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Discuss McGuiness calls for an end to constitutional link between UK and NI in Current Affairs, News and Analysis on The Army Rumour Service; Originally Posted by British_And_Proud No comment. Just wondering....by your rationale anyone taking part in a riot deserves a rubber bullet to the head. Care to comment on that ?...
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    Quote Originally Posted by British_And_Proud View Post
    No comment.
    Just wondering....by your rationale anyone taking part in a riot deserves a rubber bullet to the head. Care to comment on that ?
    The time has come for someone to put their foot down. And that foot is me

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimmys_best_mate View Post
    Wouldn't McGuiness just phone in the date and time for the wrestle and let someone from MI5 deal with it?
    That is so cruelly subtle!
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    Quote Originally Posted by British_And_Proud View Post
    No comment.

    Ps, I've never been hit with a baton round if that counts.....
    Fucking shame that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by chocolate soldier View Post
    happened fairly recently, just because im proud of my country doesnt mean that i ignore atrocities
    And just because I'm proud of my country, which happens to be the same one by the way, doesn't mean that I can ignore things like shifting demographics, democratic process or, to coin a phrase... The writing on the wall.*

    *(By which I do not mean "Rem. 1690 FTP")
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    Quote Originally Posted by MuddyOldEngineer View Post
    Just wondering....by your rationale anyone taking part in a riot deserves a rubber bullet to the head. Care to comment on that ?
    Anyone taking part in rioting, should made aware that a projectile steaming out of a long tube, may actually hurt you.

    Or in other words play with fire and get burnt.
    "I am not an Ulsterman but yesterday, the 1st. July, as I followed their amazing attack, I felt that I would rather be an Ulsterman than anything else in the world."
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    "Throughout the long years of struggle ... the men of Ulster have proved how nobly they fight and die"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Biscuits_Brown View Post
    And just because I'm proud of my country, which happens to be the same one by the way, doesn't mean that I can ignore things like shifting demographics, democratic process or, to coin a phrase... The writing on the wall.* *(By which I do not mean "Rem. 1690 FTP")
    i dont either but i dont accept it as an inevitability

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    Quote Originally Posted by British_And_Proud View Post
    Anyone taking part in rioting, should made aware that a projectile steaming out of a long tube, may actually hurt you.

    Or in other words play with fire and get burnt.
    Not long until the marching season
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    Quote Originally Posted by chocolate soldier View Post
    i dont either but i dont accept it as an inevitability
    You might want to think about it a bit. Only death & taxes are inevitable but on the balance of probabilities, a United Ireland will happen in your lifetime... Assuming you're my age or below.

    Probably better to have a notion of what you'll do in that event.
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    If at some point a referendum is held in the Six Counties and a majority decision is reached for a United Ireland, then I don't see how a few dissenters can prevent it. Let's face it, at the beginning of the 1920s the Micks had to put up with a divided island, there's no reason to suppose that they couldn't get used to a reunited Ireland, is there? It's not as if it's going to happen in the next thirty minutes, so they'll have plenty of time to prepare. I'm looking forward to a United Ireland. MsG

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    Quote Originally Posted by Biscuits_Brown View Post
    You might want to think about it a bit. Only death & taxes are inevitable but on the balance of probabilities, a United Ireland will happen in your lifetime... Assuming you're my age or below. Probably better to have a notion of what you'll do in that event.
    and what would you do?

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