Ovisterra wrote:So tell me. What makes Johnny any less Irish than I am?
He is Chinese and his name is Johnny...

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by Great Nepal » Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:29 am
Ovisterra wrote:So tell me. What makes Johnny any less Irish than I am?


by Transhuman Proteus » Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:32 am
Xathranaar wrote:I love the state of mind it must take for the OP to panic over something that will only happen if demographic trends remain unchanged for 54 years.
Because that has ever happened before.

by New England and The Maritimes » Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:34 am
Ovisterra wrote:The very idea behind this is silly anyway. White Britons are no more or less British than any other citizens.
Take one of my friends for example. We'll call him Johnny for the purposes of this. Johnny's parents are from China. Johnny speaks fluent Chinese. But Johnny was born in Ireland and has lived here his whole life. He speaks Irish as well as or better than I do and has always been an Irish citizen.
So tell me. What makes Johnny any less Irish than I am?
Soviet Haaregrad wrote:Some people's opinions are based on rational observations, others base theirs on imaginative thinking. The reality-based community ought not to waste it's time refuting delusions.

by Ovisterra » Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:34 am
New England and The Maritimes wrote:Ovisterra wrote:The very idea behind this is silly anyway. White Britons are no more or less British than any other citizens.
Take one of my friends for example. We'll call him Johnny for the purposes of this. Johnny's parents are from China. Johnny speaks fluent Chinese. But Johnny was born in Ireland and has lived here his whole life. He speaks Irish as well as or better than I do and has always been an Irish citizen.
So tell me. What makes Johnny any less Irish than I am?
His name. Seriously. Couldn't have been Paddy Wong? Rory Hung? Sean Chin?

by New England and The Maritimes » Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:39 am
Soviet Haaregrad wrote:Some people's opinions are based on rational observations, others base theirs on imaginative thinking. The reality-based community ought not to waste it's time refuting delusions.

by Distributist Chestertonia » Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:53 am

by Seperates » Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:56 am
Ovisterra wrote:The very idea behind this is silly anyway. White Britons are no more or less British than any other citizens.
Take one of my friends for example. We'll call him Johnny for the purposes of this. Johnny's parents are from China. Johnny speaks fluent Chinese. But Johnny was born in Ireland and has lived here his whole life. He speaks Irish as well as or better than I do and has always been an Irish citizen.
So tell me. What makes Johnny any less Irish than I am?

by Nightkill the Emperor » Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:56 am
Seperates wrote:Ovisterra wrote:The very idea behind this is silly anyway. White Britons are no more or less British than any other citizens.
Take one of my friends for example. We'll call him Johnny for the purposes of this. Johnny's parents are from China. Johnny speaks fluent Chinese. But Johnny was born in Ireland and has lived here his whole life. He speaks Irish as well as or better than I do and has always been an Irish citizen.
So tell me. What makes Johnny any less Irish than I am?
Tell me... how does one 'speak Irish'?
Is it anything like speaking Limey?
Nat: Night's always in some bizarre state somewhere between "intoxicated enough to kill a hair metal lead singer" and "annoying Mormon missionary sober".
Swith: It's because you're so awesome. God himself refreshes the screen before he types just to see if Nightkill has written anything while he was off somewhere else.

by Seperates » Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:57 am

by Ovisterra » Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:57 am
Seperates wrote:Ovisterra wrote:The very idea behind this is silly anyway. White Britons are no more or less British than any other citizens.
Take one of my friends for example. We'll call him Johnny for the purposes of this. Johnny's parents are from China. Johnny speaks fluent Chinese. But Johnny was born in Ireland and has lived here his whole life. He speaks Irish as well as or better than I do and has always been an Irish citizen.
So tell me. What makes Johnny any less Irish than I am?
Tell me... how does one 'speak Irish'?
Is it anything like speaking Limey?

by Ovisterra » Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:58 am
Seperates wrote:Nightkill the Emperor wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language
Oh... Gaelic. My mistake.

by Seperates » Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:59 am

by Ovisterra » Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:17 am

by Seperates » Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:19 am

by Nightkill the Emperor » Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:21 am
Nat: Night's always in some bizarre state somewhere between "intoxicated enough to kill a hair metal lead singer" and "annoying Mormon missionary sober".
Swith: It's because you're so awesome. God himself refreshes the screen before he types just to see if Nightkill has written anything while he was off somewhere else.

by Renegade Island » Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:26 am
Ovisterra wrote:The very idea behind this is silly anyway. White Britons are no more or less British than any other citizens.
Take one of my friends for example. We'll call him Johnny for the purposes of this. Johnny's parents are from China. Johnny speaks fluent Chinese. But Johnny was born in Ireland and has lived here his whole life. He speaks Irish as well as or better than I do and has always been an Irish citizen.
So tell me. What makes Johnny any less Irish than I am?

by Xathranaar » Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:36 am
Renegade Island wrote:Ovisterra wrote:The very idea behind this is silly anyway. White Britons are no more or less British than any other citizens.
Take one of my friends for example. We'll call him Johnny for the purposes of this. Johnny's parents are from China. Johnny speaks fluent Chinese. But Johnny was born in Ireland and has lived here his whole life. He speaks Irish as well as or better than I do and has always been an Irish citizen.
So tell me. What makes Johnny any less Irish than I am?
Genetics.

by Nightkill the Emperor » Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:38 am
Nat: Night's always in some bizarre state somewhere between "intoxicated enough to kill a hair metal lead singer" and "annoying Mormon missionary sober".
Swith: It's because you're so awesome. God himself refreshes the screen before he types just to see if Nightkill has written anything while he was off somewhere else.

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