Michael Joseph McCann, c. 1843
Proudly the note of the trumpet is sounding
Loudly the war-cries arise on the gale
Fleetly the steed by Lough Sweighly is bounding
To join the six squadrons on Saimier's green vale!
On every mountaineer! Strangers to flight or fear!
Rush to the standard of dauntless Red Hugh!
Bonnaught and gallowglass, throng from each mountain pass!
Onward for Erin! O'Donnell Abu!

Princely O'Neill to our aid is advancing
With many a chieftain and warrior clan!
A thousand proud steeds in his vanguard are prancing
'Neath the Borderers brave from the banks of the Ban!
Many a heart shall quail under his coat-of-mail,
Deeply the merciless foeman shall rue
When on his ear shall ring, borne on the breeze's wing
Tyr Connell's dread war cry: O'Donnell Abu!

Wily O'Desmond the war-wolf is howling
Fearless the eagle sweeps over the plain;
The fox in the streets of the city is prowling
And all who would conquer them are banished or slain!
On with O'Donnell then! Fight the good fight again!
Sons of Tyr Connell are valiant and true!
Make the proud Saxon feel Erin's avenging steel!
Strike for your country, O'Donnell Abu!

SCHOOL 1977 vs. SCHOOL 2007

Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1977 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2007 - Police are called, SWAT team arrives and arrests Johnny and Mark. They are charged with assault and both are expelled even though Johnny started it.
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Scenario: Jeffrey won't sit still in class, disrupts other students.
1977 - Jeffrey is sent to the principal's office and given a good paddling. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2007 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra provincial funding because Jeffrey has a disability.
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Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbour's car and his Dad gives him a spanking with his belt.
1977 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has an affair with the psychologist.
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Scenario: Pedro fails GCSE English.
1977 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by local human rights group.Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that making English a requirement for graduation is racist. Civil Liberties Association files class action lawsuit against provincial school system and Pedro's English teacher. English is banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.
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Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover fireworks, puts them in a model airplane and blows up an anthill.
1977 - Ants die.
2007 - Police and Bomb Squad are called and Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. MI5 investigates parents, siblings are removed from the home, computers are confiscated, and Johnny's dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
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Scenario: Johnny falls during recess and scrapes his knee. His teacher, Mary, finds him crying, and gives him a hug to comfort him.
1977 - Johnny soon feels better and goes back to playing.
2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and paedophile and loses her job. She faces three years in prison and life on the sex offender's register. Johnny undergoes five years of therapy.

1.you think learning to fall helps you learn to throw people.

2.you see someone taking a bad fall off his bike, and the first word that pops into your head is "ippon!"

3.every time you see a big open space you have to restrain yourself from doing ukemi for no apparent reason.

4.when you see some big guy walking down the street you plan how to throw him on his back and then armlock him.

5.you secretely wish that some untrained, unarmed, and unaccompanied robber would come and attempt to rob you.

6.your girlfriend thinks you're a freak because you have callouses on the back of your fingers from doing judo grips.

7.you instinctively bridge and roll whenever you wake up from a nightmare.

8.you're teaching your kid to ride a bike and start off with ukemi drills!

9.you get into bed with a forward roll.

10.a shirtless attacker becomes your worst nightmare.

11.you choose your dates by how well they look in a Judogi.

12.you spend more time on top of your friends than your girlfriend.

13.you say "you should see this new technique I learned" and all of a sudden you're the only one in the room.

14.you keep having this dream about your mother-in-law reversing your best choke.

15.your dog shakes hands with everyone but you.

16.when you are sawing wood or hammering nails you consider it uchikomi.

17.you can take your child to practice because you're in the same class.