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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
PaulF	BS: Plastic Paddy slur (174* d)	RE: BS: Plastic Paddy slur	19 Jun 09
Gosh, there's more than a hint of paranoia in some of the posts in this thread. Anybody with any sense of irony, will see Eric Bogle's song is totally tongue in cheek. They do say that irony doesn't travel well in certain parts of the world. Surely we all know what is meant by a Plastic Paddy? It's someone who drinks green beer, and enjoys all the other weird things that happen in the US on St Patrick's day, and DON'T happen in Ireland, where these poor benighted people seem to think it does go on. I'm sure that Irish born persons living in the USA, must be totally embarrassed by the coat of verdigris adopted by those who call themselves Irish, even though their claims are tenuous to say the least. Enjoy it by all means, but don't confuse it with reality. Paul

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