I had a relative bemoaning the fact that the British don't pay more attention to the Irish elections
the other day as though this were proof of how uncaring and arrogant we are.
I pointed out that your two main parties basically have identical policies (being largely divided on historical grounds), meaning that whoever wins it doesn't really change anything. And besides, Ireland is a tiny country of about 3 million people whose impact on the rest of the world in a political sense is bugger all. I also pointed out that Belgium has more than three times as many people in it and we couldn't give a flying f**k who runs Belgium either, so it's nothing personal.
He accepted these points with a good grace.
Yes, but he'll be gone in 2017.
And bush was gone in 2008. We're still dealing with his legacy now
We've been wanting to do that for a long time already, in fairness.
One might say that the prophet died on June 8, 632, and that
we're still dealing with his legacy now. Or that Osama Bin Laden left us in 2011 and we're still etc, etc. Or that none of this mess is due to the actions of one individual.
Hmmm, that wasnt what happened last time
When they heroically liberated all of those people into carbon last time it ushered in a - no pun intended - boom in the nukilar industry.
We've basically been fighting the same fight since The Battle of Tours in 732 imo.
How are your body clock and bowels today?