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An Irish-American View of St. Patrick's Day
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<blockquote data-quote="FrozenInferno" data-source="post: 106992"><p>I liked your article. I would quite like to take in the American St Paddy's experience some day. While sometimes Plastic Paddies can be annoying (a couple I've encountered were enthusiastically pro-IRA without knowing a lot about the troubles or understanding that organisation), for the most part I think exploring and taking pride in your culture and heritage is a very positive thing so long as it doesn't get out of hand.</p><p></p><p>As a Catholic I'm not crazy about a Saints Day getting turned into a binge-fest, but secularisation of religious holidays is nowadays inevitable and any occasion can mean something different to different people. </p><p></p><p>I can relate all too well to the pentultimate line of the song in the video, "And we don't tan well either". The cost of belonging to the chosen people is to experience horrible burning every time I go to continental Europe or anywhere hotter than Ireland really.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrozenInferno, post: 106992"] I liked your article. I would quite like to take in the American St Paddy's experience some day. While sometimes Plastic Paddies can be annoying (a couple I've encountered were enthusiastically pro-IRA without knowing a lot about the troubles or understanding that organisation), for the most part I think exploring and taking pride in your culture and heritage is a very positive thing so long as it doesn't get out of hand. As a Catholic I'm not crazy about a Saints Day getting turned into a binge-fest, but secularisation of religious holidays is nowadays inevitable and any occasion can mean something different to different people. I can relate all too well to the pentultimate line of the song in the video, "And we don't tan well either". The cost of belonging to the chosen people is to experience horrible burning every time I go to continental Europe or anywhere hotter than Ireland really. [/QUOTE]
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