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© 2020 AFPBoston cancels St Patrick's Day parade over virus concerns; New York's to go on
By Johannes EISELE NEW YORK©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Tom
Is the ST. P parade politically correct in this modern era?
Although I have 38% of my blood according to ancestry documents, I feel no need to have a parede....just and exuse to drink and act out is not comforting.
Serrano
Hey, De Blasio has it all under control!
Jimizo
Did he claim that?
blue in green
Tokyo's St. Pat's parade is canceled.
https://www.inj.or.jp/archives/4137?lang=en
Cosmos1
It might have something to do with the Boston Tea Party
Busby
Mayors and Governors leading from the front....
Trump failing to lead at all...unless the category is spreading false information and outlandish rumors...
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/27/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-press-conference/index.html
Wakarimasen
Surely a fortune to be made selling green shamrock shaped anti virus (??) face masks.
Or just rely on the luck of the Irish.
Serrano
Did he claim that?
Of course he didn't actually claim that, but by not canceling the parade, he's implying the situation is under control. Even though Cuomo has declared a state of emergency. Those two need to coordinate better.
Trump failing to lead at all.
Au contraire! If you can't find anything Bannon said anything here that's not true here, you'll have to walk that one back, Busby.
Bannon: Trump is taking bold actions with China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uEgR0RdCyI
Busby
Steve Bannon? The guy that testified for the Prosecution against Roger Stone? I thought Trump supporters thought he was a backstabber?
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/11/8/20955774/roger-stone-trial-steve-bannon-testimony
Cosmos1
I wonder who were The Sons of Liberty
Toasted Heretic
Expected. And a sensible move, clearly.
Just to let my fellow posters/readers know, there's also a cancellation in a certain city in a certain country that might be of interest. Given where the parade and the tradition it's all about comes from...
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/coronavirus-decision-to-cancel-st-patrick-s-day-parades-disappointing-1.4197838
Boston may be big news today but please remember, there are Irish people living in Japan who are actually from Ireland.
lucabrasi
Yes, there are a lot of Irish folk in Japan.
And I still want my three wishes from the little bloke from Galway who persuaded me to buy him a pint of Guinness in exchange for them!
blvtzpk
lucabrasiToday 07:47 pm JST
Done!
Toasted Heretic
Depends on whether you mean genuine Irish or those that have Irish heritage. Ah, well. On Paddy's Day, everyone can join in and be Irish for the day!
You do know that nobody in Ireland actually believes in leprechauns, right? It's all oirish nonsense, that's packaged and sold in tacky souvenir outlets to tourists!
blvtzpk
38%??? Shouldn't you be dead?
lucabrasi
@blvtzpk
I certainly was!
@Toasted
I know. That’s why I said it!! ; )
Toasted Heretic
Fair enough!
Hope everyone has a safe SPD, whatever they do and wherever they are.
Toasted Heretic
Be whoever you want to be, zichi.
Aye, but it doesn't mean they should be ignored. Not saying you are, rather stories like this, which obviously are news but are kind of ironic, esp. when the biggest Irish parade in Ireland doesn't rate a mention :-(
lucabrasi
Cheer up, zichi. It's little flaws like that which keep us interesting.... ; )
Jimizo
Yerra scouser, lad. Nothing else matters.
JonathanJo
The phrase
is really starting to irritate me.
arrestpaul
The Boston Tea Party was a result of British colonists objecting to being taxed by English legislators, while those British colonists had no representation in that legislature. No taxation without representation.
arrestpaul
"Politically correct"? Seriously? I'm going to go out on a limb, and suggest that no one has invited you to the "parede". I can only wonder why?
Yrral
The luck of the Irish, will not help,St Coronavirus
Kuya 808
Did they (Boston) cancel the parade for H1N1? I forget.
albaleo
While perhaps part of a general movement against taxation without representation, the Boston Tea Party was specifically about the East India Company being allowed to sell tea from China without paying certain taxes.
Moderator
Back on topic please.
arrestpaul
What "certain taxes" was the EIC supposed to pay? It was the British colonists who were expected to pay the import taxes. British colonist in Boston objected to being arbitrarily taxed by English legislators in far away England. The EIC tea was the chosen target for the "No taxation without representation" movement.
OssanAmerica
It's a really stupid idea to not cancel the SPD parade at this time.