You may not understand this song unless you understand history. This song was written BEFORE "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (about a year or so). Now two of the 3 are Brits (Copeland is an American) and the BBC banned this song because of what it's about. It was also around the time of the Hunger Strikes in Ireland. This video is HAUNTING and powerful, looking back at it almost 30 years later. At the 2:30point of the song, watch the little kid and the tank.
I totally agree with u on that, im only 23 but see the big difference between real talent and useless artist talking senseless nonsense now days, but the few of us that recognize the real keep it alive. so thats all that matters.
you are lucky, im 13 and missed the 70's,80's and most of the 90's, brilliant music, from the 90's onwards 95% of music that has come out is total crap and im growing up in it
...from bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependency, from dependency back to bondage."
We are full on apathy and dependency here in the states. The bondage is underway.
TheWilliamcale says "we have a black president" which I'll assume means he's American, but then he spouts on and on about Ireland and about how it's his people's land. Sod off, and mind your own business. If you're American, be American and stop pretending to be Irish.
I admire the American people and there one of the most patriotic races around despite your many cultures. Im ignoring that muppet williamcale as it sounds like hes lost the plot.
Hes never been to Northern Ireland and thinks hes an expert. Wanker. A terrorist is a terrorist and it doesnt matter were they come from.
Thank you, however I'm not American. I'm Canadian. I read some of that mad tosser's comments and he earlier claimed to be French! He must be American, with their lack of health care, both physical and mental, he's obviously slipped through the cracks, poor sod.
ANYWAYS back to the music part of this video. Which is why all of you have watched this video, not because you could possibly care TheWilliamcale has to say.
Awesome video, great music, one of my favourites from the Police.
It was hoped that these attacks would be blamed on the IRA, forcing moderate unionists to increase their opposition to the equality reforms of Terence O'Neill's government
now your from quebec? i thought you were a true american. you seriously need to chill out, and get over what england did. every nation has been starved or tried to be exterminated at one point or another.
potatoe famine? there are 10x more starving ppl in africa and they have been starving for 10x longer than ireland.
the troubles? GO ASK A POLISH PERSON THE MEANING OF TROUBLE. i think crazy russians and germans are way more to worry about than the english.
has nothing to do with that, and canada having no army, wow , they save serious money having us as a beneficial neighbor. stimulating The William Cale
This is a brilliant video; I can't comment on the troops, but remember most of these were just working class lads from England. I grew up in the south, am 39, and I tell you this is Ireland 1982 in the working class part of town, clothes and all. I can smell the beef burgers.
How can such an intelligent and civil society allow so much pain. There has to be a solution to all of the hatred. Teach your children to love one another and positive change will happen!
Andre2010 - yes the prospect of reunification of Ireland is one of the mainstays of the GFA. Consider this though, NI Protestants are fighting in Iraq/Afghanistan for Britain. The UK bond is becoming stronger with each allied death. Will the British govt then turn these soldiers and their families over to the Irish Republic? I think not. I am a Belfast Catholic and all I can see is a future civil war when the GFA referendum points to reunification. Protestants will take 2 counties of NI and go!
all for and in the name of god that does even exist........Fucking world has gone mad and will kill everybody else just because WE do not Agree with what You want....I say stuff GOD and STUFF Mohamad...wanker
Im the British presence in ireland mate, Im from Rathcoole and i can assure im goin nowhere. Im prepared to live here in Northern Ireland the country both you and i were born in peace but you need to get over this all ireland shit because it will never happen. For your information both protestants and catholics are fighting for the british army, many from the republic.
I don't need you to give me that information 'mate'. Catholics and Protestants from Ireland have always fought together. I was stating my point of view as to what may happen if the vote for reunification ever swings in favour of same. It may never happen but for you to do your mystic meg effort and say it will never happen is foolish. To call one section of the 'community's' aspirations shit says more about you BTW. From your tone I suspect that you are a bigot and not worth my time.
my name is willaim sands my family is american NOW you englsih need to realise something your days of empire are over your very dependent on the USA and have been financially and militarily since world war 2 your our little bitch many of us are of irish heirtage ireland was never yours you dont belong there take your union jack and move back too liverpool your not just fighting the catholics in n ireland MATE 36,495,800 americans trace their ancestry back to ireland
morons like you are so blind with patriotism that you cant see that your own country doesnt give a fuck about you... thats why your 'great' country feeds you junk food, television and guns... if you dont die by the hands or some 16 years old with a tek 9, you will die from eating too many milkshakes and cheeseburgers... lol what kind of dumb country would be against health care reform?... keep empowering those insurance companies... idiots like you dont deserve to live..
actually i'm french we have the best health care in the world nopw please leave quebec and n ireland and quit avoiding the subject the maerican arent respsible for all bad the english did worse and where would canada be without big southern neighbor to protect your bitxh ass canuck vive le quebec fuck ontario
Id like to target my boot up your arse. The ira killed more catholics than anyone else so get your facts right before you come on here bullshitting. Im the British presence in ireland. I was born here and im going nowhere. Only when terrorism visited america big time did your people turn against the ira. Theres no difference in bombing the twin towers and canary wharf. clown
a Dead Ráibéad you made us this way your history created us what i ask what do you expect murder rape stealing land burining catholic churches what do you expect seriously what do you expect thank you notes? just think, have you ever apologized to the cathlic poulation ever made any effort to reconcile your crimes? no you hold parades like salt in an old wound and boast we beat you ,we're better than you no your not
you can stay were you are but some day there will be an irish flag flying ovver your head look at birth rates and when there is a irish catholic nationalist majority elected how peaceful will YOU BE? so i guesse whether theres further violence is realy up to you becase we signed on to belfast in 1998 we meant it to to abide by majority rule will you? but the vilence was your fault alone we were only defending ourselves
We who's we you've never been here. Stick your head up your arse 3 times and take it out twice fs. Tipical bleeding heart who know nothing, would you like bin ladan as president. Think not. Sinn fein are no better.
