Following on from the Sinn Fein Jugend's latest attempt at Unionist Outreach, how about this classic from a laugh-a-minute thread on their website:
thers (sic) no contradiction in reaching out to unionists and demanding the Brits leave.
Ah right you are, that makes sense... keep pushing those intellectual boundaries and falling off roofs lads, Wolfe-Tone would be sooo proud of you.
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It makes sense to me... given that Northern Ireland is part of the sovereign state of the United Kingdom but not part of the 'country' of Britain.
Mind you I'd like to get the British out of England too, which _is_ semantically awkward. Depends whether you are referring to political definition or cultural choice.
Saz (English, a subject of the British crown but definitely not British)
Saz
It makes sense to me... given that Northern Ireland is part of the sovereign state of the United Kingdom but not part of the 'country' of Britain
Not part of the island of Britain, but by "lex soli" anyone born in the in the United Kingdom to a parent who is a British citizen at the time of the birth, or to a parent who is settled in the United Kingdom is entitled to call themselves "British". This right was later enshrined (and accepted by Sinn Fein) in the Belfast Agreement.
Saz (English, a subject of the British crown but definitely not British)
It's your right to define yourself as non-British if you want. However, I (and most other Unionists) are proud and are legally entitled to call oursleves British. When SF Youth call for "Brits Out", it's not just the British Army ( you rarely see "British Army Out") but all vestiges of British "influence" they want "cleansed" from our part of the island.
The bigotted little shits are now justifying the attack:
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/84020
I disagree that Northern Ireland is not part of Britain. Britain, as commonly used, does include NI - as any political speech can demonstrate.
It does not simply have to equal Great Britain. I remind you that British monarchs at one point styled themselves King/Queen 'of all the Britains' - referring to the British territories beyond the sea. It's always been an enormously flexible label.
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