Wait, what? No-one "wants to BE Irish" Whatever do you mean by that statement, anyway? We want to visit, add to the economy, trace our roots, but beyond that? Nope. Not when we have to pay upfront for any medical care, not when we have to pay VAT on top of everything else. Not with pretty much everything regulated. No hypocrisy here -- Main Irish Dance Message Board!

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Date Posted: 16:20:18 04/03/26 Fri
Author: you jealous, maybe?
Subject: Wait, what? No-one "wants to BE Irish" Whatever do you mean by that statement, anyway? We want to visit, add to the economy, trace our roots, but beyond that? Nope. Not when we have to pay upfront for any medical care, not when we have to pay VAT on top of everything else. Not with pretty much everything regulated. No hypocrisy here
In reply to: The hypocrisy. 's message, "And yet you all want to be Irish" on 04:47:29 04/03/26 Fri

Hey - go ask Rosie O'D and why she's never renounced her US citizenship and why she's moved BACK to the US of A. Guess she found out for herself that Ireland is not a bed of teacups and Guinness with all the taxes, and costs to live there.

But wait - there are so many Irish knocking on the door to the US, who WANT to be American. That stands in the way of your reasoning, doesn't it?

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Have you never heard the saying "1 in 3 claim to be Irish"? There's something particularly reprehensible about a nation of immigrants deciding to pull the ladder up behind them to appease billionaires. (NT) -- ., 08:19:48 04/04/26 Sat
- Jealous of Americans? Haha the nation without culture. (NT) -- Snowflakes, 14:17:57 04/04/26 Sat
  - Clearly posted by a "woke" 'Merican. No one outside of the US has a clue of what a "snowflake" is. The US does have a culture, one that has been earned for 250 years. It is why millions keep flocking there. Pity that many 'Americans miss that simple point. (NT) -- observation, 14:40:11 04/04/26 Sat
- First, you need to learn history. Second, claiming a heritage or ancestry does not equal a want to be. Simply heritage and ancestry. Same applies to those of German, which happens to been one of the largest ancestry of most Americans, AND even more so, British ancestry, which is also greater than Irish. Nothing reprehensible about rules and guides. -- Education is powerful, 15:11:03 04/04/26 Sat
  - Culture isn't something that can be earned haha. America has no culture (NT) -- You borrow others, 00:08:52 04/05/26 Sun
    - And the UK and Ireland are giving their cultures away! (NT) -- Enjoy, 04:46:52 04/05/26 Sun

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