Why I hate St. Patrick's Day

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

I'll start this off by saying that I'm Irish on my Mother's side. McNamara. Scottish, too. Catholic blood.

I hate St. Patrick's day with a passion. Why? Here's why:

My, (the Irish) people have been persecuted ever since boats were invented that could get from England into Ireland. We have, since our written history, been under somebody else's boot, most recently Protestant England. We had to work OUR OWN LAND simply for the right to live in mud and thatch shacks "owned" by landlords in bed with the English, etc. etc. We were considered the least human of all Europe.

So then there's the potato famine. We come to America. (this is when my family came). We got treated like human waste, were denied the right to even apply for jobs, had to live in slums that would make today's projects look just lovely. We pulled together, fought in the civil war, pulled our votes together, became cops, politicians, laborors. We physically built a large portion of modern NY, along with the Italians. We fought in WWI, WWII, We didn't EARN respect from this country, we TOOK it by sheer will.

Under all this adversity, we kept our culture. We kept our identity. We remembered who we were, while assimilating and building this country at the same time. We are strong people who don't give up and who prize family, community, activism, culture, faith, and tenacity.

So of all our history, we pick one day a year and show the whole country that we are a bunch of green-beer-drinking, vomiting, fighting, public urinating, whisky swilling pigs.

No other nationality that I can think of not only fails to deny their negative stereotype, but embraces and proves it year after year. A celebration of our culture has become "everyone get drunk and act stupid day."

I hate St. Patrick's day, because I am Irish.

base · Outlaw Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 208

i could say something but...

eeven73 · Posted: Mar 17, 2004 6:59 am Post subject:

NorCalStud686 · Posted: Mar 17, 2004 7:03 am Post subject:

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

It should be called "Let's proove that the stereotype is right" day.

koltman · Addict Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 902 City: Sydney/Orlando

Well if your going to go back that far, you may aswell start talking smack about the Roman Catholics, because they invaded England, destroyed all its culture and Pagan beliefs (though they aren't all gone, thankfully), plunging us into the dark ages. So our culture then evolved from the Romans (who treated the English like Sh*t), so blame them, and I'm sure you could go back even further to see who persecuted the Romans.

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

So what's you point, limey? That England was not the dominant imperial power in the world from the Enlightenment up until WWII? This post is about how the Irish should be proud and not act like a bunch of drunks today, not a weep-fest for poor England.

koltman · Addict Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 902 City: Sydney/Orlando

cameraboy, The Sun never set on the British Empire (Que Anthem) Laughing

Take it with a pinch of salt, I should of added the smiley face on the end.
Anyways my Grandmother is Irish. (If we are talking blood, I'm not very English.) I'm not saying a weep day for England (which I find a really weird thing for you to say) Its got nothing to do with one being better than the other, its about celebrating your country's saint.
Every saints day, is a day that is celebrated( Except for Saint George, no-one seems to care about that day, maybe its the morris dancers Laughing

). Each British country and european region has a saint, with a saints day, and each are celebrated, its natural, its a holiday.

Tbonez · Posted: Mar 17, 2004 7:42 am Post subject:

hmmm...you should be proud of your heritage..knock back a guiness and go car bomb your neighbor...

marcg · Addict Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 944 City: Salt Lake City

Aye laddie...blame Bennigans aye!!!!!!!!!!

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

koltman · Addict Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 902 City: Sydney/Orlando

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

cameraboy, hey, if people are hooking up the corned beef and cabbage, I ain't complainin about the drunks. That stuff is frickin good if it's made right!!! Very Happy

marcg · Addict Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 944 City: Salt Lake City

AYE ENOUGH OF ALL THIS BLATHER AND BLARNEY!!!! LAY DOWN A DANNY BOY AND GRAB A FEW PINTS OF THE BLACK STUFF AND MIND YOURSELF...OTHERWISE I'LL GIVE YOU A KICK IN THE BOLLOCKS!!!

AYE..YOU THINK ALL US IRISH ARE JUST A BUNCH OF PISSHEADS JUST BECAUSE WE LIKED TO GET PISSED TODAY!!!

