Your country needs you!!!

[YouCallMeNighthawk]

Yes, immediately. As I have said before, I would fight and die for Ireland. Assuming the war wasn't an act of aggression on our part, and we were in danger of being attacked, then yes, certainly.

Frontline combat too, I can't imagine being much good at anything else. I wouldn't want it to have to extend to conscription though.

And were we to lose the conflict, I'd simply take my rifle, scatter to the forests and conduct a war of attrition!

I'm from England and even i would fight for Ireland if it was in crisis lol

Slightly off tpic here, but i could use your help. I'm going ireland on a holiday and was just wondering where would be good to go? I'm quite interested in it's history and stuff like that.

 

[Reboare]

Maybe, but only with a serious threat of invasion. The government will probably reintroduce conscription before it reaches that point anyway.

 

[Darkenwrath]

I'd sign up for the home guard probably, but I wouldn't want frontline duty, I'd just defend my country.

 

[Mr Wednesday]

Perhaps, I hope so, but I have no idea. Largely, I reckon most of the people in this topic don't really either. Some perhaps, like those actually signed up for the army.

The only way to know your courage is to have it tested. Fine nationalist ideas are fairly useless untill then.

 

[Doitpow]

Nope, not a chance.

 

[Darth Caelum]

No. My country is not worth Dying for.
Corruption, Deceit, Capitalization on the Weakness of the Poor.
Why would i defend THAT kind of Country? Who would? I won't

Yes that may be the case, but would you not fight to see through that your family will be safe from opression?

[sub]Well that was quick[/sub]
If it came to the point where my Family WAS in danger,[sub]If for some reason we had not left the Country yet[/sub] Then i would Capitulate to whoever is fighting my country. I will NOT serve a country like Mine. No way in Hell. I would Burn first.

 

[Lucifron]

Snip

I'd take my loved ones and flee before shit gets hot. There is not one country in the world I would even consider putting my life on the line for. A concept maybe, but a country? Never.

 

[reg42]

No. My country is where I live, nothing more.
I hate violence, and just because some idiots in suites think that starting a war is a great idea, it doesn't mean I should have to compromise my ethics.
If it got to the point where the government made it manditory to sign up, I'd leave the country.

 

[Chancecall]

Perhaps, I hope so, but I have no idea. Largely, I reckon most of the people in this topic don't really either. Some perhaps, like those actually signed up for the army.

The only way to know your courage is to have it tested. Fine nationalist ideas are fairly useless untill then.

Exactly this. I'd like to say I would, but I've never so much as thought about hurting anyone before so god knows how I would manage to go about killing someone.

 

[YouCallMeNighthawk]

I'm from England and even i would fight for Ireland if it was in crisis lol

Slightly off tpic here, but i could use your help. I'm going ireland on a holiday and was just wondering where would be good to go? I'm quite interested in it's history and stuff like that.

Well, the good thing about Ireland is History is everywhere. If you're looking for recent history, you could try Dublin, that's full of galleries, museums and monuments. You could also try Northern Ireland, but that's still a wee bit dangerous at times. Still, good for very recent military history (past 25 years or so).

If you're looking for more natural or archeological history, the east coast and midlands would be your bet. Places like Wicklow, Drogheda and Meath are great for that sort of stuff, although it's quite built up there. And if you're looking for natural beauty, then the south-west is your place. In fact, all of the west, from Donegal down to Kerry, is really nice, although very sparsely populated.

Thankfully, it's quits small, so it's possible to see pretty much the whole country in a short time.

Thanks for that
God knows who many books and brochures i've looked in to find what you put in 2 paragraphs lol
And any history about ireland is good history! lol

I'm going for 2 weeks so i'll have plenty of time and if i particularly like something i'll see it again. Yeah northern ireland isn't too good at the moment as the IRA have started kicking off again because of that policing thing.

 

[the idiot computer]

No i'm a massive coward and probably end up being a medic for both sides.

 

[Crayzor]

It really would depend on the exact circumstances in which I was in. If I could get away and go on living normally elsewhere, I probably would. Otherwise, I would like to think I would fight to protect my home and people I cared about. Not out of any patriotism or love for Britain, though, as I see the country as simply the place I happen to live, and I don't feel I owe it anything, especially my life.

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

Well i don't need my country

 

[Elf Defiler Korgan]

It is the old question of whether it is good and glorious to die for one's country. Something the Athenians believed in (it is good to die for the city-state), but which is lacking in our consumer society far more concerned with fashions and fads then sacrifice and bravery.

My answer is yes, but only in a war of defence. It is not moral to invade other societies via offensive wars and leave infrastructure and non-combatants destroyed and dead respectively.

Good responses though people. A range of opinions here.

 

[REPLAY13]

for the past few months I've been on the fence as to whether or not to join the army, something like what you described would be just what I'd need to push me to join.

 

[Giantcain]

in the old days they literaly forced you into the army near enough and if didn't want to be there they shot ya but really id go and hide as I learned when I was learning about the somme more people fighting for you does not mean you will win i man were not even sure how the somme actually or how we didnt lose the infantry said they say angels and the germans fled when they could have won that battle there and then so in short id go hide somewhere really dark

 

[YouCallMeNighthawk]

It is the old question of whether it is good and glorious to die for one's country. Something the Athenians believed in (it is good to die for the city-state), but which is lacking in our consumer society far more concerned with fashions and fads then sacrifice and bravery.

My answer is yes, but only in a war of defence. It is not moral to invade other societies via offensive wars and leave infrastructure and non-combatants destroyed and dead respectively.

Good responses though people. A range of opinions here.

yeah i don't believe in Invading countrys and forcing our way of life onto them. yeah it would be completely defence war! just like WW2 britain was trying to protect herself and france from opression by nazi's.

Yes i'm really enjoying the thread i made, a very diverse set of opinions. which is good because the world would be crap if everyone thought the same, it would be like equilibrium everyone having no emotions!

 

[Elf Defiler Korgan]

Glad you are liking it. I think there is good merit in citizens adapting to guerrilla warfare to defeat invaders. Worked for the Spanish against Napoleonic France too.

 

[YouCallMeNighthawk]

in the old days they literaly forced you into the army near enough and if didn't want to be there they shot ya but really id go and hide as I learned when I was learning about the somme more people fighting for you does not mean you will win i man were not even sure how the somme actually or how we didnt lose the infantry said they say angels and the germans fled when they could have won that battle there and then so in short id go hide somewhere really dark

yeah that's true but power comes in quantity though. basically what i'm trying to say is if we have a ratio of 5:1 in our favour it would bring their morale down going against such a huge force. Also 5 guns shooting at one person more chance of a kill and decreasing their numbers (providing they were trained properly)

And back in them days tactics must not have been in the dictionary! throwing men at the enemy fronline may have worked in the middle ages but that's because they didn't have machine guns and artillery lol Lucky we have evolved from them days so fewer men die.

 

[TimeLord]

Depends entirely on why my country would be fighting. If it was in a defensive situation then yes I would fight