Flags, Songs And Dead People

[dixie1928]

I live in the U K but am Irish. Recently joined a social club and nipped in there for a quiet gallon and it turned out there was a function in the, erm, function room.

All very jolly. Couple of hundred men and women, average age maybe around thirty. Well behaved. Lots of scarves and banners. No Irish accents that I heard, and not too many gingers! Seemed to be Celtic / GAA fans from what I could see.

I was in a different room, not paying too much attention until I heard a song I recognised from way back when. I started paying closer attention. Led by a very professional band, tune after tune had nothing to do any sport and everything to do with the Republican Movement.

As it happens, I'm Green. But I found it a little disappointing that these second, third or fourth generation Irish / BRITISH people - no doubt with British passports, could be so enthusiastically singing songs which help to feed prejudice.

And I wondered how easy it is for impressionable young people to go that step further and pick up a gun in the name of a cause. It's not so far from the Fields of Athenry, to the fields of Afghanistan. Maybe not such a distance from a car that's kicked for being in the wrong place to Heysel.

Just saying like.

 

[Nordecke]

I live in the U K but am Irish. Recently joined a social club and nipped in there for a quiet gallon and it turned out there was a function in the, erm, function room.

All very jolly. Couple of hundred men and women, average age maybe around thirty. Well behaved. Lots of scarves and banners. No Irish accents that I heard, and not too many gingers! Seemed to be Celtic / GAA fans from what I could see.

I was in a different room, not paying too much attention until I heard a song I recognised from way back when. I started paying closer attention. Led by a very professional band, tune after tune had nothing to do any sport and everything to do with the Republican Movement.

As it happens, I'm Green. But I found it a little disappointing that these second, third or fourth generation Irish / BRITISH people - no doubt with British passports, could be so enthusiastically singing songs which help to feed prejudice.

And I wondered how easy it is for impressionable young people to go that step further and pick up a gun in the name of a cause. It's not so far from the Fields of Athenry, to the fields of Afghanistan. Maybe not such a distance from a car that's kicked for being in the wrong place to Heysel.

Just saying like.

I would say that some things would make it much easier.. For one: The young person's parents/ up-bringing.
I find it hard to believe that there are a lot of things that could inspire someone to kill..

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

Maybe not such a distance from a car that's kicked for being in the wrong place to Heysel.

Just saying like.

Just talkin' [Poor language removed] more like with that closing line.

I read it all and thought you was making a valid point 'til I read the last bit. The incident was only ever going to be banging on his car and making his ringpiece twitch, nobody even tries the doorhandles let alone rip the sunroof open with a wheel brace, before dragging the occupants out to bundle them into a taxi, so that they can whisk them away for a summary execution and then dump their bound naked bodies on wasteground.

I aint talking Kabul Yellow Cabs either here. Get my drift ?

 

[davek]

I live in the U K but am Irish. Recently joined a social club and nipped in there for a quiet gallon and it turned out there was a function in the, erm, function room.

All very jolly. Couple of hundred men and women, average age maybe around thirty. Well behaved. Lots of scarves and banners. No Irish accents that I heard, and not too many gingers! Seemed to be Celtic / GAA fans from what I could see.

I was in a different room, not paying too much attention until I heard a song I recognised from way back when. I started paying closer attention. Led by a very professional band, tune after tune had nothing to do any sport and everything to do with the Republican Movement.

As it happens, I'm Green. But I found it a little disappointing that these second, third or fourth generation Irish / BRITISH people - no doubt with British passports, could be so enthusiastically singing songs which help to feed prejudice.

And I wondered how easy it is for impressionable young people to go that step further and pick up a gun in the name of a cause. It's not so far from the Fields of Athenry, to the fields of Afghanistan. Maybe not such a distance from a car that's kicked for being in the wrong place to Heysel.

Just saying like.

What sort of tunes were they playing?

 

[EFCNIK]

What sort of tunes were they playing?

Cannibal Corpse mate, 'Hammer smashed face', read about it.

 

[chicoazul]

A function? Phwoar, they're great. Finger anyone?

Regarding the kopite car incident on Saturday, it's like putting your head into the mouth of a lion then complaining when it bites you. The replica shirt wearing fat beaut shouldn't have been there, and he very well knows it.

 

[TX Bill]

I live in the U K but am Irish. Recently joined a social club and nipped in there for a quiet gallon and it turned out there was a function in the, erm, function room.

All very jolly. Couple of hundred men and women, average age maybe around thirty. Well behaved. Lots of scarves and banners. No Irish accents that I heard, and not too many gingers! Seemed to be Celtic / GAA fans from what I could see.

I was in a different room, not paying too much attention until I heard a song I recognised from way back when. I started paying closer attention. Led by a very professional band, tune after tune had nothing to do any sport and everything to do with the Republican Movement.

As it happens, I'm Green. But I found it a little disappointing that these second, third or fourth generation Irish / BRITISH people - no doubt with British passports, could be so enthusiastically singing songs which help to feed prejudice.

And I wondered how easy it is for impressionable young people to go that step further and pick up a gun in the name of a cause. It's not so far from the Fields of Athenry, to the fields of Afghanistan. Maybe not such a distance from a car that's kicked for being in the wrong place to Heysel.

Just saying like.

Was it a popular song that was adopted by the movement or one specifically written for them? I guess what I'm asking is was it being played out of pure ignorance by those responsible for the music or was there some intent there? I could see that being a genuine screw up but then again, maybe not.

I'm obviously not familiar with the song but I wouldn't imagine that something that specific would be "accidentally" on the playlist.