St Patricks Day Parade under fire....

[Barnsley]

It appears our online colleagues at "The Voice of Singaporeans for Singaporeans" have a new focal point for their wrath!

http://www.tremeritus.com/2015/02/10/st ... am-no-way/

The mention "closing the roads" , I am pretty sure that its the top end of Circular Road whcih must be about 200m max ..... I am sure the road is closed on weekends anyway.

[Addadude]

And thus it begins...

(Or continues.)

[Brah]

Didn't seem to be much of a problem, the road was closed and people were drinking everywhere. And yes that road is closed on weekends anyway. Didn't see a parade though.

[the lynx]

Didn't seem to be much of a problem, the road was closed and people were drinking everywhere. And yes that road is closed on weekends anyway. Didn't see a parade though.

Parade was on Sunday afternoon

[Primrose Hill]

oh no. really?

[Barnsley]

Parade was on Sunday Afternoon....

I was too tired to join in

Seemed quite lively with the bands on Circular Road from what i can remember though

[JR8]

And thus it begins...
(Or continues.)

Amazing isn't it, the xenophobia, from 99.9% immigrant-stock itself, and yet they refer to themselves as 'True blues'

Good job no Irish of Sub-continental background were there, or the spewing of hate might have been double-rabid.

Perhaps we could run a rolling 'Forecast of possible hate', take bets and who ever comes out best buys a round at a future meet-up

A world of possibilities:
Which ever nations get into the final stages of the current rugby World Cup.
'4th July'
Oktoberfest (surely should be re-branded here as The German Hatefest )

/jk - of course

[hotandhumid]

@Barnsley - I've read the article you posted and I doubt it was to intentionally stir sh%#.
The key issue is certain privileges (which are quite similar in both cases) were afforded to an expatriate demographic, but denied to an indigenous one.

@JR8 - is the xenophobia here that pervasive? I've lived through Europe, Australia & Asia and I would not say that any of them are better than here.

[rajagainstthemachine]

The Thaipusam guys should have gotten their drums for the st. Patricks day event and joined in.
I'm not quite sure how that would have ended up.

[Black_American]

Singapore is Asian.
St. Patrick's day is Irish.
They really have no right to close even 200m of road, even a metre of road in Singapore.
It is not a National Holiday anyway. I know it's important for a lot of Irish and Americans, but Lee Kuan Yew and a select group of his officials decided all the holidays, organised with religious leaders and the population of Singapore to create a balance for all religions. St. Patricks day can be celebrated privately, in restaurants, bars, etc., but not in publicly.
A note for the person above, no roads I know of are closed on weekends.

Edit: Sorry if I sound harsh or cruel or anything, I don't mean to offend anyone, and I'm American too, I understand what you mean.

[Brah]

Singapore is Asian.
St. Patrick's day is Irish.
They really have no right to close even 200m of road, even a metre of road in Singapore.
It is not a National Holiday anyway. I know it's important for a lot of Irish and Americans, but Lee Kuan Yew and a select group of his officials decided all the holidays, organised with religious leaders and the population of Singapore to create a balance for all religions. St. Patricks day can be celebrated privately, in restaurants, bars, etc., but not in publicly.
A note for the person above, no roads I know of are closed on weekends.

Edit: Sorry if I sound harsh or cruel or anything, I don't mean to offend anyone, and I'm American too, I understand what you mean.

Where is that sh!t-stirrer smiley......

[Wd40]

To be fair that article isn't targeting the expats or any group for that matter, its targeting someone who said something along the lines of... well never mind.

[Barnsley]

Singapore is Asian.
St. Patrick's day is Irish.
They really have no right to close even 200m of road, even a metre of road in Singapore.
It is not a National Holiday anyway. I know it's important for a lot of Irish and Americans, but Lee Kuan Yew and a select group of his officials decided all the holidays, organised with religious leaders and the population of Singapore to create a balance for all religions. St. Patricks day can be celebrated privately, in restaurants, bars, etc., but not in publicly.
A note for the person above, no roads I know of are closed on weekends.

Edit: Sorry if I sound harsh or cruel or anything, I don't mean to offend anyone, and I'm American too, I understand what you mean.

Actually the part of the road that was closed , is closed every weekend , so there were no exceptions made

[JR8]

Actually the part of the road that was closed , is closed every weekend , so there were no exceptions made

Perhaps it's more of a case of the locals in their hair-shirts, not being able to tolerate others having fun.

[nakatago]

Singapore is Asian.
St. Patrick's day is Irish.
They really have no right to close even 200m of road, even a metre of road in Singapore.
It is not a National Holiday anyway. I know it's important for a lot of Irish and Americans, but Lee Kuan Yew and a select group of his officials decided all the holidays, organised with religious leaders and the population of Singapore to create a balance for all religions. St. Patricks day can be celebrated privately, in restaurants, bars, etc., but not in publicly.
A note for the person above, no roads I know of are closed on weekends.

Edit: Sorry if I sound harsh or cruel or anything, I don't mean to offend anyone, and I'm American too, I understand what you mean.

Where is that sh!t-stirrer smiley......

He just doesn't know the size of the Irish population in Singapore...

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