merhaba arkadaþýmlar, dia duit a chairde, hello my friends
Im ally, i am new to this site and i am using it to learn to speak turkish so i can converse with my friends in turkey
I read this thread last nite and wasnt going to comment on it but i found i couldnt rest easy until i got some things off my chest
i just wonder do you not think its a bit hypocritical to berate irish people for supposed ´racism´ only to hit back with some racism towards irish people??!! two wrongs dont make a right!!!!
You must understand that just because some ignorant small minded people send leaflets to irish homes doesnt mean that they speak for every irish person, this is like saying one muslim extremist speaks for every muslim person or that one ku klux klan member speaks for every white christian in the west, this is crazy, the reason this leaflet was sent out was because certain campaigners on the no side realised they were losing and it was an ill thought out devious and despicable ploy to prey on the fears of the normal, put upon irish people of losing their jobs, ireland has had a major influx of immigrant workers in the last few years, this influx was mismanaged by our government leading to a lot of immigrant workers being wrongly taken advantage of for cheap labour by greedy bosses this in turn led to irish workers being forced out of jobs, this is what the leaflet was basing itself on, more cheap labour when our economy is already suffering due to the recession (ireland being a country hardest hit by the recession). however irish people were offended by this type of campaigning and obviously didnt buy into it.
Ireland is a multi cultutral and neutral society, which tolerates and welcomes people from every race and religion, irish people on the whole are very intolerent of racism in any form, we are neutral and do not take part in any wars, obviously as in any culture you get a minority of people who are ignorant and bigoted and think only their way is right, but this is in every country, what can be done wit these people??!!
i do not wish to speak for every person in ireland but in my experience irish people in general do not think in terms of religion, it never really enters our consciousness´ whatever religion, race, colour u are, if you are a nice person thats all that is important to us, myself personally i have many turkish friends and i never think of them in terms of what religion they are only that they are good nice people and are my friends
the people involved in this leaflet and campaign have brought shame to my country and have tarnished irelands reputation, and i want to apologise for the tone of the campaign and for the offence caused, please dont think that it represents how irish people think
and i just want to say that contrary to this post, i am generally not an angry or too serious person i just felt the need to defend my country. i am just a simple, ´wannabe sophisticated´ irish cailin, who like many irish people probably drinks way too much and im always well up for the craic (fun and good times) haha
teþekkür ederim
Edited (10/10/2009) by ally81
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