The origins of the Troubles can be traced back to the formation of the Ulster Volunteer Force in May 1966.[34] The UVF was an illegal loyalist paramilitary organisation that formed in response to a perceived revival of the IRA at the time of the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising.[35] That month the UVF began a campaign of intimidation against a Catholic-owned off-licence on the Shankill Road.
From this day, we declare war against the IRA and its splinter groups. Known IRA men will be executed mercilessly and without hesitation. Less extreme measures will be taken against anyone sheltering or helping them, but if they persist in giving them aid, then more extreme methods will be adopted . . . we solemnly warn the authorities to make no more speeches of appeasement. We are heavily armed Protestants dedicated to this cause
On 11 June 1966, the UVF shot and killed Catholic store owner John Patrick Scullion in west Belfast. On 26 June 1966, another UVF gun attack in west Belfast killed Catholic barman Peter Ward and seriously injured three others.[36] On 30 March 1969 a UVF bomb exploded at an electricity station in Castlereagh, resulting in widespread blackouts. A further five bombs were exploded at electricity stations and water pipelines throughout April.
In 1968, the marches of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) were met with a violent backlash by police and civil authorities. This group had launched a peaceful civil rights campaign in 1967, which borrowed the language and symbolism of the Civil Rights Movement of Dr. Martin Luther King in the United States. NICRA was seeking a redress of Catholic and nationalist grievances within Northern Ireland
Specifically, they wanted an end to the gerrymandering of electoral constituencies that produced unrepresentative local councils (particularly in Derry City) by putting virtually all Catholics in a limited number of electoral wards; the abolition of the rate-payer franchise in local government elections,
which gave Protestants disproportionate voting power; an end to unfair allocation of jobs and housing; and an end to the Special Powers Act (which allowed for internment and other repressive measures) which was seen as being aimed at the nationalist community
Initially, Terence O'Neill, the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, reacted favourably to this moderate-seeming campaign and promised reforms of Northern Ireland. However, he was opposed by many unionists, including William Craig and Ian Paisley, who accused him of being a "sell-out". Some Unionists immediately mistrusted the NICRA, seeing it as an IRA "Trojan Horse
Violence broke out at several civil rights marches when Protestant loyalists attacked civil rights demonstrators with clubs. The Royal Ulster Constabulary, almost entirely Protestant, was widely viewed by nationalists as supporting the loyalists and of allowing the violence to occur. On 5 October 1968, a Civil Rights march in Derry was banned by the Northern Ireland government,[46] who let an Apprentice Boys march take place instead
When Civil Rights activists defied the ban, they were attacked by the RUC, leading to three days of rioting. On 4 January 1969, a People's Democracy march between Belfast and Derry through Catholic and Protestant areas was repeatedly attacked by loyalists and off-duty police. At Burntollet bridge it was ambushed by ~200 loyalists armed with iron bars, bricks and bottles. The police did little to protect the march. Subsequently,
barricades were erected in nationalist areas of Belfast and Derry to prevent police incursions. Many regard these events as the beginning of the Troubles
Bloody Sunday (Irish: Domhnach na Fola)]—sometimes called the Bogside Massacre]—was an incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1972. Twenty-seven civil rights protesters were shot by members of the 1st Battalion of the British Parachute Regiment during a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in the Bogside area of the city
Your not irish. Just because your great great great great granny got tanked and blamed an irishman doesnt mean your irish fs. Your a disgrace to your own people for denying them and not worthy.
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thats so shit it doesn't even make sense, you obviously havno life as you posted in excess of 40 comments each of around 120 words on a topic that only you and one other sad person cares about, if your going to complain at everything then don't watch the video
right im the loser, sure you think what you think, im sure in your liitle brain that makes complete sense. are you always on your computer or something, every time i reply you instantly reply back
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i know who i am i know what i believe and i know why you are angry the one thing that really pisses me off probably the ONLY thing really that angers me about the english and thats what you are british is this undeserved arrogance about ireland like you have some right to be there that you did nothig wrong and that you have a right to stay you dont your not an empire any more and you my freind are not important you cant boss us around like your lord and master any more because
ps i'm agnositc but protestants pointing their fingers at cathlolics for pedophilia is pretty hypocritical really your both guilty of the same crimes- for example
Once again, the Southern Baptist Conventions ministerial registry is revealed as including men who have been convicted or charged with sex crimes involving children.
As reported in the Tennessean, Southern Baptist Convention leaders are railing against sexual predators, calling upon local churches to drive out anyone accused of sex crimes against children, but a quick internet search shows the organization has not cleansed its own web site
So heres the picture. Executive Committee president Morris Chapman stood there telling the convention crowd that our denominationmust condemn publicly this vile act. But even as he spoke, child-molesting ministers remained on the SBCs own registry in Nashville.
That doesnt exactly constitute public condemnation, does it?
And this isnt the first time these guys have been caught with harboring child-molesting ministers on their registry.
Take a look at the documented history.
On October 11, 2006, EthicsDaily published the fact that convicted child molester John O. McKay was still on the SBCs registry of ministers. Nothing happened.
