, 03:26 PM
Apologies to yourself Truthfinder,my pig headed,stubbornness got the better of me,no hard feelings I hope ;)



Of course not mate, water under the bridge:)

wildhorse
01-10-2009, 03:38 PM
i hope the workers find a way to tell them to stick it

its disgusting how these workers have been treat. All counts for fuck all...will people wake to this slavery now?

being of irish stock myself i see a pattern...potato fammine all over again...unless...you sign on the dotted Lisbon line

dont sell ya souls ireland, we are pinning our hopes on your irish two fingered salute ;)

flamesong
01-10-2009, 04:01 PM
This is why i drink this..

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-aGtnfd55yY/R8Ky18zeHiI/AAAAAAAAAqM/8KEItlui3Ng/s400/pepsimax.jpg

and not this.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3tG1-DP6ie0/SlSRfu-DScI/AAAAAAAAAhs/9BOAALmy-ts/s320/Coca-Cola-Art_Halloween2_a.jpg

What a joke they don't need to cut pays, if anything the CEO's need a pay cut

that's not much better is it?

Actually, it is far worse.

Neither company has a record to be proud of but your choice of drink (Pepsi Max) is laced with Aspartame - at least the regular Coke is relatively additive free. But I wouldn't drink either of them.

To be honest, I am always a bit taken aback when I witness wised-up folk patronising the multi-nationals - none more so than the customers of BAT and Imperial Tobacco. But I am a bit gobsmacked to read that a 'truth finder' takes poison like that - whether naively or otherwise.

There are a few articles and a video on my sites:

flamesong.com (http://www.flamesong.com/aspartame/)

and here:

okulonews.com (http://www.okulonews.com/hot-topic/204-aspartame-missing-the-point)

P.S. I don't drink, smoke or take narcotics anymore - my drug of choice is Mawson's Sarsaparilla.

dolores1
01-10-2009, 04:05 PM
boycott:mad:

I also won't buy River rock water which is a Coca Cola product.

dolores1
01-10-2009, 04:08 PM
Well I can't for the life of me think what any other way it was meant other than a nasty braindead comment.

He thinks its already because we are white ??? well I was just putting him straight that its not alrght i,so hopeful the is lesson has been learned,and there no better buachaill than myself but point this out ;)

The Mass Graves of Irleand (http://www.irishholocaust.org/home)

The British Cover Up (http://www.irishholocaust.org/britain%27scoverup)

Some of us Irish are black, Chinese etc. We just love people.

Also the Irish are the ONLY people in the world who have never declared war on another nation!

flamesong
01-10-2009, 04:12 PM
And I stopped drinking Oasis fruit drinks when Coca-Colas a) bought the company and b) polluted it with Aspartame.

Pepsi own Tropicana Products - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Coca-Cola also now own much of Innocent Smoothies (http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/apr/06/innocent-drinks-sell-stake-coca-cola)

sub x
01-10-2009, 04:12 PM
I am actually very glad it worked out this way- If I had been called out for being racist against the Irish immediately- My whole point would have been moot (and nobody would have believed I was trying to make a point) but I took a chance (and I was pretty sure the P.C. crowd would never run to the defense of the Irish) and I think it worked out quite well.

Sub X was doing what any proud person would do to protect their ethnic group from stupidity and dumb stereotypes- The problem is nobody from any other ethnic group ran to his defense. Had I made a joke about Jews (as you pointed out) many ethnic groups would have joined in flaming me for an unadulterated bloodbath.

I live in the Southern (Kentucky) United States and we are Stereotyped and joked about as being poor, uneducated, inbred, toothless hillbillies. The media and television and movies and books routinely make fun of us for being these things. I tell people I am from Kentucky and they picture a toothless, tobacco chewing inbred who has married my sister (whos also my mom) and this is considered "funny". Even kids cartoons portaiy the South like this.

I dont know what "real" racism feels like though. I have never had to deal with the tribulations that someone living in Ireland has to deal with daily (or Pakistan, Sicily, etc) and I am so fortunate that I never had to deal with anything other than the "inbred hillbilly" stereotype... But we, the white race are "fair game" to hate on, make fun of and disrespect- Its only "people of color" that you cannot say anything against.

I get pissed when people automatically discount my opinion because I live in KY and I can so sympathize with Sub X (although I truthfully have no ideal) and I HOPE someone reads this thread and it actually impacts them and perhaps changes their opinions. That was seriously the whole point I was trying to get across.

Now, considering I am Irish/Italian (by heritage- I am a white American) I need to go get drunk, beat my wife, stomp some grapes,make some spaghetti and miss work. LOL. (my best friends actually call me a Mc WQP- But they are just dumb Jews and hillbillies anyhow)

I hope there was really no offense taken here- And I am proud of Sub X for not only standing up for what is right, but also saying that ts okay okay to be wrong.


When I was in the states,I got into a conversion with this African American guy,basically he was being shitty to me for no reason I thought at first and the penny dropped so I asked him,You hold a grudge against me because I'm white,he said it was unintentional but was a result of this upbring,400 years of slavery will do that,which coming from Ireland I do understand myself,when I was growing up there was plenty of anti-British sentiment going around,it was bred into to us,the Brits are bad and hate the Irish,any time I have been to the UK,I have always felt welcomed,respect and greeted with open arms.

Anyway I started to give him a brief summary on Irish history and how we had been slaves for over 800 years and mentioned the No dogs,No Blacks,No Irish signs,pointing to the fact we were considered lower citizens than black people,the famine,he was surprised to say the least and didn't realize this any of this,and I just finished by saying so you see its not only blacks that were slaves and oppressed,I really think it sunk in.

I don't believe in generalizations,my only prejudices are against arseholes and it doesn't matter if you of different colour,creed or nationality because an arsehole is an arsehole no matter what part of the world there from.

decim
01-10-2009, 06:04 PM
cola wars
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

endlessvista
01-10-2009, 06:15 PM
Twas meant to prove a point- And BTW I am half Irish... Obviously YOU are incapable of realizing the Irony of my statement and the point I was making. My comment from earlier was up for many hours and nobody said a thing- BUT a comment about any other race would have branded me a racist in mere minutes.

No, you are a fucking ignorant prick.

flamesong
01-10-2009, 06:21 PM
Er...

Coke, anyone?

bluegrazz
01-10-2009, 07:21 PM
No, you are a fucking ignorant prick.

I might even agree that I am an ignorant prick- But a fucking ignorant prick? Thats a little harsh. =P

dolores1
01-10-2009, 08:11 PM
cola wars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3XfQi4_uYs

Has RTE reported on this? Or are they for the yes vote?

dolores1
02-10-2009, 10:38 AM
cola wars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3XfQi4_uYs

How bad is it going to get?

flamesong
02-10-2009, 01:41 PM
Aspartame (http://http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s5i60437)

:rolleyes:

decim
02-10-2009, 01:54 PM
lisbon treaty - YouTube

How bad is it going to get?

ownedtbh
02-10-2009, 02:52 PM
This is why i drink this..

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-aGtnfd55yY/R8Ky18zeHiI/AAAAAAAAAqM/8KEItlui3Ng/s400/pepsimax.jpg




enjoy your aspartame :)

dolores1
02-10-2009, 07:26 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vet8OkQ26dc


Brill.
Buy you a pint when I see you.
Thanks.