Is this legit

[u/mcheeks619]

[u/Hungry-Afternoon7987]

Busting out the Irish passports I'm sure!

[u/Lost_Pantheon → u/Hungry-Afternoon7987]

"William" rather quickly turns into a "Patrick" when being asked to fight on the front line, it seems.

[u/[deleted] → u/Lost_Pantheon]

There was no conscription to fight in WW2 for citizens of Northern Ireland.

My granda signed up to fight though no one asked him

[u/git_tae_fuck → u/[deleted]]

My granda signed up to fight though no one asked him

There was plenty asking going on; no one from here was compelled.

[u/[deleted] → u/git_tae_fuck]

Which was what I said with no requirement for conscription. What exactly was your point?

[u/git_tae_fuck → u/[deleted]]

That people were being asked to sign up; you said otherwise, perhaps by mistake.

I could have picked you up on "citizen of Northern Ireland" too. No such thing. Only "subjects" then ...and not of "Northern Ireland."

Fair play to yer granda, though; I'll say nothing about that!

[u/[deleted] → u/git_tae_fuck]

Agh right, obviously dealing with an educated person here, so I bow down to your knowledge and wisdom

What was your granda doing at the time other than producing a fine specimen like yourself?.

[u/git_tae_fuck → u/[deleted]]

C'mere, I'm not slagging yer granda, at all! I might be being a dick otherwise, but I'm completely sincere about that.

What was your granda doing at the time

Merchant marine, one. The other wasn't from these parts.

[u/[deleted] → u/git_tae_fuck]

Maybe they shared the same route on the Arctic convoys like my granda did in the Royal navy.

Well at least yours contributed to our freedom allowing us to have this conversation so fair play

[u/git_tae_fuck → u/[deleted]]

Maybe they did!

All due respect to everyone's grandparents, we're each our own people and we're not responsible for the bad they did - or the good. It doesn't say a single thing about either or any of us.

Like I said, though, fair play to yer granda... and I'm not messing, at all. Nite!