On March 28, 2007, EthicsDaily published the fact that Timothy Byars was on the SBCs registry of ministers despite having been charged with child sex crimes, and it again pointed out that convicted perpetrator John O. McKay was also still there. Nothing happened.
Around March 30, 2007, ABC 20/20s correspondent Jim Avila told SBC president Frank Page face-to-face about the fact that there were convicted child molesters whose names were on the Southern Baptist Convention's ministerial registry. Despite the stunned look on Frank Pages face, nothing happened
On April 13, 2007, ABC 20/20 aired publicly with a program called Preacher Predators, showing that there were convicted child molesters on the Southern Baptist Conventions ministerial registry. Nothing happened. (To the contrary, SBC official Augie Boto publicly justified and defended KEEPING the names of convicted perpetrators on the SBCs ministerial registry.)
On April 16, 2007, EthicsDaily published the names of 6 convicted child molesters who were still listed on the SBCs ministerial registry. Nothing happened
On April 18, 2007, SNAP made a wide-scale press release with the names of 6 convicted child molesters who were still listed on the SBCs ministerial registry. Finally, something happened. As reported by the Religion News Service, the 6 published perpetrators were removed from the SBCs registry either late on April 18th or early on April 19th.
Cant believe you can condone planting a bomb in a shopping centre killing innocent men women and children. How about stopping a bus full of men coming home from work at Tee bann and murdering them all because they were protestants. Your a hell of a guy.
i cant beleive you arent ashamed of cromwell the penal laws the potatoe famine i cant beleive you wont apologizze pack up and leave i didnt plant one bomb and i'm not advocating violence now there is a process that sinn fein has agreed to and we are honest in our desire to stick to it, violence isnt working and i honestly dont wnat to see ANYONE hurt but you did create this what do you expect? you know the history of ireland you beat a dog you make him mean you beat a rabbit you get
The Dublin and Monaghan Bombings on May 17, 1974 was a series of car bombings in Dublin and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. The attacks left 33 persons dead and almost 300 injured, the largest number of casualties in any single day in The Troubles
The Loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), claimed responsibility for the bombings in 1993. However, there are widespread allegations that British Intelligence colluded in the bombings, the evidence for which is contested by both the British Government and those accused.
It is the worst paramilitary attack in terms of fatalities in twentieth-century Ireland.
No one has ever been charged with the attacks, which have been described by the Oireachtas Committee on Justice as an act of international terrorism colluded in by British Security Forces
LOOK IN THE MIRROR
i cant beleive you condone planting a bomb in dublin and killing innocent catholics dont give me this
and we have a big say in this as we have a big say in everything that goes in this world we RULE THE WAVES NOW limey not you britiania dont rule shit anymore dont think we cant influence things their where do you thjink ARMALITES CAME from,? who do you think paid for them so show a little humility you might think your tough trust me you wouldnt last one day in america i'm east side and tyhat makes belfast look like the suburbs you dont want to mess with us
A couple years after this song came out my friends and I ended up hanging out with some girls and I got interested in one. This song reminds me of the pursuit and eventual failure of that endeavor.
Wow, it's like there's some really intelligent conversation going on for this song. It's almost as if there aren't a bunch of stupid kids spewing hatred and random bias just to have theirselves heard . A side of youtube that is rarely seen...
The european version of the middle east conflict...
for someone who has recently been gathering information about the troubles, i cant understand this: is the good friday aggreement is solely based on shared power? is the perspective of a referendum on the status of NI in annear future on its text? If its only about sharing power, i can see why some republicans are getting disappointed with such outcome. So much destruction and death to settle down for so little.
yea never saw this video...first time..but back then listening to it on some 5 bucks pirated cassette tape back in west africa..i felt the element off belfast,london-derry...or whatever....kill you for a cigarette ...dig the kid stoning the armored truck...never grows old images of hate...thanks you-tube....
5 people have no musical taste..
twstrchasr 11 months ago
qué música tan maravillosa la de los 80´s
titatus08 2 years ago
i dont wanna spend my time in hell, staring at the walls of a prison cell. i dont ever wanna play the part, of a statistic on a government chart
miiwii93 2 years ago 2
Peace to you all my friends......
crazytailmale 2 years ago
You may not understand this song unless you understand history. This song was written BEFORE "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (about a year or so). Now two of the 3 are Brits (Copeland is an American) and the BBC banned this song because of what it's about. It was also around the time of the Hunger Strikes in Ireland. This video is HAUNTING and powerful, looking back at it almost 30 years later. At the 2:30point of the song, watch the little kid and the tank.
johnduncan77 2 years ago 8
Its not a tank, its an APC (armored personell carrier). Big difference...
weaverje1 2 years ago
I like sting w/ the police, but not really when it comes to his solo shit.
BethelKs 2 years ago 2
KUUL
CJS925 2 years ago
Great song, great band and great to be young in the 80's with all this great music
splitenz85 2 years ago
where was this taken place?
starfishg 2 years ago
Belfast Northern Ireland.
condaly 2 years ago
Yes there is, it's called Nibiru, and it's very close now, are suns sister.
wildnutria 2 years ago
Ow!
I read this: the Sun's dark twin, also known as Nemesis.
sarcophyllus 2 years ago
Instant win, the fact that you know about Nibiru means your head isn't in the clouds.
dano555666 2 years ago
I am happy to see that you know about this to, we will be ready for this, take care.
wildnutria 2 years ago
is it me or do you two need to get a room ?
StolenMonkey 2 years ago 6
click show more comments about 6 times, he has posted over 50 commets i just had to argue with him
EoLoLoIoOoT 2 years ago
LOL i love WUM'S !
