tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post1481191626012958033..comments2024-03-29T06:51:03.388+00:00Comments on TPQ: Up The AAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-10476129927449752772022-11-27T16:46:40.111+00:002022-11-27T16:46:40.111+00:00still laughing at thatstill laughing at thatAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-47906335406170889442022-11-27T16:09:39.837+00:002022-11-27T16:09:39.837+00:00His meditation on homophobia is enlightening as we...His meditation on homophobia is enlightening as well: https://youtu.be/6xxiK6Z4eXs?t=95Brandon Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846523287559978645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-69742562147630320762022-11-27T13:03:45.914+00:002022-11-27T13:03:45.914+00:00A friend on reading this piece sent the following ...A friend on reading this piece sent the following link. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-AN_GK0T-GK1C&mibextid=cffofw&v=415542067306999" rel="nofollow"> <br /><br />It works for me</a>AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-78170570848072946182022-11-26T18:50:03.782+00:002022-11-26T18:50:03.782+00:00Robert - good to see you making an appearance.
No...Robert - good to see you making an appearance. <br />Not much has changed, has it? I was thinking back myself to the McElduff incident as a result of this brouhaha. There is something to the old quip that no pessimist on the North was ever proved wrong. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-18092998852160512902022-11-26T13:08:27.904+00:002022-11-26T13:08:27.904+00:00Anthony,
'I have no opinion on whether Foster...Anthony,<br /><br />'I have no opinion on whether Foster is sanctimonious. The Crossmaglen woman might have viewed her as such and might not even have been aware of her father, whose name I do not recall whereas Pat Finucane is a name I very much do.'<br /><br />This seems to me to be the crux of the current 'Up The Ra' <br /> phenomenon, the mechanics of which I recall you Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10522188005971742857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-65461115314337006992022-11-24T21:16:31.996+00:002022-11-24T21:16:31.996+00:00
She repeatedly poked the sleeping bear of nation...<br /><br />She repeatedly poked the sleeping bear of nationalism and then cried whenever it bit her. Her glass house must be in quite a state by now. Coupled with her going into the House of Lords and her new career as a commentator, I view this incident as a two fingered salute: childish and immature, yes, but quite satisfying. In some ways, she reminds me of the SNP minister Humza Yosaf who Christopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-60699146928406139922022-11-24T18:57:40.915+00:002022-11-24T18:57:40.915+00:00I do accept that it is offensive but also hold to ...I do accept that it is offensive but also hold to the view that the right to offend is much stronger than any right to silence. Many people claim offence as a means to shut others up. Legitimising state terrorism that occurred during the conflict is offensive to large sections of this society but that is hardly a reason to suppress the opinion of those who do legitimse it or call for legislation AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-83982045217294694082022-11-24T18:44:50.749+00:002022-11-24T18:44:50.749+00:00you might be right about what she knew. But we do ...you might be right about what she knew. But we do not know. And it is much easier to be aware of people whose loved one was killed rather than injured. <br /><br />The type of person who asks for a selfie with a politician viewed as a total hypocrite by that person is the type of person who gets Nigel Farage to sing Ooh Ah up the Ra. It can be done to annoy them rather than abuse them, but AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-90084665767511436572022-11-24T17:29:15.661+00:002022-11-24T17:29:15.661+00:00AM, you are missing the point. Why do you not acce...AM, you are missing the point. Why do you not accept that chanting Up the Ra is offensive to a larger section of this society, one which is deeply divided? Yes, this woman may have known nothing Arlene Fosters personal history, but she certainly knew exactly who she was and acting totally inappropriately. Bit like posing with Michelle O'Neill and bursting into the Billy Boys. Legitimising Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14098008693125731263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-84601824920476099942022-11-24T16:24:20.723+00:002022-11-24T16:24:20.723+00:00Foster was the First Minister of our country so I ...Foster was the First Minister of our country so I expect she knew about her. If she didn't ,then she could have at least apologised. Even if she didn't know, who the actual fuck asks for a selfie with a politician and sings Up the RA?Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027470398152153427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-52112235449307985872022-11-24T14:31:45.685+00:002022-11-24T14:31:45.685+00:00You seem to miss the point.
