tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post1947123816674451791..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: Brexit, Demographic Change And A 'New Republic' For AllAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-73464779217044245482017-05-04T18:45:53.489+01:002017-05-04T18:45:53.489+01:00Yeah sorry, what I mean is other peoples primary e...Yeah sorry, what I mean is other peoples primary experience of socialists today is when they are being coerced or condemmed by them in some way. They think racism is impossible to be anyhting other than white on minorities because its power relationship, not just a prejudice. But given the concentration of wealth in the West, ordinary working class white person has an accountancy rounding errors DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-58778175252046917522017-05-04T18:34:51.377+01:002017-05-04T18:34:51.377+01:00DaithiD,
I am not sure what this means.
Tommy an...DaithiD,<br /><br />I am not sure what this means.<br /><br />Tommy and myself don't share the same view of priorities. He is much more immersed in socialist activism than I am. <br /><br />My preferred socialist theorist is Poulantzas, not Lenin.<br /><br />I don't favour the state's encroachment into people's private lives. I think the state should protect people from capital&#AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-30906248294846438052017-05-04T18:09:40.592+01:002017-05-04T18:09:40.592+01:00AM, you know when i speak of socialists i dont hav...AM, you know when i speak of socialists i dont have people like you or tommy mckearney in mind right? I think you would been seen as extremists in todays movements, with your focus on workers rights and state encrouchment into peoples private lives.I dont know how far this has seeped into Ireland yet, but socialism as a cultural coercive force rather than the structures of enable an different DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-71288753854052733312017-05-04T12:32:09.834+01:002017-05-04T12:32:09.834+01:00Henry Joy
Ya wee spoilsport.Henry Joy<br /><br />Ya wee spoilsport.larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-72298643807039719802017-05-04T12:30:04.962+01:002017-05-04T12:30:04.962+01:00Sean Bres
I am neither confused nor am I wanting ...Sean Bres<br /><br />I am neither confused nor am I wanting some long dead persons 1798 Utopian dream to become everyone's reality today. Are you a taig prod dissenter advocate or are you for ourselves alone without needing unionists? I cannot figure that out. The confusion is not with me, come the border poll I will be up all night waiting for the polling booth to open so I can vote 800 larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-13814527871648026802017-05-04T10:44:56.074+01:002017-05-04T10:44:56.074+01:00there you have rushed in again!
I can often reply...there you have rushed in again!<br /><br />I can often reply quickly but never to the extent that I would in do when talking and the thing is out of your mouth while vainly trying to suck and gulp it back in again.<br /><br />The only thing that has brought out "aggression" in the past fortnight is the debate down here on the National Maternity Hospital, not Brexit, UI or anything else.AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-86888475376679981572017-05-04T10:34:43.533+01:002017-05-04T10:34:43.533+01:00There is nothing personal on my part. Like yoursel...There is nothing personal on my part. Like yourself, I'm well aware this is the comments section of a blog. I still detect a disguised aggression in some of your comments but on quick reflection it's more likely a frustration with where things are at. I reply at speed because that's just how I work. I don't sit and study it out but write it as I go. It won't always be the Sean Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842180620284317746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-18274105212943335452017-05-04T10:26:17.645+01:002017-05-04T10:26:17.645+01:00Sean,
you need to stop thinking everything is abo...Sean,<br /><br />you need to stop thinking everything is about you. Your contribution here have been praised by myself more times than enough, recently in an exchange with Peter, where it was pointed out that they draw a lot of readers, as no doubt will your Saturday Evening piece on Loughall this weekend.<br /><br />The Blanket made ripples and today's republicans need to ask why they don&#AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-4993227112577267212017-05-04T09:48:28.167+01:002017-05-04T09:48:28.167+01:00How the 'Agreed Ireland' manifests will al...How the 'Agreed Ireland' manifests will almost certainly not be as I would want it to Larry. That's beyond my power. That doesn't mean we don't lobby for what we want, seeking through the same to imprint our ideas, all of which are of worth, on the discussion from where 'Agreed Ireland' will emerge and in the hope - futile or otherwise - that they might exercise a Sean Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842180620284317746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-43658899849878366082017-05-04T07:47:48.538+01:002017-05-04T07:47:48.538+01:00Too much emotional arousal makes people stupid!
