Boycott St Patrick's Day?

[Martino Knockavelli]

We celebrate St Patrick's Day, but not St George's Day. Why?

 

[smat]

If you celebrate St. George's Day you get branded a racist.

 

[Abertawe]

We're all David aren't we?

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

World Cup of Saints?

 

[NorfolkWomble]

I self-identify as Irish and I find the people caricaturing Irishness very distasteful. Cultural appropriation.

 

[AnimoEtFide]

In this day and age i don't think people should celebrate killing dragons because it's cruel but if other people want to then i don't think they should be stopped because we have free speech and democratic beliefs.

 

[ZianfrancoGoal]

cheers

 

[smat]

Politicians looking completely uncomfortable holding pints has got to be a tumblr.

 

[Stagat]

Pretty sure it's a pint.

 

[G.B]

would like to see some input from resident irishman epic73

 

[Benji]

If you celebrate St. George's Day you get branded a racist.

These days if you say you're English you get thrown in jail.

 

[epic73]

would like to see some input from resident irishman epic73

I think we should boycott the Americanization of St Patricks day.

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

These days if you say you're English you get thrown in jail.

Do you really though?

 

[Indian Dan]

The thread title is strangely apt. The word 'boycott' derived from a Captain Boycott who evicted farm tenants on behalf of his absentee landlord during the Irish 'land war' in the 19th century. In what amounted to a strike by local workers working the land of his boss he was shunned and ostracized - hence the derivation of boycott.

Courtesy of Dan's useless facts.

 

[Martino Knockavelli]