tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post1610965746740336004..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: Sinn Féin Can Have Those Murderers In Court And In PrisonAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-27564936189949245742020-02-10T20:12:15.736+00:002020-02-10T20:12:15.736+00:00Bring back Larry Hughes lolBring back Larry Hughes lolSteve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-15072451566263298532020-02-10T18:32:38.027+00:002020-02-10T18:32:38.027+00:00Eoghan - what was funny at the start just became t...Eoghan - what was funny at the start just became tedious through endless repetition. It is a free speech blog but you will get a sense of how free it is if somebody comes along and uses terms like nigger. They won't be here.<br />I have no sensitivities to the language used - quite comfortable with it in fact. But I have concerns about the blog being used as a toilet door for infantile AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-37683475831980452782020-02-10T12:46:57.441+00:002020-02-10T12:46:57.441+00:00Anthony,
Point taken.
But speaking of undermini...Anthony,<br /><br />Point taken. <br /><br />But speaking of undermining the purpose of this site:<br /><br />I thought it was about having free speech.<br /><br />And giving a platform to alternative political points of view.<br /><br />Rather than the usual conventional ones.<br /><br />That do not lack for platforms anywhere.<br /><br />Which begs the question why does he come here?<br /><br /Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-46180904675667560992020-02-10T12:24:32.379+00:002020-02-10T12:24:32.379+00:00Christopher Owens,
So you agree you were exaggera...Christopher Owens,<br /><br />So you agree you were exaggerating. Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-2616138190349687452020-02-10T08:33:11.555+00:002020-02-10T08:33:11.555+00:00Christopher - I agree. It is reached the point whe...Christopher - I agree. It is reached the point where it is infantile. This thing should be, as you suggest, for toilet doors, not a political discussion site. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-28402012518965680832020-02-10T08:06:22.433+00:002020-02-10T08:06:22.433+00:00Pathetic behaviour. Pathetic behaviour. Christopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-39997347128568344802020-02-10T06:53:24.089+00:002020-02-10T06:53:24.089+00:00There was some provocation but nothing in my view ...There was some provocation but nothing in my view which justified your OTT reaction. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-58879633854620749102020-02-10T06:51:38.272+00:002020-02-10T06:51:38.272+00:00Eoghan - all quarrels may be spats but all exchang...Eoghan - all quarrels may be spats but all exchanges are not. There is no lonhger any light in this, just heat. As you say it is not an academe but the purpose of the site should not be undermined. At the start these things can be funny but soon become tedious. Maybe the best outcome is that you both desist from engaging with each other. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-51315521094806936612020-02-09T23:40:50.747+00:002020-02-09T23:40:50.747+00:00Anthony,
All quarrels here are spats.
Because in...Anthony,<br /><br />All quarrels here are spats.<br /><br />Because in the grand scheme of things they are petty.<br /><br />But to the extent they can shed more light then heat all the better. <br /><br />So, in that regard I will aim to do better (but not via email).<br /><br />And in the future, I’ll just refer to him as a colonial. <br /><br />He can fill in the blank himself. <br /><br />Or Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-66842337776158473252020-02-09T23:38:06.751+00:002020-02-09T23:38:06.751+00:00Christopher Owens,
Endless name calling?
