tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post5014949438727842738..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: Fitz In Fantasy LandAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-64019971556007904682017-11-15T10:39:03.649+00:002017-11-15T10:39:03.649+00:00Simon,
yes, you're correct re. SLF. Jim Riley...Simon,<br /><br />yes, you're correct re. SLF. Jim Riley hailed from Lenadoon. His brother (Thomas 'Kidso' Riley) was shot dead by the army in "disputed circumstances." <br /><br />You're also bang on regarding the crossover between the punks and the campaigns of the day. Certainly, Crass put out the Hit Parade 7', which criticised the H Blocks and Thatcher (but theyChristopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-44548654813069575012017-11-13T23:41:54.699+00:002017-11-13T23:41:54.699+00:00Niall, one of the members out of SLF hailed from L...Niall, one of the members out of SLF hailed from Lenadoon. When I was a punk we hated sectarianism with a passion. I saw a conflict with my Republican leanings and the Punk culture but not because of sectarianism. The conflict was purely based on acceptance of violence. <br /><br />The Punk music I listened to was all anti-violence although "The Ballad of Tom McElwee" by the CrucifucksSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029656112153509987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-39535469624183444582017-11-13T10:58:03.524+00:002017-11-13T10:58:03.524+00:00Read both but found this line interesting from Fit...Read both but found this line interesting from Fitzgerald's review,<br />"It is up to the reader to decide whether they consider this to be a socially responsible attitude for any historian/sociologist to take."<br /><br />Is he suggesting that the author should conform to the current politically correct dogma of the day and ignore the accuracy of fact?<br /><br />Also, SLF, Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-15324613712311206152017-11-11T20:09:04.352+00:002017-11-11T20:09:04.352+00:00There's an essay by Howard S. Becker called &#...There's an essay by Howard S. Becker called 'Whose Side are We On', which Gareth Mulvenna quotes in his interview for Balaclava Street (reproduced on TPQ). Mulvenna writes "I think basically the premise of the article is that no matter what sociological research you carry out you are damned to be seen to be taking a side, so rather than have an existential crisis over this you Christopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-55928358972036628832017-11-11T16:26:24.705+00:002017-11-11T16:26:24.705+00:00You might be right as there is no substance, from ...You might be right as there is no substance, from my point of view as a reader, to the allegations. <br /><br />It's not as if Prof. White writes to create smoke and mirrors, he is a straight-talker and he hasn't voiced support for violence. If he did, as someone who talks in such a manner it would have been clear and unequivocal. Not something that has to be looked into like a Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029656112153509987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-82054887040743307972017-11-11T07:48:47.477+00:002017-11-11T07:48:47.477+00:00Simon,
there is a strain of totalitarianism in th...Simon,<br /><br />there is a strain of totalitarianism in the mindset of the reviewer that cannot abide by a differing interpretation or an alternative means of understanding. It therefore has insidiously undermine the credibility of the author whose work is being reviewed and gradually close down a competing narrative. <br /><br />My experience of Bob White is that he gets up close to better AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-49154257731749578092017-11-10T22:01:54.787+00:002017-11-10T22:01:54.787+00:00I wrote a comment on this site on 27th August 2017...I wrote a comment on this site on 27th August 2017 under a transcript of a radio interview about the book with the Professor. I commented that when I was reading the book 'sometimes when I thought "oh he definitely has some agenda" he goes and follows up with a piece of counterbalancing analysis.'<br /><br />How we interpret an author's work is often subjective. If somethingSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029656112153509987noreply@blogger.com