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This Irish lad's 'open letter to ISIS' has taken over the internet -- here's what he makes of it all
IF YOU’VE BEEN on Facebook at all over the past few days, chances are you have seen friends sharing this “open letter to ISIS”.
The letter was posted by Irishman Finchie Cova last Thursday and has since garnered over 24,375 shares on Facebook alone.
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In the lighthearted letter, the 29-year-old explains to ISIS that Ireland is “here for the craic” and warns them about the repercussions should they invade us.
(You can read the letter in its entirety here.)
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Since then, the letter has gone international and been picked up by the likes of Buzzfeed, The Independent, The Lad Bible and Metro.
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In other words, it’s a bona fide internet sensation.
So, what prompted Finchie Cova to write the letter?
He tells DailyEdge.ie that he was inspired to write it after seeing Ireland included in ISIS’ supposed “global coalition against the Islamic State”.
And it was soon apparent that it had gone down a storm on Facebook.
Cova was so inundated with messages on Facebook that he had to set up a public page as his inbox was “jammed with over 100 messages an hour”.
Soon it was all over the internet — something Cova found quite surreal.
Among the people who have apparently gotten in touch?
A survivor of the recent attacks in Paris.
Since the open letter blew up, the comedian has set up a public Facebook page and tells DailyEdge.ie that he intends on pursuing writing.
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