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Post by rainbow82 on Nov 13, 2007 4:33:38 GMT
ha yeh....its funny cause i am irish. i dont know anything about 'my heritage' well i know we fight alot....seriously my family is SOO fucked up!
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Post by sofarfromhome on Nov 13, 2007 11:15:22 GMT
were you actually born in ireland or are you one of these americans who think they are irish?
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Post by hoppy78 on Nov 13, 2007 11:28:09 GMT
ha yeh....its funny cause i am irish. i dont know anything about 'my heritage' well i know we fight alot....seriously my family is SOO fucked up! hahaha oh how I love you Americans  |
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Post by babyblue on Nov 13, 2007 13:20:11 GMT
ha yeh....its funny cause i am irish. i dont know anything about 'my heritage' well i know we fight alot....seriously my family is SOO fucked up! Don't get me wrong, but why do you say you're Irish? I mean, I've found a lot of Americans who say things like "I'm Italian" or whatever, and I really don't get it... cos in my opinion that your great great grandfather came from Ireland, Italy or anywhere else doesn't make you from that country. I don't mean that's your personal case cos I don't know you... But anyway, you didn't even know where Dublin is.... And you said "I know we fight a lot", don't take this as a personal attack or anything, but being your own roots you could know something else about the Irish. And how many Americans of Spanish descent think Spain is next to Mexico? My god... Yet, Americans are always seen as the most patriotic people, always with the stars and bars and "God bless America" and all that kind of stuff... So I really don't understand it. It's like me saying "I'm African", cos well, after all... it's true! |
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Post by kingofireland on Nov 13, 2007 14:03:45 GMT
@ Charmer  I'm Irish!!! I suppose you couldn't be expected to know everywhere, its a senseitive issue though so beware  . @ everyone else I've bought tickets to see both shows and i've just bought tickets for the after show too. Any body any idea what type of music Jared will play?  |
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Post by rainbow82 on Nov 14, 2007 3:13:40 GMT
were you actually born in ireland or are you one of these americans who think they are irish? uhh im irish. i wasnt born there so im not like 'irish' or whatever but my mom and dad are irish and from there. jeez calm the fuck down people. im part german too anything to say bout that shit? i didnt know it would offend people if i stated what heritage i was. i dont get it. i wouldnt get all offended if you lived in Ireland and said you're american. whatever! and not everyone knows stuff about their heritage. "dont take this as a personal attack" but ive never been interested in researching stuff like that. i just know what i am and thats that. and to quote Morrissey "Irish Blood English Heart This Im Made Of" He is Irish but he lives in England. get over yourselves! |
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Post by hoppy78 on Nov 14, 2007 12:34:22 GMT
aw nobody is fighting with you or anything, think what we mean is if you were not born in Ireland then your not Irish, your parents are Don't take it too serious  |
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Post by babyblue on Nov 14, 2007 13:33:31 GMT
I don't mean that's your personal case cos I don't know you... I just meant that a lot of American people say things like that! It was not just about you! I think we were only curious, not offended... |
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Post by rainbow82 on Nov 14, 2007 21:40:00 GMT
aw nobody is fighting with you or anything, think what we mean is if you were not born in Ireland then your not Irish, your parents are Don't take it too serious yeh but that means i have IRISH blood. doesnt that make you Irish?? I thought it did. idk whatever. but that wasnt really directed at you Hoppy. |
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Post by sofarfromhome on Nov 15, 2007 2:19:16 GMT
were you actually born in ireland or are you one of these americans who think they are irish? uhh im irish. i wasnt born there so im not like 'irish' or whatever but my mom and dad are irish and from there. jeez calm the fuck down people. im part german too anything to say bout that shit? i didnt know it would offend people if i stated what heritage i was. i dont get it. i wouldnt get all offended if you lived in Ireland and said you're american. whatever! and not everyone knows stuff about their heritage. "dont take this as a personal attack" but ive never been interested in researching stuff like that. i just know what i am and thats that. and to quote Morrissey "Irish Blood English Heart This Im Made Of" He is Irish but he lives in England. get over yourselves! you seem to be the one who is getting worked up about this. If we go by blood surely we all have a little something in us dont we if you go back far enough. But because your parents were born in ireland doesnt make you irish, it makes you an american because you were born there. I really am not trying to offend you so dont take it the wrong way but to a lot of us irish it just seems that americans think of it as a novelty and say " oh im irish" because they want to come from a magical land of guiness and leprechauns. I was born in dublin and grew up in dublin and i know where dublin is. therefore i am irish. |
