Giro D'Italiia Visits Belfast

[manofsteel]

To be fair, i think both are shyte, canny see any positivity as one is forever tied to the other. How many are there in the city?

You could argue the flag of Republic of Ireland (tricolour)is a symbol tied to it all too but at some point you have to acknowledge two cultures and traditions...with no place for terrorist emblems.

***dreds of murals all over the city...have a look on google earth. [/quote]





I dont mean that, when you said positive i assumed you meant murals celebrating Belfast or whatever, you know as well as i do that with king billy there will always be linked to terrorism,and replacing one with the other isnt positivity imo. i,m not trying to pish on anyones culture, just imagined they would be different.

[BertrandRussell]

I would make that my PC wallpaper but my missus would kill me.

[WangOneIn]

To be fair, i think both are shyte, canny see any positivity as one is forever tied to the other. How many are there in the city?

You could argue the flag of Republic of Ireland (tricolour)is a symbol tied to it all too but at some point you have to acknowledge two cultures and traditions...with no place for terrorist emblems.

***dreds of murals all over the city...have a look on google earth. [/quote]





I dont mean that, when you said positive i assumed you meant murals celebrating Belfast or whatever, you know as well as i do that with king billy there will always be linked to terrorism,and replacing one with the other isnt positivity imo. i,m not trying to pish on anyones culture, just imagined they would be different.[/quote]

fair enough..there were ones of CS Lewis and George Best going up as well but you're always gonna h

[manofsteel]

To be fair, i think both are shyte, canny see any positivity as one is forever tied to the other. How many are there in the city?

You could argue the flag of Republic of Ireland (tricolour)is a symbol tied to it all too but at some point you have to acknowledge two cultures and traditions...with no place for terrorist emblems.

***dreds of murals all over the city...have a look on google earth. [/quote]





I dont mean that, when you said positive i assumed you meant murals celebrating Belfast or whatever, you know as well as i do that with king billy there will always be linked to terrorism,and replacing one with the other isnt positivity imo. i,m not trying to pish on anyones culture, just imagined they would be different.[/quote]

fair enough..there were ones of CS Lewis and George

[psych]

The George Best one was removed last year and replaced by a UVF gunman - view external link

[WangOneIn]

[quote="manofsteel" date="17:26 on 10


Never even knew he was from Belfast, but thats the kinda thing i was meaning, the George Best one would be at the top of my list, arguably the greatest ever Player these Islands produced.[/quote]

[WangOneIn]

Never even knew he was from Belfast, but thats the kinda thing i was meaning, .

[WangOneIn]

The George Best one was removed last year and replaced by a UVF gunman

I deliberatley haven't posted that one.

[manofsteel]

The George Best one was removed last year and replaced by a UVF gunman

I deliberatley haven't posted that one. [/quote]





Fantastic stuff, i remember when i was a kid, every game i ever played i was Bestie, up until the 1970 world cup, then i was Tostao. :-)

[manofsteel]

Lol, someone told me that there was a Glaswegian version of the lion the witch and the wardrobe, its called lying pished in the wardrobe. :-)