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It would be scary except it's broad daylight so it's not.
A St.Patrick's Day Parade where the participating bands
and all other entrants must wear leprechaun masks.
Everyone. All the animals and even the politicians.
EVERYONE.
No exceptions.
Bagpipes of course would be heard up and
down the
route.
Anti- gay St Patrick's
http://www.queerty....rch-in-it-20090313/
Hard to believe this is America and not Iran [xenzag, Mar 14 2009]
Bagpipe Vending Machines
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[Veho, Mar 16 2009]
Joint Parade Logical Operator Convention
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[hippo, Mar 16 2009]
ugh, it is scary...
http://www.movinghe...3_johnmc_resize.jpg
[xandram, Mar 16 2009]
...and cute.
http://snapshot.par...5&g2_serialNumber=3
[xandram, Mar 16 2009]
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on a totally unrelated subject, how did the word "homophobia" get to be defined as "fear of homosexuality" ? I can see the obvious "fear of uniformity" or "fear of being the same"; does it really mean "fear of homos" ? Musta caused a few giggles in the intellectual redneck group. |
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yahbut where does that leave the "I'm proud to be me" people ? |
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Intellectual rednecks are the only group I could assume snuck "homophobia" past the censors and PC crowd. |
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re: post, do you really want the riot-control bears in leprachaun masks ? |
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For some reason, our council have chosen to combine the Gay Pride march and the rather heavily Christian Caribbean carnival. This is generally considered silly. |
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Blarney.
Blarney and shenanigans I say. |
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//Bagpipes of course would be heard up and down the route.// |
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Would there be bagpipe vending machines along the route as well? [+] |
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//(but mostly to re-enact a scene in a movie)// |
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I think you'll find that they mostly did it "for the lulz." |
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[FlyingToaster] "Homophobic" doesn't only not mean "fear of uniformity", it doesn't even seem to mean "fear of homosexuality". It's commonly used to mean "intolerance towards homosexuality" combined with a bit of "Dammit, they seem to be having more fun than me, and it's not fair!".
[zen] Are you saying there'd be something wrong with a
tea-brewing parade? |
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[zen] Right, yes - clear definition of a parade's topic area is important. I also agree your idea of a "free-for-all parade" is slightly unsatisfactory - it would be hard to represent all views in one parade (not least the views of agoraphobics, or those who are opposed to the very idea of parades of any sort) and would be likely to be hijacked by the louder pressure groups. |
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[zen] Perhaps what's needed is some convention as to which binary logical operator should be used when planning a parade which encompasses two or more opinions. Should it be AND or OR? - i.e. is this parade open only to homophobic Irish, or to the homophobic and the Irish? In this context, NAND would be an interesting one - the "Gay Rights NAND Free Tibet Parade" would be open to everyone except those those who are in favour of both Gay Rights *and* Tibetan Freedom. Perhaps this needs a separate idea to properly explore all the possibilities... |
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You can dance around this all day, but the fact remains that the St Patrick's Day parades in many American cities are overblown, nasty, drunken, nationalistic, festivals of conservative arrogance. I have gay friends who find these parades very offensive. KKK hats or balaclavas would be more appropriate attire for many of the participants. |
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The ultimate irony is that St Patrick was of course English, being born near Carlisle; is buried in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland - also part of the UK. |
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The final point I would like to make is that St Patrick's Day should be a day for everyone, and not the controversial divisive fest it has become. Forget about KKK hats and balaclavas. What they need to wear are Mahmoud Ahmadinejad masks. Happy paddy's day to all. :-) |
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People done rained on my poor little green people
parade. |
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// The final point I would like to make is that St Patrick's Day should be a day for everyone |
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Why? wouldn't that be the UN parade rather than the Irish National parade? |
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Isn't St Pat's Day just another excuse for ex-pat Australians to get
drunk? |
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// does anyone else find the cessation of IRA violence and the US' reaction post 9/11 coincidental? |
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Not at all. This was when thinking Americans started to realise what domestic terrorism was all about and therefore started to switch from funding terror to encouraging peace. |
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Fortunately Ireland and the UK had been working on this matter jointly for sometime and the para-militaries on both sides were getting ready to throw the towels (and the bombs) in. |
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[zen_tom] don't you dare dry yourself off. I'm only
faining tears. It's really raining shamrocks!!! |
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