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21-09-2019, 11:11 AM | #1751 | |||
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FYI I missed a lot of school as I had bad health problems,but carry on being better educated and clever, we cant all be like that unfortunately,I have never been good at geography, history etc,I was more on the arty side,but as I said I wont comment on this subject anymore , I try to learn as I go along ,but , seems that its to be looked down on too.FFS
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21-09-2019, 11:13 AM | #1752 | |||
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21-09-2019, 11:16 AM | #1753 | |||
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I don't remember either of my kids learning about Irish history but then neither took history for GCSE so maybe they study if it they take history as an option, not sure tbh
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21-09-2019, 11:18 AM | #1754 | |||
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Pre referendum the Irish border was never mentioned at all, this is why I think there should be a second referendum, people are much more aware of a lot of the sticking points now, rather than the whitewash of its going to be easy to leave
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21-09-2019, 11:25 AM | #1755 | ||
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These things are mentioned on the news a fair bit. And theres no need to know Irish history to know the basic makeup of your own country It's almost like thinking France is part of uk bc we own some channel islands Last edited by Twosugars; 21-09-2019 at 11:28 AM. |
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21-09-2019, 11:27 AM | #1756 | |||
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Leave winning and still having a following makes more sense to me now
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21-09-2019, 11:31 AM | #1757 | ||
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Not true. What about the peace process, that's been on the news since the 90s
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21-09-2019, 11:35 AM | #1758 | ||
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Just dont know how to deal with it tbh. And you never realized from the news? |
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21-09-2019, 11:42 AM | #1759 | |||
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I have a family and a job,i am not stuck in the news every 5 mins, and I sometimes have programs on but cant always pay that much attention,and sometimes I miss stuff as I am patially deaf,and why the **** am I explaining anything to you anyway, you know nothing about my background or education,if I have an interest in whats going on then why shouldn't I have an opinion and learn by some of them , but you are just nasty and I'm done even explaining anything to you.
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21-09-2019, 11:54 AM | #1760 | |||
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I am talking about the Leave and Remain referendum campaigns, did either mention the border in their arguments for and against? If you can find me a link that would be great, there was a guy on a phone in recently who mentioned this as well so its just not me that didn't hear anything about it, I cant claim to have listened to every argument but I listen to a fair deal so if it was mentioned it wasn't particularly often
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'put a bit of lippy on and run a brush through your hair, we are alcoholics, not savages' Last edited by Cherie; 21-09-2019 at 11:54 AM. |
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21-09-2019, 12:13 PM | #1761 | |||
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Honestly, i don't think the irish border issues are a big thing to many on the UK mainland. It becomes an issue if some group like the ira start bombing us, but other than that it's jut not important to many. Why would it be unless it directly affected them. That was the whole reason the ira started bombing places like london in the first place.
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21-09-2019, 12:20 PM | #1762 | |||
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After reading Kazanne post's I hate the use of the word "troubles" that's something I am in when i can't find my phone or car keys..Not a massacre |
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21-09-2019, 12:22 PM | #1763 | |||
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21-09-2019, 12:55 PM | #1764 | |||
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I remember on the day before the ref an Indian friend saying all her family were voting to go out, because of the possible trade deal with India and visa free movement, everyone has their own reasons for voting the way they did, they are considering themselves and their families first and foremost
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'put a bit of lippy on and run a brush through your hair, we are alcoholics, not savages' Last edited by Cherie; 21-09-2019 at 01:05 PM. |
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21-09-2019, 01:08 PM | #1765 | |||
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Now I think the Irish are seeing it is irrelavent to the British. Hard lesson to learn.. but important |
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21-09-2019, 01:19 PM | #1766 | ||
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Cherie I'm not talking about the referendum and whether it was mentioned or not..
I'm talking about being aware what your country consist of. I cant imagine not knowing who your neighbouring countries are. I dont think anybody in the referendum campaign was explaining Britain doesnt own Ireland bc doubt anybody thought it needed explaining. |
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21-09-2019, 01:30 PM | #1767 | ||
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Carry on thinking I'm nasty. I will consider it worth it as long as you now know that Britain owns only a small part of the island of Ireland, Northern Ireland. The rest of it is an independent republic of Ireland, a very proud and successful country. They used to be under English occupation but gained independence in 1921. For obvious historical reasons Ireland is very protective of and sensitive about its independence. It's best every Briton remembers that. Last edited by Twosugars; 21-09-2019 at 01:30 PM. |
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21-09-2019, 01:39 PM | #1768 | ||
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Maybe a bit of WWII *if* you take history as a selection at high school - other than that, I don't think you even get the modern wars. Definitely no modern political history unless you specifically take politics. Which in my experience, most schools don't even offer. I don't think the political situation in Ireland was mentioned at all when I was at school, honestly. Here in Scotland I think people become a bit more socially aware of it because there's still quite heavy sectarianism that has significant links with N.I. so anyone vaguely "socially aware" learns about it that way. |
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21-09-2019, 01:42 PM | #1769 | ||
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Yeah my partner told me the same, TS
I dont get it. How can you pick and choose your history? It is a continuous thing |
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21-09-2019, 01:44 PM | #1770 | ||
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But geography and general knowledge? If you look at a map you can see ireland is there, an independent country
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21-09-2019, 01:46 PM | #1771 | ||
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21-09-2019, 01:50 PM | #1772 | ||
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When people do have a more than absolutely basic understanding of these topics in the UK, it's generally because of self-driven interest. |
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21-09-2019, 01:52 PM | #1773 | |||
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in various sports events they are already competing as independent countries anyway, like rugby, football, cricket in junior eurovision contest (kids eurovision) Wales make their own language shine, and even scotland is interested to also join that next year with of course the scottish language just a simple thought of course, a britain break up
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21-09-2019, 02:00 PM | #1774 | ||
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And then governments moan people have not enough of a sense of identity. |
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21-09-2019, 02:10 PM | #1775 | |||
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