"In the view of many Irish people, the English are roughly what the kids of SS officers must be when they visit Israel."
Sorry WLD - utter shit. This sums up for me all the dangerous nonsense that this sort of crap gives rise to - How much time have you spent over here - is this really what you feel happens here - if so, why bother coming?
It really is a perfect example of the dangers of taking this crap seriously - it's the equivalent of the man in the John Bull outfit with his sandwich board 'protecting the pound'.
Sure, there are a few nationalist nutters everywhere - take a peep at the last night of the Proms next time they are on - but "many Irish people"...... come on!!!!
If the Cap'n feels the remark was said maliciously he has not made his point very well; he is entitled to take offence; he is not entitled to generalise on behalf of the rest of us, nor is WLD or anybody else. What an insecure world some people seem to live in.
How far do you take this paranoid nonsense?
Not so long ago the Cap'n used the term 'blow-in'; a phrase that is used in banter around regularly here - for those who don't know, it means an outsider who has come to live in the area. Taken seriously it can be highly insulting and hurtful for us 'blow-ins'. Should I take offence at the Cap'n's use of it?
It seems to me that there is a desperate need for a few sense of humour transplants around here.
Jim Carroll