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> same and the ones that are the same but a bit different I think the UK needs their schools to study our shared(!) history/past 800 years of colonialism. > L

> same and the ones that are the same but a bit different I think the UK needs their schools to study our shared(!) history/past 800 years of colonialism. > Like Ireland has Primark, but it's called Penneys Penneys is an Irish founded & HQed company. "The world has Penneys, but it's called Primark" would be more correct - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primark > The Penneys brand is not used outside of Ireland because it is owned elsewhere by American retailer J. C. Penney.

nicky0 6y ago
My Irish friend usually makes a similar response to yours. If I notice something is the same she says - "well you know, we do have a shared history, of course things are the same" If I notice something is different she says - "well you know, it's a different country, of course things are different" But in either case she bristles a bit, like these things ought to be neither surprising nor interesting to me. Like the UK ought to teach the colour of Irish postboxes in schools and of course the road signs are in kilometres and we use the Euro but we drive on the left and have the same plug sockets. It is all a sign of my colonial arrogance I am sure.
- randompwd 6y ago
  You are a product of your environment. It is moreso a product of institutional British arrogance where they don't acknowledge the wrongs of Britain. Given how much trauma and suffering Britain caused in Ireland (& a lot of the world), yeah, you guys should be taught about the ugly side of British history and not just the 'ra ra, Britannia rule the waves' > Irish postboxes in schools and of course the road signs are in kilometres and we use the Euro but we drive on the left and have the same plug sockets 3 of those are hangovers from colonial rule in Ireland. 2 are common sense things we've adopted since becoming both indepenent and a member of the EU. So in both cases, having a more outward looking and (ironically) inward looking education, yes, you would have been able to deduce the grouping of those things in to 2 distinct categories and you wouldn't have been so "AmaZED"
  - nicky0 6y ago
    Well you're a bit of a condscending prick aren't you.
    - randompwd 6y ago
      Not able for civil discourse? dang
djmobley 6y ago
If we’re being pedantic, Primark/Penneys is a subsidiary of ABF, which is a British company.
- randompwd 6y ago
  Your attempt at pedantry has failed. > Penneys is an Irish founded & HQed company Primark/Penneys is still an Irish founded company whose headquarters and decision making happens in Ireland, regardless of who the owners are.

nicky0 6y ago

My Irish friend usually makes a similar response to yours. If I notice something is the same she says - "well you know, we do have a shared history, of course things are the same" If I notice something is different she says - "well you know, it's a different country, of course things are different" But in either case she bristles a bit, like these things ought to be neither surprising nor interesting to me. Like the UK ought to teach the colour of Irish postboxes in schools and of course the road signs are in kilometres and we use the Euro but we drive on the left and have the same plug sockets. It is all a sign of my colonial arrogance I am sure.

randompwd 6y ago
You are a product of your environment. It is moreso a product of institutional British arrogance where they don't acknowledge the wrongs of Britain. Given how much trauma and suffering Britain caused in Ireland (& a lot of the world), yeah, you guys should be taught about the ugly side of British history and not just the 'ra ra, Britannia rule the waves' > Irish postboxes in schools and of course the road signs are in kilometres and we use the Euro but we drive on the left and have the same plug sockets 3 of those are hangovers from colonial rule in Ireland. 2 are common sense things we've adopted since becoming both indepenent and a member of the EU. So in both cases, having a more outward looking and (ironically) inward looking education, yes, you would have been able to deduce the grouping of those things in to 2 distinct categories and you wouldn't have been so "AmaZED"
- nicky0 6y ago
  Well you're a bit of a condscending prick aren't you.
  - randompwd 6y ago
    Not able for civil discourse? dang

djmobley 6y ago

If we’re being pedantic, Primark/Penneys is a subsidiary of ABF, which is a British company.

randompwd 6y ago
Your attempt at pedantry has failed. > Penneys is an Irish founded & HQed company Primark/Penneys is still an Irish founded company whose headquarters and decision making happens in Ireland, regardless of who the owners are.