StolenMonkey 2 years ago
I wish I was born 2 decades earlier.
rheymel 2 years ago 3
love this song ever since it came out, reminds me of when i was a kid.
kidzsanlorenzo 2 years ago
Nice stuff right here.
animal90sFreak5 2 years ago
grandissimi !!!!
twinkle720 2 years ago
Only 56,000 views yet millions for other so called musicians and talentless singers.
Thank god I'm 44 and experienced the best years for music
dojj1968 2 years ago 16
Popular music is usually crap: in 1981, the year this came out, most people were listening to Kenny Rogers, Hall & Oates, and REO Speedwagon.
qu1et 2 years ago
@qu1et - in the US maybe, but definately not in the UK.
dojj1968 2 years ago
You're lucky. I'm just 19 and I hate those so called music stars from nowadays.
That's the reason I listed to bands like Led Zeppelin, Rush, Queen, Van Halen, Kiss, The Police, Iron Maiden, etc.
I wish I were born in the 1960s.
If someone creates the perfect Time Machine, I'll apply for a travel to the 1970s or 1980s.
FContreras85 2 years ago 4
I totally agree with u on that, im only 23 but see the big difference between real talent and useless artist talking senseless nonsense now days, but the few of us that recognize the real keep it alive. so thats all that matters.
rexikanoe 2 years ago 2
you are lucky, im 13 and missed the 70's,80's and most of the 90's, brilliant music, from the 90's onwards 95% of music that has come out is total crap and im growing up in it
EoLoLoIoOoT 2 years ago 4
This whole song is seriously spiritual.
e2mill 2 years ago 3
the first 40 seconds are epic
jalmanzo 2 years ago
I don't ever want to play the part, of a statistic on a government chart....well guess what's coming amerika?
Pumpkinballz 2 years ago
Welcome to the land of the Czar!
Follow the progress:
...from bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependency, from dependency back to bondage."
We are full on apathy and dependency here in the states. The bondage is underway.
jorsak 2 years ago 2
@jorsak I like that description. It jives.
sinbadnatas 11 months ago
I loved the 80's! I always loved this song!
thepaddywagonishere 2 years ago 2
well, i like the song any way. and the irish are having their revenge. nearly five quid for a guinness in temple bar! bloody hell.
fletch1701 2 years ago
Rock and Roll the meaning:
1) REACT
2) MARRIAGE then COMFORT RANK
(pension/credit, laugh, prof kid, bit0h, 3000 days celibate)
ans:safe engineering (maple graphing)
KristinaBrooker 2 years ago
Amazing Song & Band!!! 5*s Thankyou...Anita..
anitashelby 2 years ago 4
I totally adore this song - What an amazing band - Thank you for this wonderful share !
carrieanne1967 2 years ago 3
great groovy song xxbabs
blondiebabs 2 years ago
TheWilliamcale says "we have a black president" which I'll assume means he's American, but then he spouts on and on about Ireland and about how it's his people's land. Sod off, and mind your own business. If you're American, be American and stop pretending to be Irish.
vancanman2 2 years ago
Thank matey. The voice of reason.
I admire the American people and there one of the most patriotic races around despite your many cultures. Im ignoring that muppet williamcale as it sounds like hes lost the plot.
Hes never been to Northern Ireland and thinks hes an expert. Wanker. A terrorist is a terrorist and it doesnt matter were they come from.
Madds5 2 years ago
Thank you, however I'm not American. I'm Canadian. I read some of that mad tosser's comments and he earlier claimed to be French! He must be American, with their lack of health care, both physical and mental, he's obviously slipped through the cracks, poor sod.
vancanman2 2 years ago
ANYWAYS back to the music part of this video. Which is why all of you have watched this video, not because you could possibly care TheWilliamcale has to say.
Awesome video, great music, one of my favourites from the Police.
lukethegreat101 2 years ago
It was hoped that these attacks would be blamed on the IRA, forcing moderate unionists to increase their opposition to the equality reforms of Terence O'Neill's government
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
now your from quebec? i thought you were a true american. you seriously need to chill out, and get over what england did. every nation has been starved or tried to be exterminated at one point or another.
potatoe famine? there are 10x more starving ppl in africa and they have been starving for 10x longer than ireland.
the troubles? GO ASK A POLISH PERSON THE MEANING OF TROUBLE. i think crazy russians and germans are way more to worry about than the english.
neeks416 2 years ago
sure i'll forgive and forget
just take you dirty union jack and get out of Ireland
we booted you out of calais
we know how the irish feel
we wont ever forget you theiving batards
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
Quoi ! des cohortes étrangères
Feraient la loi dans nos foyers !