It has to matter bec...You seem to miss the point. <br /><br />It has to matter because it goes to conscious intent. Did the Crossmaglen woman know anything about Arlene Foster's personal history? If she did and decided to do it anyway, then your point stands. But if she didn't know . . .<br /> <br />We should try and be civil regardless - and also to be sensitive to victims.<br /><br />If all victims are AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-37388352150594693192022-11-24T13:30:36.292+00:002022-11-24T13:30:36.292+00:00"More people are presumably aware of what hap..."More people are presumably aware of what happened to John's father than they would Arlene's. The issue for me is whether the Crossmaglen woman saw Arlene the victim whose father was fortunate to escape with his life, and which left her as an eight year old traumatised ever after, or Arlene the sanctimonious cow..."<br />Does it matter? To a victim of the IRA, then the ditty is Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027470398152153427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-38467868888360284222022-11-24T00:59:42.571+00:002022-11-24T00:59:42.571+00:00I would like to apologise for my last post to ever...I would like to apologise for my last post to every reader I'm truly sorry I was wrong and all I can do is apologise. Ive came across something and if right it answers a question than many suspected but could not prove.Its to do with the McBride principles proni_cent-1-16-13A_1987-05-11 is first download take note of date then NAI_TSCH-2017-10-1-1987-05-15 and take note last page of this pdf Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10345657168680971372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-70006810415972632812022-11-23T22:11:08.619+00:002022-11-23T22:11:08.619+00:00It's been a while since I read it, but The Hoo...It's been a while since I read it, but The Hoods: Crime & Punishment in Belfast sprung to mind when reading this (https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7t1nc)<br /><br />Some 'hoods' in West Belfast took to dubbing any authoritarian person or entity as "Provos" as well as individuals, totally unconnected with the IRA, as a "Provo" if they were strict, or authority Brandon Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846523287559978645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-56663200057044591772022-11-23T21:21:54.306+00:002022-11-23T21:21:54.306+00:00I think objecting to poll data that does not confo...I think objecting to poll data that does not conform to our beliefs or prejudices is a pretty widespread phenomenon. In the absence of an alternative poll, it is what we are left with. <br /><br />Your dissent from the data still leaves the hump of the soccer players to get over. How they believed they were consciously glorifying the IRA is left unexplained. If I recall, Peter offered what I AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-84091328538171895352022-11-23T16:34:52.716+00:002022-11-23T16:34:52.716+00:00A majority of people in Ireland believe that those...A majority of people in Ireland believe that those who sing songs containing pro-IRA chants do not “mean to glorify the IRA”, according to a poll.<br /><br />I would view the above in the same way that a poll said that people thought singing The Billy Boys is a bit of craic. <br /><br />“Up the UFF would be a very distinct statement in the Finucane case” as indeed is singing Up The ‘Ra is in Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14098008693125731263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-85064319089604782412022-11-23T15:03:10.704+00:002022-11-23T15:03:10.704+00:00You might have a point about me reading too much i...You might have a point about me reading too much into it but haven't really explained why.<br /><br />More people are presumably aware of what happened to John's father than they would Arlene's. The issue for me is whether the Crossmaglen woman saw Arlene the victim whose father was fortunate to escape with his life, and which left her as an eight year old traumatised ever after, or AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-81371249735933839582022-11-23T11:41:18.292+00:002022-11-23T11:41:18.292+00:00I think you are reading way to much into this. If ...I think you are reading way to much into this. If I ask John Finucane for a selfie then shout Up the UFF. That makes me a cunt, nothing more, nothing less. What crimes the Finucane family may have done or what North Belfast PIRA did matters not a jot. I would still be a cunt.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027470398152153427noreply@blogger.com