Irish terrorist engaged to Thai bride 50 years his junior

[rumeaug]

 

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Edited July 17 by rumeaug

[rumeaug]

hum...you're kidding right? that (older looking) lady is 21 years old? no effing way

[brianthainess]

He is BRITISH not IRISH, do I get paid for pointing out mistakes on these news links ?

[brianthainess]

If she is 21 then Fanny is my Aunt, OH NO that makes bob my Uncle...... 

[cdemundo]

41 minutes ago, Stocky said:

No it doesn't it says
BRITISH PASSPORT

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Yes you are right, so even worse rubbing it in.

[Mr Meeseeks]

 

[jippytum]

a true love story i hope the relationship does not bomb out

[ujayujay]

20 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

They both look about the same age 

 

No

[Lapun]

Wow - a lot of misinformation in this thread. People should really check facts before showing how misinformed they are

> The UVF are anti-IRA & were formed to keep Northern Ireland as part of the United Kingdom. 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Volunteer_Force

> The UVF were rather indiscriminate in their actions

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Ulster_Volunteer_Force_actions

> The Shankill Butchers also had a similar reputation

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankill_Butchers

> As did the Red Hand Commandos

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hand_Commando

> Northern Ireland is considered part of the United Kingdom & they are entitled to travel under a British Passport - as are many former colonies - as there are different types of British nationality & different types of British passports to match

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_passport

     Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland

> I presume he did his time for the crimes he was convicted of, & being a suspect in other crimes does not make him guilty of those crimes. So he is a free man - whether or not he is a good or bad man is another question we cannot answer based on the article.

> Finally, who cares how old they are?

    

[garygooner]

1 hour ago, jippytum said:

hope the relationship does not bomb out

Could be pretty explosive!  

[ryxyz]

there's no way she's 21

[Stocky]

2 hours ago, cdemundo said:

Yes you are right, so even worse rubbing it in.

Why?

 

You need to understand the political history and the geography. Geographically Northern Ireland is part of the island of Ireland, it isn't part of Great Britain. Great Britain is the largest island within the British Isles, and comprises Scotland, Wales and England. Note the island of Ireland forms part of the British Isles, together with the Isle of Man, Inner & Outer Hebrides, Shetland and Orkney.

 

Politically/historically Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, which comprises the Kingdom of England and the Principality of Wales (1284), Kingdom of Ireland (1542) and Kingdom of Scotland (1707). However, southern Ireland left the United Kingdom in the act of partition (1921) becoming the Republic of Ireland; the northern provinces voted to remain part of the United Kingdom and are referred to as Northern Ireland.

 

 

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Edited July 17 by Stocky

[Caldera]

Congratulations to the happy couple. You could say he's a freedom fighter, calling him a terrorist is a bit unkind.

[SE23inPhuket]

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Technically, Britain engaged in terrorism worldwide for 300 years or so, using the East India Trading Company. India alone was terrorized by the UK, endlessly. Were it not for the thievery and bad behavior, it is likely the UK might have collapsed 100 years ago. 

 

Colonialism was certainly a far more traumatising experience for colonial subjects than their colonisers. They suffered poverty, malnutrition, disease, cultural upheaval, economic exploitation, political disadvantage, and systematic programmes aimed at creating a sense of social and racial inferiority. While some may argue that any suffering on the part of the British colonialists ought to be met with little sympathy, this is not a reason to obscure it from history.

 

https://theconversation.com/colonialism-in-india-was-traumatic-including-for-some-of-the-british-officials-who-ruled-the-raj-77068

Oh dear, another Brit-basher 🙄 At least get your facts right instead of conflating colonialism (the state) and the East India Company (private commerce). The British government had no stake in the East India company until the (very) late 18th century (when it bailed the company out - ‘too big to fail’), and ‘India’ (which of course didn’t exist in any real sense before the EIC’s predations) certainly wasn’t a British colony (British government control) until after the first Indian War of Independence (‘the mutiny’) in 1857. It remained a colony until 1947, so that’s 90 years of British ‘terrorism’. That’s not, of course, to justify British colonialism (a product of its time - the Brits were just more successful at it than the competition!). 

Are you an American by any chance?

[herfiehandbag]

The UVF and The Shankhill Butchers were the very worst kind of foul savage murdering terrorists. I saw one of the Shankhill Butchers "romper rooms" when it was raided, I was on the cordon,  horrible things went on in there.

 

Lenny Murphy, their psychotic leader, was eventually murdered by others in the gang. The weapon used was lent to the UVF by the Provisional IRA. It was forensically "clean" (had never been used) so there was no ballistic evidence - not that anyone looked too hard!