Quoi ! ces phalanges mercenaires
Terrasseraient nos fiers guerriers ! (bis)
Grand Dieu ! par des mains enchaînées
Nos fronts sous le joug se ploieraient
De vils despotes deviendraient Vile des
Les maîtres de nos destinées
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
i've been to dublin
i like the polish
at least their catholics
bloody anglican anglais
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
Im Polish and I approve this message! :)
PS TheWilliamcale is a douche.
lukethegreat101 2 years ago
has nothing to do with that, and canada having no army, wow , they save serious money having us as a beneficial neighbor. stimulating The William Cale
plum928 2 years ago
THE Best Police album, at least the most meaningful.
ccourtney86 2 years ago
Policia <3
CaramelCamel 2 years ago
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k9thru12 2 years ago
L
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k9thru12 2 years ago
Love the Police, and this is an awesome song.
rexikanoe 2 years ago 5
This is a brilliant video; I can't comment on the troops, but remember most of these were just working class lads from England. I grew up in the south, am 39, and I tell you this is Ireland 1982 in the working class part of town, clothes and all. I can smell the beef burgers.
seanreillyireland 2 years ago
How can such an intelligent and civil society allow so much pain. There has to be a solution to all of the hatred. Teach your children to love one another and positive change will happen!
billeybop 2 years ago
I like your point of view, but remember , money makes the world go round.....sad but true...
ermollejuo 2 years ago
because, sadly, it directs all that intelligence and civility towards itself, not others. Story of the world.
kwincunx 2 years ago
Andre2010 - yes the prospect of reunification of Ireland is one of the mainstays of the GFA. Consider this though, NI Protestants are fighting in Iraq/Afghanistan for Britain. The UK bond is becoming stronger with each allied death. Will the British govt then turn these soldiers and their families over to the Irish Republic? I think not. I am a Belfast Catholic and all I can see is a future civil war when the GFA referendum points to reunification. Protestants will take 2 counties of NI and go!
AnEclecticMusicFan 2 years ago
all for and in the name of god that does even exist........Fucking world has gone mad and will kill everybody else just because WE do not Agree with what You want....I say stuff GOD and STUFF Mohamad...wanker
pogsboo 2 years ago
bravo - very intelligent pogsboo
AnEclecticMusicFan 2 years ago
Im the British presence in ireland mate, Im from Rathcoole and i can assure im goin nowhere. Im prepared to live here in Northern Ireland the country both you and i were born in peace but you need to get over this all ireland shit because it will never happen. For your information both protestants and catholics are fighting for the british army, many from the republic.
Madds5 2 years ago
I don't need you to give me that information 'mate'. Catholics and Protestants from Ireland have always fought together. I was stating my point of view as to what may happen if the vote for reunification ever swings in favour of same. It may never happen but for you to do your mystic meg effort and say it will never happen is foolish. To call one section of the 'community's' aspirations shit says more about you BTW. From your tone I suspect that you are a bigot and not worth my time.
AnEclecticMusicFan 2 years ago
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
morons like you are so blind with patriotism that you cant see that your own country doesnt give a fuck about you... thats why your 'great' country feeds you junk food, television and guns... if you dont die by the hands or some 16 years old with a tek 9, you will die from eating too many milkshakes and cheeseburgers... lol what kind of dumb country would be against health care reform?... keep empowering those insurance companies... idiots like you dont deserve to live..
PACIFIED
neeks416 2 years ago 2
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
where exactly qwould canada be without the states to protect you?
you dont even have an army!
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
vive quebec
vive le quebec libre!
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
Hit yourself a slap fs. Your blood money sent to the ira killed thousnds of innocent people ya muppet hope your proud of that.
Madds5 2 years ago
innocent people die during war
cromwell killed millions of innocent irishamn
as did willaim of orange
and evey british king killing stealing irish land depriving the irish of their religion their culture, forgive me if i dont apologize
your ancestors MADE YOU a target when they invaded ireland took irish land
and flew a british flag
and as far as i'm concerned you fly that rag on irish soil, your NOT an innocent
person your a legitiamate target brit
my great grandfather fought
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
with the irish brigade
he was fresh off a boat and was half starved, he loaded canan and he burned atlanta to the ground
i'm pround of that
i'm proud we know how to fight and wont ever forget or give up
right now theres a cease fire known as the Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste
but if you wont accept an irish republican
flag over your head, you need to move to
England, simple as that
itd our land you killed millions to get it
WE Sinn Féin we wnat our land back
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
we'll have it back there no discussion its ours we want it back
whether that is gained by peacefull democratic negotiation
or other means is up to YOU
but we wont give up ever
and take that union jack and shove it up your ass Protastúnach
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
Id like to target my boot up your arse. The ira killed more catholics than anyone else so get your facts right before you come on here bullshitting. Im the British presence in ireland. I was born here and im going nowhere. Only when terrorism visited america big time did your people turn against the ira. Theres no difference in bombing the twin towers and canary wharf. clown
Madds5 2 years ago
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We who's we you've never been here. Stick your head up your arse 3 times and take it out twice fs. Tipical bleeding heart who know nothing, would you like bin ladan as president. Think not. Sinn fein are no better.
Madds5 2 years ago
well whos fault is it i'm not there!
you! you deported my ancestors did you not?
yes you did, the british invaded in 1600s
and created the plantation displacing the
indigenous population
my family ended up in france making wine for 2 centuries, maybe you can go back to scotland, and i can have your house, how about some reparations
let me be serious, because looking at
birth rates it might happen very soon
what are you going to do when the catholic parties sdlp and Sinn Féin
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
get a majority? how peacefull will you be
how peacefull have you been?
rember this all started when catholics peacefully demanded what any civilized society knows is right
one person one vote you denied cathoics
the basic right to vote,so you caused the problem not us
AND THE violence was started by the UVF
CATHOLICS and the IRA were only defending themselves
your the terrorists you invaded murdered stole and when we fought back you called us "terrorists" look in the mirror terrorist
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
The origins of the Troubles can be traced back to the formation of the Ulster Volunteer Force in May 1966.[34] The UVF was an illegal loyalist paramilitary organisation that formed in response to a perceived revival of the IRA at the time of the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising.[35] That month the UVF began a campaign of intimidation against a Catholic-owned off-licence on the Shankill Road.
