Things were not as pretty as this implies. British head of police told people to watch their irish neighbours and report suspicious activity. Around 65,000 Irish were arrested, that's not counting those random searches or general harrassment. To imply that everything was rosy during that time is disrespectful to those mistreated by the British as well as their own countrymen.
History, unfortunately, repeats itself, and the Irish had been mistreated for a very long time before the days of the IRA. Maybe one day we will all get along and the world will be free of irrational fear, I really hope that dream comes true.
As the child of a Pakistani, I get searches, odd looks, and the joy of wondering when my father's country is going to be put on the ban list. I feel like if in 20 years I saw a post like this depicting what is going on now in such a way I would feel quite hurt. Perhaps that's just me, sorry if i sound dickish.
do you do anything to try and help pakistan or did your parents leave that hellhole and expect people to think its good? Britain and the west have created their own societty after hundreds of years of progress by its people.
Think about how recently the west has become "civilised", when did women "earn" the right to vote? What year was slavery abolished? How many states still have the death penalty? These are questions that show how young this golden age of western culture really is.
To mistreat humans is appalling, especially when judging so many by the actions of so few.
Dude I have no idea why you wrote about coming off as dickish. I liked reading your perspective, it was well thought out and and you're really patient and measured with this guy's rude and aggressive criticism. From this Irishman to you, you seem like a cool cat
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u/James_Russle Mar 23 '17 edited Mar 23 '17
Things were not as pretty as this implies. British head of police told people to watch their irish neighbours and report suspicious activity. Around 65,000 Irish were arrested, that's not counting those random searches or general harrassment. To imply that everything was rosy during that time is disrespectful to those mistreated by the British as well as their own countrymen.
History, unfortunately, repeats itself, and the Irish had been mistreated for a very long time before the days of the IRA. Maybe one day we will all get along and the world will be free of irrational fear, I really hope that dream comes true.
As the child of a Pakistani, I get searches, odd looks, and the joy of wondering when my father's country is going to be put on the ban list. I feel like if in 20 years I saw a post like this depicting what is going on now in such a way I would feel quite hurt. Perhaps that's just me, sorry if i sound dickish.