#irish unity

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...hopefully this isn't an Apollo dodgeball moment

So as a Scottish and Irish person i wear the poppy and i wear it solely to respect the innocent (heavy on this, when I say this I mean only the innocent ones I don’t even associate the disgusting war criminals with the other soldiers) men and women who lost their lives in WW1, WW2 and other conflicts. I do this because any innocent person who dies in conflict deserves to be remembered and also because my dad is a veteran of 30 years. As a British soldier, he admits that their are few disgusting individuals who take advantage of their role as a soldier to commit horrific war crimes yet he says that they were taught in training that Remembrance Day is not for them, they’re not being remembered or honoured becuase they do not deserve it.

I wear the poppy for every single innocent person, no matter what race, religion, gender etc who has died in the world wars or any other recent conflict, including the Palestinian genocide that is happening as we speak. I strongly believe that if you’re supporting Israel or funding them, you don’t deserve to wear that poppy. You’re supposed to be respecting any innocent person who died in conflict and by funding or helping this genocide happen, you’re contradicting yourself. Heavy on any Westminster MP that showed up at the memorial service especially Kier Starmer.

Further, about the Irish and Scottish part. For those who are shitting on Stephen Flynn for not singing the national anthem: he is an atheist, he isn’t religious, he isn’t a unionist and isn’t his national anthem, he is purely there to remember the dead as he should be.. this is not another day to praise the government for no reason neither is it a day to praise the monarchy for no reason, this is about the dead soldier and that is it. AND the fact that you’re angry at a non-unionist for not singing the national anthem (that isn’t his) yet you’re not angry at the man who murdered hundreds of soldiers in the war he caused, Tony Blair for even attending the memorial, that is absolutely disgusting and hypocritical. Now about the Irish thing, I get it honestly I do I am Irish and I know what the British did and yes I am also incredibly angry about it, but thousands of Irishmen and women died in WW1 and other conflicts and that is what I am remembering, if you’re so proud about being Irish then remember the dead Irishmen who fought for you and be proud of them (ofc again I mean the innocent ones), again this is not about the government, monarchy or politics please understand that, if people say it is about British or any of the things I’ve just mentioned then they’re wrong, seriously it’s nothing about them it’s about the dead no matter who they were (again yk what I mean).

i personally went to a memorial service for Remembrance Day and I did the 2 minute silence yet I did not sing the anthem becuase im not English and that isn’t my anthem and again it has nothing to do with the monarchy, if you’re making it about them then I personally think you’re awful :)

Marbled Monday

For Marbled Monday this week, I’m sharing three books about Ireland that are bound in the same lovely marbled paper. They are: 

Substance of the Speech of the Right Honourable Lord Sheffield: Monday, April 22, 1799; Upon the Subject of Union with Ireland

A Sketch of the State of Ireland, Past and Present by John Wilson Croker, 1822.  

A Reply to a Pamphlet Entitled, Arguments For and Against an Union by Richard Jebb, Esq., 1799.

All three of these books are no longer in their original bindings, having been rebound to match one another using this marbled paper. Each book is fully bound in fantasy patterned paper that is teal, green, and pinkish red. They all have tan paper labels on the spine that are printed with the title of the book and the date of publication. And, just by coincidence, my nail polish nearly matches the pinkish red in the paper, as seen in the sixth picture shown here!

Now, I would like to note that it is not usually a good idea to wear nail polish when handling rare books and archival materials—it’s possible for the polish to transfer color to the paper and leave a mark. However, I use gel polish, which is set into a hard polymer using an LED light. Because of the curing process (and possibly the layer of clear top coat), no color transfer happens when you drag your nail across the page! Ah, the miracles of modern science.

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‘A growing majority in the North of Ireland think Brexit has increased the likelihood of a United Ireland ‘.

http://seachranaidhe-irishandproud.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-growing-majority-in-north-of-ireland.html Scotland, Wales and the North of Ireland have refused to give consent to Brexit – but Westminster and the DUP isn’t listening!!!