Comments by "sandgrownun66" (@sandgrownun66) on "1961: NELSON in DUBLIN - Should he STAY or GO? | Tonight | Voice of the People | BBC Archive" video.

  1.  @pauloneill2587  Rubbish.
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  2.  @tommymurphy459  Dunno. What are even talking about? Whoever was involved in its destruction, I would suggest. Here's a little nugget of information, you obviously aren't aware of, in the form of a question and an answer. Did people in Ireland support the IRA? “Do some of the Citizens of the Irish Republic support the methods of the IRA”, would be a far more accurate question. During the troubles from 1969 to 1996 support for Sinn Féin their political wing was always stayed within the 1 to 5% range. So 95% were not supportive of the Republican movement as a whole." You're welcome. Top of the morning to you.
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  3.  @jamesoneill2933  Just go to India. They don't mind having statues of Queen Victoria.
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  4. Odd how the Aussies don't object to such things.
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  5. No, they thought they'd destroy it, rather than make the gesture of a gift.
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  6. It could have been moved to England, rather than destroying it.
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  7. He's a civil servant. That's the only way they know how.
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  8. Something else could have been put on the base. Maybe different statues, like on the spare plinth in Trafalgar Square.
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  9. pillar
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  10. What?
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  11. Like pretending history is something to be eradicated.
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  12.  @Fatfrogsrock  Don't worry. It's the only word Bernie knows.
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  13.  @jamesoneill2933  So the Japanese should have been left unchallenged in Burma then? I'm sure the Burmese people would have loved that.
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  14. Who did they replace it with. Saint Bono from U2?
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  15.  freebeerfordworkers  Didn't they have one already?
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  16.  @martingrefen7792  You're
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  17.  @jamieoshea1681  What are you talking about?
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  18.  @jamieoshea1681  No. I write them, and you read them. That's the way it works.
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  19.  @Norvik_-ug3ge  What did I say that was against any statue. Just find a new home. Anything else is cultural vandalism.
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  20.  @jamieoshea1681  And you're educated, I suppose?
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  21.  @jumblestiltskin1365  "the support for the IRA in Ireland is not as clear cut or anything near it as you'd imply here." I was just stating facts, as I always do. There was somebody doing a lot of research to reach the conclusions they did. I'll go with them. Their knowledge is infinitely greater than mine.
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  22.  @anonUK  No they didn't. They just wanted to destroy it. Although, it them took two attempts to do so.
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  23.  @jamieoshea1681  Does freedom of expression trigger you?
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  24. Pillar or column?
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  25.  @jamesoneill2933  It was good enough for Nelson Mandela and Nelson Piquet. Obviously, their parents looked up to him. Especially his column.
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  26.  @jamieoshea1681  So you don't understand satire, either?
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  27.  @jamieoshea1681  What would be the point? You've obviously had a humour bypass at some time in your existence.
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  28.  @jamieoshea1681  If you don't like Brits, stop speaking English. How's your Irish? Let me guess. Non-existent?
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  29.  @siogbeagbideach  English. Do you speak it Muthafuqer? If you don't then that makes you the only Irelander that doesn't.
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