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1. Comment on Sinn Fein’s idea of rapprochement “is a brick-cold exercise in reinvention, re-positioning and re-writing of the past”
   on 20 April 2012 at 6:19 pm

   Hi galloglaigh,

   Being protestant wasn’t the main problem. Being unionist was.

   However, just being prod was enough for all the cabinet, bar Browne, to stay away from Hyde’s funeral.

   And of course Collins called Childers “foreigner” and “English” at the breakdown of the treaty debate.

   If this is how the prod nationalists were treated…

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2. Comment on Football eligibility row illustrates unionism’s inability to respect ‘The Other’ tradition
   on 13 February 2012 at 12:45 am

   Hi Gallo,

   yer a big fan of the auld irony then?

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3. Comment on Football eligibility row illustrates unionism’s inability to respect ‘The Other’ tradition
   on 13 February 2012 at 12:03 am

   Hi Gallo,

   Sorry, “armalite wedding” then…

   Hi JR,

   is football not one of those foreign, garrison sports anyhow? Why the fascination with republican emblems? Is that not what the GAA is for?

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4. Comment on Football eligibility row illustrates unionism’s inability to respect ‘The Other’ tradition
   on 12 February 2012 at 7:43 pm

   Considering how long our memories are supposed to be, nationalist poster’s memories seem remarkably short on this issue.

   2 points…

   1.) You split the unified team and setup the FAI
   2.) In the aftermath, you whinged when NI continued to pick players from the RoI. So, NI stopped doing it.

   Now however, when it suits you, you want a united team and to be able to pick players from NI.

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5. Comment on Football eligibility row illustrates unionism’s inability to respect ‘The Other’ tradition
   on 12 February 2012 at 3:03 pm

   Hi Gallo,

   So nationalism no longer desires a UI? That ended in Victorian times?

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6. Comment on Football eligibility row illustrates unionism’s inability to respect ‘The Other’ tradition
   on 11 February 2012 at 3:53 pm

   Hi Stew,

   Yip.

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7. Comment on Football eligibility row illustrates unionism’s inability to respect ‘The Other’ tradition
   on 11 February 2012 at 3:49 pm

   Hi Gallo,

   How would you describe it?

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8. Comment on Football eligibility row illustrates unionism’s inability to respect ‘The Other’ tradition
   on 11 February 2012 at 3:39 pm

   Hi Kev,

   You mean just like Nationalism’s desire to force NI unionists into a shotgun marriage with the Republic?

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9. Comment on Football eligibility row illustrates unionism’s inability to respect ‘The Other’ tradition
   on 11 February 2012 at 12:29 pm

   The last thing NI needs is players with dubious commitment. Let them go. Then their place can be taken by someone who wants to play.

   Funny how things have changed tho’. During the 40s it was the FAI who complained to FIFA about NI still picking players from the Republic – the IFA being the senior organisation on the island.

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10. Comment on Is Northern Ireland less innovative than the Republic?
    on 7 February 2012 at 10:38 pm

    Hi George,

    I don’t buy the globalisation angle. You only have to watch the Antiques Roadshow to see that global trade has existed for quite a while…

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