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
Its members painted sectarian graffiti on the neighbouring house and threw a petrol bomb through the window, killing a 77-year-old Protestant widow
u r bin laden
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
On 21 May 1966, the UVF issued a statement:
From this day, we declare war against the IRA and its splinter groups. Known IRA men will be executed mercilessly and without hesitation. Less extreme measures will be taken against anyone sheltering or helping them, but if they persist in giving them aid, then more extreme methods will be adopted . . . we solemnly warn the authorities to make no more speeches of appeasement. We are heavily armed Protestants dedicated to this cause
you started it
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
On 11 June 1966, the UVF shot and killed Catholic store owner John Patrick Scullion in west Belfast. On 26 June 1966, another UVF gun attack in west Belfast killed Catholic barman Peter Ward and seriously injured three others.[36] On 30 March 1969 a UVF bomb exploded at an electricity station in Castlereagh, resulting in widespread blackouts. A further five bombs were exploded at electricity stations and water pipelines throughout April.
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
In 1968, the marches of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) were met with a violent backlash by police and civil authorities. This group had launched a peaceful civil rights campaign in 1967, which borrowed the language and symbolism of the Civil Rights Movement of Dr. Martin Luther King in the United States. NICRA was seeking a redress of Catholic and nationalist grievances within Northern Ireland
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
Specifically, they wanted an end to the gerrymandering of electoral constituencies that produced unrepresentative local councils (particularly in Derry City) by putting virtually all Catholics in a limited number of electoral wards; the abolition of the rate-payer franchise in local government elections,
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
which gave Protestants disproportionate voting power; an end to unfair allocation of jobs and housing; and an end to the Special Powers Act (which allowed for internment and other repressive measures) which was seen as being aimed at the nationalist community
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Initially, Terence O'Neill, the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, reacted favourably to this moderate-seeming campaign and promised reforms of Northern Ireland. However, he was opposed by many unionists, including William Craig and Ian Paisley, who accused him of being a "sell-out". Some Unionists immediately mistrusted the NICRA, seeing it as an IRA "Trojan Horse
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
Violence broke out at several civil rights marches when Protestant loyalists attacked civil rights demonstrators with clubs. The Royal Ulster Constabulary, almost entirely Protestant, was widely viewed by nationalists as supporting the loyalists and of allowing the violence to occur. On 5 October 1968, a Civil Rights march in Derry was banned by the Northern Ireland government,[46] who let an Apprentice Boys march take place instead
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When Civil Rights activists defied the ban, they were attacked by the RUC, leading to three days of rioting. On 4 January 1969, a People's Democracy march between Belfast and Derry through Catholic and Protestant areas was repeatedly attacked by loyalists and off-duty police. At Burntollet bridge it was ambushed by ~200 loyalists armed with iron bars, bricks and bottles. The police did little to protect the march. Subsequently,
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
barricades were erected in nationalist areas of Belfast and Derry to prevent police incursions. Many regard these events as the beginning of the Troubles
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
Bloody Sunday (Irish: Domhnach na Fola)]—sometimes called the Bogside Massacre]—was an incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1972. Twenty-seven civil rights protesters were shot by members of the 1st Battalion of the British Parachute Regiment during a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in the Bogside area of the city
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
i've been to dublin i've been to the republic
and whether i've ever been to the illegally occupied areas of ulster is classified
we is my people, we belong in ireland
and when an irish republican flag is flying over the whole island that you lot stole, you can choose to stay or leave
when i read all the shit you have done donw throug the years, i think
have you no shame?
how can you call US terrorists
you were the ones who stole and disenfranchised us in our own land
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
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what realy pisses me off is that you wont apologize
we admit that segragation and slavery was wrong
we've come a long way
we have a black president
you wont even admit you were in the wrong
that you dont even belong on the land your ancestors stole
why wouldnt irish catholics not try to kill you?
it would go a long way to reconciliation if youd just admit you were wrong
and stand down'
i think there would be or should be little retaliation if youd just admit you were wrong, say sorry
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
Dont lecture me about MY country you've never been in dick. You dont get an honest view from republiacn propaganda. No Surrender
Madds5 2 years ago
YOU ARE IN MY COUNTRY
NO MATTER WHERE WE GO
we're still be irish
right no surrender
we'll never give up either
you know if you drink enough none of this matters
i bet buddah was an irish drunk
i cant feel my nose
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
Your not irish. Just because your great great great great granny got tanked and blamed an irishman doesnt mean your irish fs. Your a disgrace to your own people for denying them and not worthy.
Madds5 2 years ago
you english your nothing but an american colony
we rule you now
i bet that hurts doesnt it?
we rule you now
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
Fs make your mind up, are you irish or american?. Pick one.
Last time i looked Northern Ireland was british and it isnt changing anytime soon. Now away and do your school home work. Dick.
Madds5 2 years ago
first of all peol like you dont give me orders
lets make that clear
my people didnt get where they are
which is pretty powerful and influencial and wealthy, by taking orders from little
council rats like you
we make the rules
secondly i dont have to
you obviously dont understand american culture you just dont
take a sociology course talk to someone who knows
immigrant americans ar very loyal to their adopted nation as a group irish americans are probably among the most loyal to the USA
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
but no group ever forgets wher it came from
any jew born in america can hop on a plane and go live in Israel and become and Israeli citizen
so they are both jewish and american or israeli
many people i know aplly for irish citizenship because their da was irish
or got an irish passport i have many freinds that have irish passports that way
so they are BOTH
you dont get that because your British and the culture their is different
but dont tell me what i am
you cant
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
your not important any more
we control the rules of the game now
its our game now
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
Major Irish-American communities
[edit] California
San Francisco, California
Mission District, historically Irish
Sunset District, San Francisco, California
West Portal, San Francisco, California
Los Angeles, California
Downey, California, historically Irish; Southeast of Downtown LA.
