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Au contraire ( I've got a bit of a French thing going on at the moment)!
I think we are looking at one of our good qualities here. And I think we do complain about poor food and service, but we do it in a polite and non-arrogant way, unlike some of our closest neighbors. We also show a level of tolerance and understanding which should not be universally dismissed as being wimpish.
It's one of the reasons we are generally welcomed in other countries as opposed to our friends across the water!
Ireland doesn't have the weather to develop a culture of public protest the likes of France and Greece, and when over the years the community could not be seen making a fuss over the big things, it makes it harder for individuals to put up a fight on the smaller ones.
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the Irish must have been able to complain/campaign historically,
because the British are not known for rolling over and
yet with Ireland they conceded "Let them have home rule, damn it"
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As a nation, we are worn out complaining about the weather and the price of a pint anyway.
Compared to these, everything else seems entirely tolerable!
I learned the art of complaining from my mother's Jewish best friend, Marge-she would complain about anything, and really put on a show! You'd almost fear for your life when she was cutting up!Originally Posted by Bruno69
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A fair point Bruno,one of the many reasons I live here and not in the UK,but surely that tolerance and understanding can only be stretched so far ? (I agree the british take it to the other extreme and love to complain about everything)
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Protest about Ryanair? A bit pointless as a consumer. Protest against the economic crisis? I thought that is what people did when they immigrated? Protest about the inability to smoke in a enclosed premises? A little bit self centered when you consider the grim realities of passive smoking.
I daresay you will see protest if fundamental civil liberties are impeached and the government isnt rapidly replaced with a new one. Perhaps the Irish choose their protests wisely
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Not only the British but the french when they have a problem the whole country comes to a stand still.
'Protest about Ryanair? A bit pointless as a consumer. Protest against the economic crisis? I thought that is what people did when they immigrated? Protest about the inability to smoke in a enclosed premises? A little bit self centered when you consider the grim realities of passive smoking.
I daresay you will see protest if fundamental civil liberties are impeached and the government isnt rapidly replaced with a new one. Perhaps the Irish choose their protests wisely
Really,people have to emmigrate to protest at an apathetic economic cock up ?? I have to disagree that there is nothing to protest about,you only have to turn on the news each day.
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