ALL THE LADDIES ARE GETTING BOLLOXED AND STEAMED TONIGHT AT THE LOCAL BATTLE CRUISER....AYE...THEN THE NIGHT ENDS WITH EVERYONE FACING THE BOGS...AN MIND YOU THEY ARN'T LAYING A CABLE EITHER....AYE...BUT ITS ALL IN GOOD FUN MIND YOU

ALL THIS YELLING...I'VE A THROAT ON ME NOW....OFF FOR A PINT OF THE BLACK STUFF...AYE....LETS ALL GO ON A BIG PISS UP TONIGHT AND QUIT HAVING A GO AT EACH OTHER LIKE A BUNCH OF MILLIES!!!

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

My people don't even have a recognized holiday so stop whining. Laughing

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

Who are your people?

Leggester · Posted: Mar 17, 2004 8:11 am Post subject:

Perhaps if you were Black Irish the ACLU would help you out!

Get over it. You've never seen Bastille Day or Cinqo De Mayo if you have a big enough pair to post this. Talk abouit drunken bashes!!! ( the Irish have NOTHING on the French Smile

koltman · Addict Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 902 City: Sydney/Orlando

marcg, "Steamed"? Thats a new word for me meaning sloshed. Steamed usualy means mad or steaming is taking a piss. Or unless it was derived from being pissed past tense for steaming, so you get steamed. I see, just never heard it in that sense before. Must be an Irish-American thing.

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

cameraboy, the Slovaks.

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

Leggester, as usual, you missed my point. It's about stereotypes. The Irish PROOVE their stereotype every year.

It would be like if everyone went out and was snotty and surrendered en'masse' on Bastille day, and then half the country collaborated with Nazis.

or if everyone on Cinco De Mayo went around doing Speedy Gonzales impressions and put crowns in the back of their 1985 Cadilac El Dorados. Negative stereotypes. That's the point.

Jester · Posted: Mar 17, 2004 8:25 am Post subject:

"People of Springfield, Whacking Day is a sham! It started out as an excuse to beat up the Irish!"

"Watch out, Itchy, he's Irish!"

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

Tbonez, ROTFLMAO!!!!!

cameraboy, for someone with such a willing wife, you really do net to get laid MUCH more often.

Leggester · Posted: Mar 17, 2004 9:44 am Post subject:

Actually, with the 5th of May, the low riders get stoked up and cruise Federal. Also proving their stereo types.

I don't really think that Micks have a stereo type. Not like Ghetto punks anyway.

Ever hear about the gay Irishmen? Patrick FitzGerald and Gerald FitzPatrick Mr. Green

( BTW, St Pattie's day is strictly for amateurs - much like New Years )

NAW · Posted: Mar 17, 2004 10:36 am Post subject:

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

You find that funny, when a people feel so oppressed that they have to resort to violence, murder, and terrorism? Mad

NAW · Posted: Mar 17, 2004 10:49 am Post subject:

No, I find it counterproductive.

But his statement was funny as hell!!

Dutch · Addict Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 589

finkle · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 4067

cameraboy, shut up and stop your whining. All holidays have lost their true intent.

Reguadless of how some people celebrate, most, likely follow this pattern:

Christmas: a time to spoil your kids w/ "presents" that they soon grow tired of
V-Day: a day to spoil your g/f or wife in hopes of getting deserved action
St. Patties Day: an excuse to go to the bars and get piss drunk
Easter: kids hunt for easter eggs that the bunny hid for them
May 5: another excuse to go to the bar and get piss drunk while wearing a sombrero and eating mexican food
Mardi Gras: go to walmart or a novelty store and buy beads to give to girls who show you their "special" parts
July 4: a day to celebrate your nation's independence by blowing a small piece of it up.......ie fireworks-----> a day to feel patriotic.....the rest of the year you can criticize how shitty the gov't is.
Labor Day/Memorial Day: an excuse to miss work and go to the bar and get obliterated
Halloween: a day for kids to get free candy and have a legitimate reason to dress up as spongebob.
Thanksgiving: a day to see extended family besides funerals and begin the winter weight.

.....see. All holidays have become commercialized and are celebrated in little to no relationship of their true origin or meaning. So I reiterate......STOP WHINING.

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

What if we sing Danny Boy while drunk?

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

What if the midget dressed as a Leprachaun is cool with the "Leprachaun Punting Contest?"

All Irish are drunks who like to fight when hammered. Accept it and go have a beer.

finkle · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 4067

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone, and all the roses falling.
It's you, it's you must go and I must bide.

But come to me Danny, my Danny,
Say you love me if dead I well maybe.
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel on me and say "I love you so".

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

Weeman is Irish?