You exa...Christopher Owens,<br /><br />Endless name calling?<br /><br />You exaggerate. <br /><br />I only called Barry a “colonial cunt” once here.<br /><br />And that’s no lie.<br />Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-56454519761386803102020-02-09T23:24:25.605+00:002020-02-09T23:24:25.605+00:00I do understand why people are pissed off with the...I do understand why people are pissed off with the spat; I normally do not react with such vitriol.Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-49098386735556073372020-02-09T21:40:49.053+00:002020-02-09T21:40:49.053+00:00I am prepared to call the spat off. I have certai...I am prepared to call the spat off. I have certainly no desire to continue with it by email.Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-10975912404361091062020-02-09T15:03:23.188+00:002020-02-09T15:03:23.188+00:00Yip, this endless name calling is turning the comm...Yip, this endless name calling is turning the comments section into a graffitied toilet door. No need for it. Christopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-66752793094251745402020-02-09T10:39:54.264+00:002020-02-09T10:39:54.264+00:00Both Eoghan and Barry could perhaps email each oth...Both Eoghan and Barry could perhaps email each other rather than continue their spat here. It has gone beyond the point where anybody is benefitting from it and has long since degenerated into name calling. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-64615508895190462352020-02-09T10:26:10.215+00:002020-02-09T10:26:10.215+00:00That pathetic drivel says everything about you and...That pathetic drivel says everything about you and nothing about me or the values that I believe in, Eoghan. <br /><br />Oh and btw "Republicans" like you would have had the whole of Ireland incorporated into the Third Reich in the 1940s.<br /><br />Now fuck off back to the hovel from whence you came.Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-48058076681776408822020-02-08T23:43:10.907+00:002020-02-08T23:43:10.907+00:00Barry,
Worse than saying one thing and doing anot...Barry,<br /><br />Worse than saying one thing and doing another…<br /><br />You really don’t listen or pay attention.<br /><br />As I’ve told you before: “I’ve never been a prosecutor.” <br /><br />But how low must you go to think being one is a privilege? <br /> <br />Low enough to campaign for a British MP from the Stoop Down Low Party.<br /><br />The same MP who said the GFA was "Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-24552650931148509892020-02-08T22:34:32.446+00:002020-02-08T22:34:32.446+00:00The vast majority of people brought up in the proj...The vast majority of people brought up in the projects were brought up to show respect and cvility to one another. <br /><br />Wha, Eoghan, went so badly wrong in your upbringing that you seem incapable of displaying such aqualities in your interactions with others?Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-5193187295174746232020-02-08T21:36:01.990+00:002020-02-08T21:36:01.990+00:00You are a prosecutor are you not, Eoghan. Privile...You are a prosecutor are you not, Eoghan. Privileged to me that sounds.<br /><br />So your forbears are from County Kerry and you are from the 'projects' then. A long, long away from Northern Ireland where the struggle that you so romantically enthuse a convenient 3,000 miles from it.<br /><br />Well, in the last fortnight another native Nordie passed away; Seamus Mallon who Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-50573887170884974962020-02-08T04:00:49.039+00:002020-02-08T04:00:49.039+00:00Barry,
I’m always honored to be dishonored by the...Barry,<br /><br />I’m always honored to be dishonored by the dishonorable. <br /><br />But if it's any solace to you ...<br /><br />I too think Jews have the right to resist.<br /><br />Especially if they've been invaded and occupied. <br /><br />Now ask your ward nurse why you have a problem with…<br /><br />Irish people in Ireland having those same rights?<br /><br />Because like a lot Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-14960194692971558702020-02-07T21:44:55.262+00:002020-02-07T21:44:55.262+00:00Niall, there exists in your comments an unconsciou...Niall, there exists in your comments an unconscious cruelty devoid of conscience in an attack and in a defence of a reality. Your reply to HJ I find acceptable, except, " Quinn’s chose to use their plight in an attempt to directly influence the outcome of a general election". They did not choose. State media in their attempt to hound Sinn Féin brought Paul Quinn to life.kevin o'neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350086677262810323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-12588351427661352072020-02-07T15:31:17.744+00:002020-02-07T15:31:17.744+00:00"The British have been good to you". Che..."The British have been good to you". Check your privilege and fuck off, Eoghan.Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-24946948737595281852020-02-07T07:58:53.845+00:002020-02-07T07:58:53.845+00:00Niall
Or you could acknowledge that were wrong. ...Niall<br /><br />Or you could acknowledge that were wrong. You as much as acknowledged that it is the media using the Quinns and that is what makes you so wrong in taking a swipe at the Quinns for that.<br /><br />The Sinn Fein narrative of attacking and demonising Paul Quinn to justify murdering him is taken straight from the Widery Report about the Bloody Sunday victims.Christy Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529990561635818286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-37023920903243386942020-02-07T06:59:53.442+00:002020-02-07T06:59:53.442+00:00your own call but from our perspective, there is n...your own call but from our perspective, there is no need to retire. Often your comments are insightful and while you can be very critical of Sinn Fein, you have this inexplicable tendency to round on the party's victims anytime they raise their head above the parapet. SF are entitled to criticise all other parties so why can it not be criticised itself? AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-85863353623335286742020-02-06T20:49:20.293+00:002020-02-06T20:49:20.293+00:00Having read the comments I shall take the advice o...Having read the comments I shall take the advice offered, let it pass and retire from the QuillNiallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-48646437031774417382020-02-06T20:09:08.533+00:002020-02-06T20:09:08.533+00:00I would agree with you Christy. The south Armagh b...I would agree with you Christy. The south Armagh brigade was known to be fair or at the very least tried not to mimic the activities of the mob like activities of other areas such as Belfast. The Quinn case damaged that reputation somewhat. The phrase "if you can't honour the IRA with your service; don't dishonour with a disservice" is lost on some folk.MickOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278524870773217698noreply@blogger.com