Santa Monica, California
Petaluma, California
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it was never british
its just terirritory that you stole that we want back
and that WILL never change
AND unification is coming sooner than you think
the 100th of the easter rising is coming up
so you get ready to see lots of green flags
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
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you really have no friends to talk to do you
EoLoLoIoOoT 2 years ago
Smithtown, New York
Bay Shore, New York
Brightwaters, New York
Blue Point, New York
Shoreham, New York
Wading River, New York
Riverhead, New York
The Hamptons, New York
Westchester County, New York
Yonkers, New York
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
New Rochelle, New York
Pelham Manor, New York
Rye, New York
Bronxville, New York
Scarsdale, New York
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
Briarcliff Manor, New York
Cortlandt, New York
Croton-on-Hudson, New York
Rockland County, New York
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Pearl River, New York
Stony Point, New York
Suffern, New York
Tipperary Hill, Syracuse
South Buffalo, Buffalo
Lockport, New York
Greene County, New York
East Durham, New York
Albany, New York
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Schenectady County, New York
Troy, New York
Saratoga, New York
Saratoga Springs, New York
Ballston Spa, New York
Mechanicville, New York
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
[edit] Ohio
Cleveland
Kamm's Corners, Cleveland
West Park, Cleveland
Pleasant Ridge, Cincinnati
Dublin, Ohio
Fairview Park, Ohio
Lakewood, Ohio
Rocky River, Ohio
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
americans are descended from europeans because america was clonized dumbass
EoLoLoIoOoT 2 years ago 2
well duh
DUMBASS
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
you just admitted to having no friends, and you called me a dumbass
EoLoLoIoOoT 2 years ago
YOU just admited to having no friends
your talking to me
so i might be sad
but how sadare you?
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
thats so shit it doesn't even make sense, you obviously havno life as you posted in excess of 40 comments each of around 120 words on a topic that only you and one other sad person cares about, if your going to complain at everything then don't watch the video
EoLoLoIoOoT 2 years ago
and ask yourself
why do you care?
loser
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
right im the loser, sure you think what you think, im sure in your liitle brain that makes complete sense. are you always on your computer or something, every time i reply you instantly reply back
EoLoLoIoOoT 2 years ago
basically i'm being asked by you
"dont you have anything better to do?"
and my respnse is quite logical
'dont you?"
if i am pathetic for doing this
are you not also
are you not doing the exact same thing?
if so what right do you have to criticize me?
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
yes but i have not posted 45 comments for no reason im blocking you because your sad life is depressing me
EoLoLoIoOoT 2 years ago
oh dear your blocking me
someone has a sense of powerless ness dont they
look at me i can black you
lol lmfao
go ahead
i dont care
your not important
everyone of those 45 comments made sense
to someone with the intellectual capacity to recongnize genious
you dont your stupid
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
look in the mirror there is the real terrorist
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
This is a list of Irish-American communities in the United States
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
Scituate, Massachusetts
Marshfield, Massachusetts
Duxbury, Massachusetts
Green Harbor-Cedar Crest, Massachusetts
Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, Massachusetts
North Pembroke, Massachusetts
Natick, Massachusetts
Westford, Massachusetts
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
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This is a list of Irish-American communities in the United States:
A PARTIAL LIST
there are more
now you go to any of these neighborhoods in the USA and tell the people there they arent irish
and good luck to you amadan
ádh mór ort
you dont understand american culture
so you dont understand what makes us so strong stronger than you
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
I have no intention of reading all that crap which means nothing to me so you have wasted your time. But you are a waste of time so fuck away off.
Your confused about your nationality im not, one minute your irish next your american. Go ask your mummy who you are and hope she knows.
Try going to the catholic church for direction and just hope the priest doesnt pound your arse as you need it to talk out of.
Madds5 2 years ago
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you arent powerull any more
your nothing without the united states
we gave you guns and money in world war two and then more after leand lease with the marshall plan
lol and like kids dont get molested in
protestant churches
i bet you suck ian paisely's shriveled balls every night
after his sodomized yer ma
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
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ps i'm agnositc but protestants pointing their fingers at cathlolics for pedophilia is pretty hypocritical really your both guilty of the same crimes- for example
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Child molesters on SBC's ministerial registry
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
Once again, the Southern Baptist Conventions ministerial registry is revealed as including men who have been convicted or charged with sex crimes involving children.
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
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it makes me laugh when protestants and catholics point fingers at each other because people that live in glass houses
should not throw stones
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
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As reported in the Tennessean, Southern Baptist Convention leaders are railing against sexual predators, calling upon local churches to drive out anyone accused of sex crimes against children, but a quick internet search shows the organization has not cleansed its own web site
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
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So heres the picture. Executive Committee president Morris Chapman stood there telling the convention crowd that our denominationmust condemn publicly this vile act. But even as he spoke, child-molesting ministers remained on the SBCs own registry in Nashville.
That doesnt exactly constitute public condemnation, does it?
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
And this isnt the first time these guys have been caught with harboring child-molesting ministers on their registry.
Take a look at the documented history.
On October 11, 2006, EthicsDaily published the fact that convicted child molester John O. McKay was still on the SBCs registry of ministers. Nothing happened.
