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In reply to the discussion: The death of Savita Halappanavar after she was denied an abortion will divide Ireland [View all]InsultComicDog
(1,209 posts)7. I hope it does something
About 10 years ago a guy I knew, an African American, went to Ireland for some sort of athletic competition. He was a track athlete. When he returned he told me he found Ireland to be a very racist country. Kind of surprised me because I had thought of Ireland as a progressive place.
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The death of Savita Halappanavar after she was denied an abortion will divide Ireland [View all]
UnrepentantLiberal
Nov 2012
OP
I too believe it may be a unifying thing. The Irish seem to ready to overthrow the Catholic church's
riderinthestorm
Nov 2012
#5
Well, their New World off-spring can be mighty racist! (Cf., Boston, School Busing.)
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#24
I hear you. It's a disgrace. And of top of what they did to us, the pedophile priests
catbyte
Nov 2012
#36
Try asking that question of every Christian sect, not to mention Judaism, Islam, etc.
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#22
Goes to show the Roman Catholic Church is as much of a creepy cult as the Mormon Church.
backscatter712
Nov 2012
#17