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> The Irish remdelling in 1996 this is a very callous way to refer to terrorists detonating a 3300lb bomb in the middle of a city centre, which injured 212 peo
by blibble 5y ago
> The Irish remdelling in 1996
this is a very callous way to refer to terrorists detonating a 3300lb bomb in the middle of a city centre, which injured 212 people
I don't think Americans would be very pleased if you referred to 9/11 as "Saudi remodelling"
- iso1210 5y agoGiven that Americans were the ones paying for the IRA to blow up Manchester and kill kids in Warrington, I'm sure they'd be fine. The sentiment comes from the Labour MP Terry Rooney ("The best thing that ever happened to Manchester"), although it was widely echoed by many people with similar dry humour.
- BoxOfRain 5y agoThat reminds me of the story (possibly apocryphal) about the American tourists who went to Belfast of all places and asked for an "Irish car bomb" in a pub. I'm fairly sure the second-hand embarrassment is still radiating across the Atlantic.