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
On March 28, 2007, EthicsDaily published the fact that Timothy Byars was on the SBCs registry of ministers despite having been charged with child sex crimes, and it again pointed out that convicted perpetrator John O. McKay was also still there. Nothing happened.
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
Around March 30, 2007, ABC 20/20s correspondent Jim Avila told SBC president Frank Page face-to-face about the fact that there were convicted child molesters whose names were on the Southern Baptist Convention's ministerial registry. Despite the stunned look on Frank Pages face, nothing happened
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
On April 13, 2007, ABC 20/20 aired publicly with a program called Preacher Predators, showing that there were convicted child molesters on the Southern Baptist Conventions ministerial registry. Nothing happened. (To the contrary, SBC official Augie Boto publicly justified and defended KEEPING the names of convicted perpetrators on the SBCs ministerial registry.)
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
On April 16, 2007, EthicsDaily published the names of 6 convicted child molesters who were still listed on the SBCs ministerial registry. Nothing happened
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On April 18, 2007, SNAP made a wide-scale press release with the names of 6 convicted child molesters who were still listed on the SBCs ministerial registry. Finally, something happened. As reported by the Religion News Service, the 6 published perpetrators were removed from the SBCs registry either late on April 18th or early on April 19th.
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
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Now here we are again, on June 24, 2008, with 10 more convicted or charged sex offenders reported as being on the SBCs own ministerial registry.
SBC leaders just dont learn, do they? Either that, or they just dont care.
One thing for sure: It doesnt look much like moral outrage.
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
so lolz! how safe are your kids?
Protastúnach?
people that live in glass houses
who throw stones
are daft berks
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
Think you need help.
Madds5 2 years ago
your ancestors murdered raped starved
put us on boats you made us
this is a problem you created come back to haunt you
you made us
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
Cant believe you can condone planting a bomb in a shopping centre killing innocent men women and children. How about stopping a bus full of men coming home from work at Tee bann and murdering them all because they were protestants. Your a hell of a guy.
Madds5 2 years ago
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
let me ask you how do you feel about this
The Dublin and Monaghan Bombings on May 17, 1974 was a series of car bombings in Dublin and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. The attacks left 33 persons dead and almost 300 injured, the largest number of casualties in any single day in The Troubles
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The Loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), claimed responsibility for the bombings in 1993. However, there are widespread allegations that British Intelligence colluded in the bombings, the evidence for which is contested by both the British Government and those accused.
It is the worst paramilitary attack in terms of fatalities in twentieth-century Ireland.
INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN
and i dont see any shame in you do i?
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
No one has ever been charged with the attacks, which have been described by the Oireachtas Committee on Justice as an act of international terrorism colluded in by British Security Forces
LOOK IN THE MIRROR
i cant beleive you condone planting a bomb in dublin and killing innocent catholics dont give me this
oh your dirty murderer shite
YOUR A HELL OF GUY
TheWilliamcale 2 years ago
international terrorism colluded in by British Security Forces
international terrorism colluded in by British Security Forces
international terrorism colluded in by British Security Forces
you are the KILLER
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This song is simply amazing..My favorite off of Ghost I The Machine..
ToneCapone22 2 years ago 5
A couple years after this song came out my friends and I ended up hanging out with some girls and I got interested in one. This song reminds me of the pursuit and eventual failure of that endeavor.
ArmsDealer06 2 years ago
Wow, it's like there's some really intelligent conversation going on for this song. It's almost as if there aren't a bunch of stupid kids spewing hatred and random bias just to have theirselves heard . A side of youtube that is rarely seen...
fuzybass 2 years ago 2
Has to be an invisible sun, it gives us hope when the whole day's done, my favorite line, reminds me of a nothingless existence with an ounce of hope
Aarenthewriter 2 years ago
The european version of the middle east conflict...
for someone who has recently been gathering information about the troubles, i cant understand this: is the good friday aggreement is solely based on shared power? is the perspective of a referendum on the status of NI in annear future on its text? If its only about sharing power, i can see why some republicans are getting disappointed with such outcome. So much destruction and death to settle down for so little.
Andre2010 2 years ago
My new favorite Police song, doesn't get much better than this.
JimboJello 2 years ago
@amin1950: Yes, science does support that statement. Ever heard of Lucy?
lurholm 2 years ago
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BobN666 2 years ago
Yeah, you would be doing the same thing if you had IRA SNIPERS on your ass all day.
plutoisacomet 2 years ago
yea never saw this video...first time..but back then listening to it on some 5 bucks pirated cassette tape back in west africa..i felt the element off belfast,london-derry...or whatever....kill you for a cigarette ...dig the kid stoning the armored truck...never grows old images of hate...thanks you-tube....
smongos 2 years ago
awesome
grhr69 2 years ago
this is a really good song.love the song 1st time seein the video,and i dont get it,doesnt really matter though. i have a imagination 2:44 to end....
entity1891 2 years ago
I don't want to spend the rest of my life, looking down the barrel of a Armalite.
LonMoer 2 years ago 3
4:15
"All I want is a room somewhere
far away from the cold night air"
NotSoCurrentStuff 2 years ago
Favorite part! :]
CaramelCamel 2 years ago
If there was no Police there would have never been Oasis or ColdPlay. There wouldnt have beeen U2 or not the one we here today.
EnglshRoc 2 years ago 3
U2 wouldve been just fine redardless of The Police IMO...they were well on their way as a great band before The Police got huge
FletcherHabit 2 years ago
Sting and Copeland are as juvenile as they are genius... that's why The Police while never exist as they once did.
ejflesher 2 years ago