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Post by Bornagirl76 on Nov 15, 2007 3:02:16 GMT
you seem to be the one who is getting worked up about this. If we go by blood surely we all have a little something in us dont we if you go back far enough. But because your parents were born in ireland doesnt make you irish, it makes you an american because you were born there. I really am not trying to offend you so dont take it the wrong way but to a lot of us irish it just seems that americans think of it as a novelty and say " oh im irish" because they want to come from a magical land of guiness and leprechauns. I was born in dublin and grew up in dublin and i know where dublin is. therefore i am irish. I'm as Irish as you, but I still think she (sorry, Come Child..your name is too long!) has a right to call herself whatever she wants. Both her parents are Irish, she has Irish blood, she could have an Irish passport if she wanted (though she'd have to relinquish her American one - the U.S. is funny like that ). That is not the same as claiming Irish ancestry for the novelty factor. I have cousins who were born in the States and brought up in Canada, but they feel Irish, and wouldn't take too kindly to being told otherwise. Perhaps, as someone who has been born and bred in Ireland to (I presume) Irish parents, you don't appreciate that children of emigrants have a much more complicated take on their heritage than those of us whose parents stayed put. We have had so little experience of immigration in Ireland that we've never had to deal with that whole issue until very recently. As a country we're pretty unique in that regard. I think the mix makes life much more interesting, anyway  |
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Post by rainbow82 on Nov 15, 2007 4:04:55 GMT
you seem to be the one who is getting worked up about this. If we go by blood surely we all have a little something in us dont we if you go back far enough. But because your parents were born in ireland doesnt make you irish, it makes you an american because you were born there. I really am not trying to offend you so dont take it the wrong way but to a lot of us irish it just seems that americans think of it as a novelty and say " oh im irish" because they want to come from a magical land of guiness and leprechauns. I was born in dublin and grew up in dublin and i know where dublin is. therefore i am irish. I'm as Irish as you, but I still think she (sorry, Come Child..your name is too long!) has a right to call herself whatever she wants. Both her parents are Irish, she has Irish blood, she could have an Irish passport if she wanted (though she'd have to relinquish her American one - the U.S. is funny like that ). That is not the same as claiming Irish ancestry for the novelty factor. I have cousins who were born in the States and brought up in Canada, but they feel Irish, and wouldn't take too kindly to being told otherwise. Perhaps, as someone who has been born and bred in Ireland to (I presume) Irish parents, you don't appreciate that children of emigrants have a much more complicated take on their heritage than those of us whose parents stayed put. We have had so little experience of immigration in Ireland that we've never had to deal with that whole issue until very recently. As a country we're pretty unique in that regard. I think the mix makes life much more interesting, anyway thanks love! you said it alot better than i could have. but since i was born in America it makes me an "American Citizen" but I am Irish. does that make since? But how yous are making it, its like saying someone with American parents who moved to Ireland and had a kid is Irish and not American. They are a Citizen of Ireland but American. get it? |
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Post by peacebone on Nov 15, 2007 4:22:59 GMT
lets all take the time to remember that the only real americans are the native americans, everyone else just came and fucked them over Happy Thanksgiving |
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Post by youtometoyou on Nov 15, 2007 5:13:50 GMT
Except for the slaves who were forced here........OH yeah and Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!! P.S. I just think that it is soo funny how this topic has turned into something way off from what it was originally hahha |
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Post by sofarfromhome on Nov 15, 2007 14:16:19 GMT
maybe your right. i think the " i know we fight a lot" thing pissed me off the most though. and i still dont know how an american born in canada or whatever can "feel" irish but blehhh. Happy thanksgiviing to all
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