Edited July 17 by herfiehandbag

[Skeptic7]

He looks quite ok for 71. She looks terrible for 21. Looks 51. 

[Gknrd]

Go look at some of the Philippine YouTubers. 40-50 year different is par for the course. One guy on there I follow went for testastarone treatments so he could get her pregnant.  I think he is about 70.  Wears me out just to think about it.

[saintdomingo]

On 7/17/2024 at 1:25 AM, soi3eddie said:

 

Technically Northern Irish. Not British.

 

 

Of course he's British, a citizen of the UK.

[saintdomingo]

On 7/17/2024 at 7:48 AM, Dcheech said:

Gormy McMullan was/is a loyalist Protestant,  a member of the loyalist terror group; The Ulster Volunteer Force . One of the groups the British Army and Northern Ireland PLOD treated with kid gloves, if not actually using as thier defacto allies during The Troubles. As he was killing Catholics at Loughinisland, he was never charged. Surprise Surprise Surprise

Do the tabloids you read, not mention these facts? 

Don't talk garbage, plenty of loyalists died or served long prison sentences.

[saintdomingo]

On 7/17/2024 at 8:52 AM, Bert got kinky said:

 

Mostly criminal thugs and bullies hiding behind religion.

 

Religion rarely comes into it, nationality or identity is what it's about. Are you British or Irish.?

[nikmar]

On 7/17/2024 at 8:35 AM, cdemundo said:

Mostly helping little old ladies cross the street?

only protestant ladies

[Bert got kinky]

2 hours ago, saintdomingo said:

Religion rarely comes into it, nationality or identity is what it's about. Are you British or Irish.?

 

Religion rarely comes into it

Of course it does, try joining the UVF as a Catholic or hanging around Divis Flats while wearing an orange sash.

There are criminals who use their membership of these terrorist organisations as a shield and tool for their activities but the fact is that these organisations are set up in the name of religion.

 

 

[saintdomingo]

5 minutes ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

Religion rarely comes into it

Of course it does, try joining the UVF as a Catholic or hanging around Divis Flats while wearing an orange sash.

There are criminals who use their membership of these terrorist organisations as a shield and tool for their activities but the fact is that these organisations are set up in the name of religion.

 

 

They are different religions but they are not fighting over religion i.e.the corporeal presence in the mass or the unscriptural nature of purgatory and indulgences.

Republicans (RC) regard themselves as Irish, Unionists/Loyalists (Prods) see themselves as British.

If you do not see that you are not looking properly. 

[Bert got kinky]

22 minutes ago, saintdomingo said:

They are different religions but they are not fighting over religion i.e.the corporeal presence in the mass or the unscriptural nature of purgatory and indulgences.

Republicans (RC) regard themselves as Irish, Unionists/Loyalists (Prods) see themselves as British.

If you do not see that you are not looking properly. 

 

I would love to be able to agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong.

 

 

[saintdomingo]

No we wouldn't. 

[Raindancer]

On 7/18/2024 at 1:14 AM, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Ireland doesn't seen to want to have Northern Ireland back  

 

 

Of course the South wants unity with the North.  But Ulstermen ( the real name that Northern Irish Protestants are called) will do all they can to prevent it.

 

Unfortunately, the first minister who is Sinn Fein, plus SDLP and others, are now outnumbering the Protestant members of Stormont and actively pursuing a United Ireland. 

  And there is a majority in Stormont who support this.    And,  many of the Irish Parliament are also quietly in favour.

Edited July 19 by Raindancer

[saintdomingo]

On 7/18/2024 at 12:13 PM, Bert got kinky said:

 

Religion rarely comes into it

Of course it does, try joining the UVF as a Catholic or hanging around Divis Flats while wearing an orange sash.

There are criminals who use their membership of these terrorist organisations as a shield and tool for their activities but the fact is that these organisations are set up in the name of religion.

 

 

They were originally partially set up in the name of religion, but the numbers now with any knowledge of theology or religion are drastically reduced. There has been a slide towards nationalism.

Anyway as we know, the paramilitaries have largely been stood down so that problem is largely over.

[Raindancer]

2 minutes ago, saintdomingo said:

They were originally partially set up in the name of religion, but the numbers now with any knowledge of theology or religion are drastically reduced. There has been a slide towards nationalism.

Anyway as we know, the paramilitaries have largely been stood down so that problem is largely over.

Agreed.  But Ulstermen will never give up their British nationality.  So, it's going to be a difficult thing to slide into Irish Unity.

 

There are too many painful memories and old fashioned unsettled feuds, in the psyche of the " old style" Ulstermen.

[ElwoodP]

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