Friday's rant

[blockhead]

Ah give over. They were singing a song. A song that groups of people (including sports teams) sing all over the country, I've even heard it at weddings.
They were having fun with clearly no bad intention

Singing “ooh ah up the RA” is exactly as acceptable as making racist jokes.

Quite right OSS, as is singing "rule brittania", I'm sure you would agree.

[Oldschoolsocks]

Ah give over. They were singing a song. A song that groups of people (including sports teams) sing all over the country, I've even heard it at weddings.
They were having fun with clearly no bad intention

Singing “ooh ah up the RA” is exactly as acceptable as making racist jokes.

Quite right OSS, as is singing "rule brittania", I'm sure you would agree.

Almost goes without saying Blocky

[Laighin Break]

So where was the outrage with Leinster players singing it?

[Oldschoolsocks]

So where was the outrage with Leinster players singing it?

Leinster players singing up the RA?

Did that happen?

[blockhead]

So where was the outrage with Leinster players singing it?

Leinster players singing up the RA?

Did that happen?

singing up the RA?
Happens all the time.

[Oldschoolsocks]

So where was the outrage with Leinster players singing it?

Leinster players singing up the RA?

Did that happen?

singing up the RA?
Happens all the time.

So I did a quick internet search and according to three pages of google this has never happened.

That being said, when I hear it I will be suitably outraged and remind them the the RA are not their friends and should be neither lionised nor encouraged…

[blockhead]

Leinster players singing up the RA?

Did that happen?

singing up the RA?
Happens all the time.

So I did a quick internet search and according to three pages of google this has never happened.

That being said, when I hear it I will be suitably outraged and remind them the the RA are not their friends and should be neither lionised nor encouraged…

Just for the record, when I said "Happens all the time", I was not referring to Leinster

[Laighin Break]

Leinster players were recorded singing Celtic Symphony (the same song the Irish soccer team were singing) three years ago

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dublin ... 35270.ampl

[Oldschoolsocks]

Leinster players were recorded singing Celtic Symphony (the same song the Irish soccer team were singing) three years ago

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dublin ... 35270.ampl

That link isn’t working for me, but I’m happy to take your word that this happened and I don’t like it.

[Oldschoolsocks]

singing up the RA?
Happens all the time.

So I did a quick internet search and according to three pages of google this has never happened.

That being said, when I hear it I will be suitably outraged and remind them the the RA are not their friends and should be neither lionised nor encouraged…

Just for the record, when I said "Happens all the time", I was not referring to Leinster

OK , doesn’t make it right

[blockhead]

So I did a quick internet search and according to three pages of google this has never happened.

That being said, when I hear it I will be suitably outraged and remind them the the RA are not their friends and should be neither lionised nor encouraged…

Just for the record, when I said "Happens all the time", I was not referring to Leinster

OK , doesn’t make it right

Whats right/wrong?

[Oldschoolsocks]

Just for the record, when I said "Happens all the time", I was not referring to Leinster

OK , doesn’t make it right

Whats right/wrong?

Not singing up the ra is right

[blockhead]

OK , doesn’t make it right

Whats right/wrong?

Not singing up the ra is right

It's No1 in Ireland atm I think,
and climbing up in Ingerland.
Seems popular, no?

[Laighin Break]

Leinster players were recorded singing Celtic Symphony (the same song the Irish soccer team were singing) three years ago

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dublin ... 35270.ampl

That link isn’t working for me, but I’m happy to take your word that this happened and I don’t like it.

Sorry try this
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-n ... g-16335270

[Oldschoolsocks]

Whats right/wrong?

Not singing up the ra is right

It's No1 in Ireland atm I think,
and climbing up in Ingerland.
Seems popular, no?

Lots of things seemed popular at the time, here’s a short list:

Putting kids up chimneys to clean them
Asbestos factories
Churching women after they’d committed the sin of giving birth
Shaming families from the altar if they hadn’t paid their dues
Beating children in school
Burning witches
Blaming victims of crime
Banning contraception
Criminalising and victimising homosexuals

I don’t know about you, but no matter how popular these things were they weren’t right.

[Oldschoolsocks]

Leinster players were recorded singing Celtic Symphony (the same song the Irish soccer team were singing) three years ago

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dublin ... 35270.ampl

That link isn’t working for me, but I’m happy to take your word that this happened and I don’t like it.

Sorry try this
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-n ... 35270.ampl

I can only see what I’ve pasted below, but as i’ve said I'm happy to take your word for it and I think it was both wrong and unacceptable and I’m not at all comfortable with it.


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[Laighin Break]

Not singing up the ra is right

It's No1 in Ireland atm I think,
and climbing up in Ingerland.
Seems popular, no?

Lots of things seemed popular at the time, here’s a short list:

Putting kids up chimneys to clean them
Asbestos factories
Churching women after they’d committed the sin of giving birth
Shaming families from the altar if they hadn’t paid their dues
Beating children in school
Burning witches
Blaming victims of crime
Banning contraception
Criminalising and victimising homosexuals

I don’t know about you, but no matter how popular these things were they weren’t right.

ATM mean at the moment.
Also many of the things you mentioned were not happening "at the time" the song was written, 1989

[Laighin Break]

That link isn’t working for me, but I’m happy to take your word that this happened and I don’t like it.

Sorry try this
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-n ... g-16335270

I can only see what I’ve pasted below, but as i’ve said I'm happy to take your word for it and I think it was both wrong and unacceptable and I’m not at all comfortable with it.


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Okay I think I've got it right this time

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-n ... g-16335270

[Oldschoolsocks]

Sorry try this
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-n ... g-16335270

I can only see what I’ve pasted below, but as i’ve said I'm happy to take your word for it and I think it was both wrong and unacceptable and I’m not at all comfortable with it.


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Okay I think I've got it right this time

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-n ... g-16335270

Cheers, got it now. Yup not a good look and not a single one of them could carry a tune neither. I can only repeat what I’ve said above, I don’t approve of it and I believe it was both wrong and unacceptable.

I did notice that Rhyss Ruddock looked far from comfortable with the whole situation btw, I feel like that but a bit worse tbh…

[Oldschoolsocks]

It's No1 in Ireland atm I think,
and climbing up in Ingerland.
Seems popular, no?

Lots of things seemed popular at the time, here’s a short list:

Putting kids up chimneys to clean them
Asbestos factories
Churching women after they’d committed the sin of giving birth
Shaming families from the altar if they hadn’t paid their dues
Beating children in school
Burning witches
Blaming victims of crime
Banning contraception
Criminalising and victimising homosexuals

I don’t know about you, but no matter how popular these things were they weren’t right.

ATM mean at the moment.
Also many of the things you mentioned were not happening "at the time" the song was written, 1989

OK, so even though the goalposts have been shifted a bit there, here’s a shorter list of things that were popular since 1989

Racist Jokes
Blaming victims of crimes
Criminalising and victimising homosexuality

So, without judging anyone else, I still maintain that because these things were popular or “happened all the time” doesn’t mean they were right.

And just to go back to my original list, many on this board will actually remember the following:
Beating of children in school
Churching of women who had committed the sin of giving birth
Families being shamed from the altar for not paying their dues