...Too much emotional arousal makes people stupid! <br /><br />Heightened emotions arise, and trap us to some extent, in the limbic system. When operating from the paleomamillian cortex (limbic system) we have seriously reduced ability for higher cerebrum functioning. Neuro-imaging can clearly demonstrate such phenomenon. <br /><br />This appears to be where republicanism is currently operating Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-66614908524765074782017-05-03T21:55:05.823+01:002017-05-03T21:55:05.823+01:00Larry,
I think that is right. 1916 will have no b...Larry,<br /><br />I think that is right. 1916 will have no bearing on matters but then again it had little bearing on the emergence of the Provisional IRA. <br /><br />Whether the republicans agree or disagree with whatever is decided by the 95% you refer to is not going to matter. The process has marginalised them and they have failed to rise to the challenge. <br /><br />If you look at the AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-58817604284555069232017-05-03T19:55:57.151+01:002017-05-03T19:55:57.151+01:00Larry writes, "why not call it the 'once ...Larry writes, "why not call it the 'once and for all stick it to the prods' referendum", seemingly oblivious to the fact the only person who has ever suggested such a thing or outcome is none other than himself.Sean Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842180620284317746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-81013361731529484562017-05-03T19:18:52.872+01:002017-05-03T19:18:52.872+01:00Mackers
Business interests and not romantic clap...Mackers <br /><br />Business interests and not romantic claptrap about dead people a century ago will decide the future of this country. We saw Adams in 2007 and how little he knew about anything relevant to the economy. I see nothing better in anything alternative republicans put forward. Devoid of a plan. Attempting to hide that lack of reality in the mists of the Proclamation and historical larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-2179810496460497582017-05-03T18:37:47.334+01:002017-05-03T18:37:47.334+01:00Mackers
If you and I, UDR Peter, Steve R, Robert,...Mackers<br /><br />If you and I, UDR Peter, Steve R, Robert, Bresser and a few others on here and Henry Joy the unionist in disguise, all sat down and advocated joint authority, dual citizenship, a freedom of travel/movement area and a bill of rights protecting everyone regardless of race colour or creed and EU rights and benefits extended to the wee 6 for farmers and workers and it got 95% larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-4826730332446880052017-05-03T17:17:02.819+01:002017-05-03T17:17:02.819+01:00Larry,
you are being generous. I think republican...Larry,<br /><br />you are being generous. I think republicans are pretty marginal to any outcome, yes or no.<br /><br />If you look at the Brian Feeney piece in the Irish News, you can see coherence there, even if you don't agree with him. Compare that to republican arguments that so often sound vacuous. People will most likely be guided by constitutional nationalist <br />"wisdom" AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-8892431151495721752017-05-03T17:05:54.798+01:002017-05-03T17:05:54.798+01:00Larry , Ill tell them im Muslim, they go all wet f...Larry , Ill tell them im Muslim, they go all wet for comunity outreach. As far as gunmen in the community go, the continued Scap revelations should cause some serious reflection as to whether you want people like that operating in a community , never mind the efficacy their stated supposed day job of fighting the Brits, its this policing and justice aspect that they also assume. I know why its DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-80773566634027582382017-05-03T16:42:33.092+01:002017-05-03T16:42:33.092+01:00Sean Bres
What I cannot understand is, are you se...Sean Bres<br /><br />What I cannot understand is, are you seeking a border poll on unity or a border poll on the republic declared in Easter week 1916? One step at a time. If unionists are not required in the finally tally why not call it the 'once and for all stick it to the prods' referendum. Republicanism is confused, taig prod and dissenter horse crap on the one hand and we can move larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-55530041064820896342017-05-03T13:54:26.059+01:002017-05-03T13:54:26.059+01:00Larry,
that might be the hope. The evidence thus...Larry, <br /><br />that might be the hope. The evidence thus far is not something that the hope could be built on. The evidence is that nationalists are less monolithic on the question of partition than the unionists are. The people not favouring a united Ireland has been considerably broader than political unionism. <br /><br />We have been exposed to the demographic argument before although inAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-36754219911136893422017-05-03T13:37:45.312+01:002017-05-03T13:37:45.312+01:00As I said to you earlier and elsewhere Larry, what...As I said to you earlier and elsewhere Larry, what you are arguing for is that we vacate the space - what little of it we hold - so that Bertie Ahern and company can whittle away the potential dynamic towards a meaningful Irish unity that a northern nationalist majority could unlock. For me that would be a grievous mistake but each to their own.<br /><br />We've had twenty years of the 'Sean Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842180620284317746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-30216913405016976542017-05-03T13:24:55.630+01:002017-05-03T13:24:55.630+01:00Mackers
I think Bresser calls it correct on one a...Mackers<br /><br />I think Bresser calls it correct on one aspect, a sectarian head count from here on in. Unionists will vote solid until outnumbered. Then what happens is anyone's guess. Come the poll-vote (vault) I expect a good deluge of republican rhetoric followed by an out-pouring of traditional republican political catechism in the who's the biggest and staunchest republican larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-68921736626696514312017-05-03T09:52:07.244+01:002017-05-03T09:52:07.244+01:00Anthony, you seem to have missed that convincing u...Anthony, you seem to have missed that convincing unionists of the merits to a United Ireland will not be necessary - even if this is something to aim for and indeed worth aiming for. Once nationalists can muster sufficient numbers to outvote them in a border poll, change will follow automatically and in line with the terms of a binding agreement - that being the British-Irish Agreement. The Sean Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842180620284317746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-55327068380587979992017-05-03T08:21:44.994+01:002017-05-03T08:21:44.994+01:00Larry,
then there is the problem of schools, whic...Larry,<br /><br />then there is the problem of schools, which has been brought to the fore. <a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/forced-into-faith-we-are-second-class-citizens-in-the-education-system-1.3068968" rel="nofollow">Forced into faith: ‘We are second-class citizens in the education system’</a><br /><br />A republican in the North who happened to be a religion other than AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-42604921046498818312017-05-02T22:48:05.716+01:002017-05-02T22:48:05.716+01:00Dathi D
Don't worry if I manage to get you in...Dathi D<br /><br />Don't worry if I manage to get you into trouble the nuns are still in charge of the maternity ward. You'll be grand. <br /><br />Sean Bres<br /><br />As a Liverpool supporter will you not have a guilty conscience if there is a united independent Ireland and the UK is broken up forever? Do you not think it has been a blessing for millions of Irish seeking work and a larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-71762137532824140302017-05-02T22:41:14.947+01:002017-05-02T22:41:14.947+01:00The Angelus at 6pm before the news is so outdated ...The Angelus at 6pm before the news is so outdated too. It is just pathetic.larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-77779299313789131812017-05-02T21:53:37.134+01:002017-05-02T21:53:37.134+01:00Larry,
And there was me telling you earlier that...Larry, <br /><br />And there was me telling you earlier that secularism was on the rise here. <a href="http://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/newsireland/two-tds-say-they-will-break-d%C3%A1il-rules-and-refuse-to-stand-during-the-daily-prayer/ar-BBADQDx?li=AA4ZnA&ocid=spartandhp" rel="nofollow"> It hasn’t reached the Dail yet!</a> Embarrassing.<br />AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com