tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post6197046998194731220..comments2024-03-29T09:38:08.662+00:00Comments on TPQ: Not Much Festivity In Sinn Fein HQAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-35572679971039606362016-05-17T13:24:43.665+01:002016-05-17T13:24:43.665+01:00Steve Ricardos
I hold no anger for the parents I&...Steve Ricardos<br /><br />I hold no anger for the parents I'm just all out of patience and my 'duck's back' has become a closed door. Now the mother in particular has had to find new targets and by all accounts did exactly that. Glad to be away from them. As for their much lauded RAF and Singapore I just got fed up keeping shtum listening to the fantasy drivel. I now just tell it larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-79215539835678007492016-05-17T13:00:16.424+01:002016-05-17T13:00:16.424+01:00Henry Joy,
he was a deeply troubled man who suffe...Henry Joy,<br /><br />he was a deeply troubled man who suffered depression throughout much of his life. His early student who later became a Marxist theoretician in his own right, Nicos Poulantzas, leapt to his death in 1979. Their insights are, as you suggest, none the lesser for that. If they are to be critiqued it is for other reasons. I prefer Poulantzas.<br /><br />There is a power greater AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-43604881261504266402016-05-17T12:38:56.374+01:002016-05-17T12:38:56.374+01:00Peter,
as mush as I discern the irony of people f...Peter,<br /><br />as mush as I discern the irony of people following the British empire and condemning the Catholic Church. <br /><br />All empires make up ideological guff. The British spewed the fantasy line that their empire was for the good of the countries they invaded and plundered. <br /><br />AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-14643116738961815362016-05-17T12:20:32.762+01:002016-05-17T12:20:32.762+01:00AM
All empires defend their power with violence an...AM<br />All empires defend their power with violence and torture so there may be nothing to choose between them. As far as mind control is concerned the RC church held millions of people to ransom with their idea that you can't get to heaven unless you believe their made up guff. They controlled what people could say, think and do even in their own bedrooms. A truely sick empire. Don't Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027470398152153427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-71247568459392078832016-05-17T11:08:44.885+01:002016-05-17T11:08:44.885+01:00life has conquered
the wind has blown away
alexand...life has conquered<br />the wind has blown away<br />alexander, caesar<br />and all their power and sway<br />tara and troy have made no longer stay<br />and the sassenachs too<br />will have their day<br /><br />for sean bres - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZKPl8zE0Akgoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14677595363697845833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-70982049492472830772016-05-17T11:07:58.011+01:002016-05-17T11:07:58.011+01:00AM
on an aside and slightly off-topic but on Alth...AM<br /><br />on an aside and slightly off-topic but on Althusser's comment you mentioned about going down on one's knees to find god verses finding god and then going to one's knees: it reminded me that something similar is somewhat represented in the 12 Step addiction recovery model. Participants are indoctrinated into accepting the 'disease' model rather than a social Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-22154684567140102292016-05-17T10:19:11.007+01:002016-05-17T10:19:11.007+01:00Larry,
You strike me as someone who is sick of vi...Larry,<br /><br />You strike me as someone who is sick of violence, I take it your anger toward your parents is just venting spleen? If not, I'm surprised as you come across as someone who knows how much anger eats up and spits out people.<br /><br />Slightly off topic, does anybody know how we 'Prods' (I've given up explaining) got the moniker 'Huns'?Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-38662062045574944942016-05-17T09:11:34.389+01:002016-05-17T09:11:34.389+01:00Well then enough said.Well then enough said.Sean Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842180620284317746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-76412990393155403482016-05-17T09:07:40.582+01:002016-05-17T09:07:40.582+01:00Sean
Honestly, take a step back and calm yerself....Sean<br /><br />Honestly, take a step back and calm yerself. WP pacifists like HJ are plentiful. Wall to wall and hang-men taboot. As for republicanism, like any other political concept it is merely a vehicle Sean, it is not the holy grail. It is out of date and a new vehicle is required. I agree with you HJ is a bit too subserviant and would aspire to upgrading himself to 'house-nigger' larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-78411000189834222002016-05-17T09:06:50.374+01:002016-05-17T09:06:50.374+01:00Sean,
he criticises ordinary people not the best...Sean, <br /><br />he criticises ordinary people not the best, not the worst. The broad group of people he criticises has within it the best and the worst: after that things average out. The comparison with Gregory Campbell is hypebole. He advocates a constitutional nationalist perspective rather than a right wing unionist draconian one. He appears to view armed struggle advocates much like he AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-91782512966968101462016-05-17T08:33:28.620+01:002016-05-17T08:33:28.620+01:00I don't think we can describe this Henry Joy&#...I don't think we can describe this Henry Joy's comments as 'slippage' at all but the constant theme of an absolute slave. Nor am I convinced of his road to Damascus conversion. That he desperately seeks to impress that you and him are in agreement tells me he understands little of your 'nuance' as he describes it. There are none of us on this site making the claim Sean Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842180620284317746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-4137871489391954852016-05-17T07:21:01.356+01:002016-05-17T07:21:01.356+01:00Steve Ricardos
Agree with you there. Colonialism...Steve Ricardos <br /><br />Agree with you there. Colonialism was never pretty. Global house-breaking with murder and pillage and rape thrown in. Insult the home owners with names such as savages/terroists and being a threat to our way of life and ... job done and justified. The RC church was little better and Cardinal Paul Cullen saw the British Empire as a vehicle with which to spread larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-61144718457265791332016-05-17T07:09:38.855+01:002016-05-17T07:09:38.855+01:00Sean,
it is not a matter of hypocrisy but of slip...Sean,<br /><br />it is not a matter of hypocrisy but of slippage into cat calling. Most here have done it. Just heard a comment last night that if a cop tails any driver for 500 miles he will find cause to issue a ticket for some infraction. So it is no big deal that everybody crosses the white line every so often. I try to pull them all back in.<br /><br />There has been much worse claimed on AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-70065517574356989912016-05-17T00:03:22.046+01:002016-05-17T00:03:22.046+01:00Peter,
Feck sake wise the bap! Have you any idea ...Peter,<br /><br />Feck sake wise the bap! Have you any idea how the Empire covered three quarters of the globe? <br /><br />Here's a hint; they didn't turn up with flowers and chocolates and make everyone a cuppa!<br /><br />We all know the wanton corruption and endemic child rapes in the rc church but trying to score points by claiming some moral superiority in a shit fight should be Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-79289734547844949942016-05-16T23:08:22.765+01:002016-05-16T23:08:22.765+01:00up the republic. brits out. fuck off.up the republic. brits out. fuck off.goothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14677595363697845833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-63627103326710548222016-05-16T23:07:02.702+01:002016-05-16T23:07:02.702+01:00henry joyless, gimme another word for thesaurus.henry joyless, gimme another word for thesaurus.goothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14677595363697845833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-13480024179365541732016-05-16T22:27:23.814+01:002016-05-16T22:27:23.814+01:00Thank you for referencing our eminent brain surgeo...Thank you for referencing our eminent brain surgeon's absolute hypocrisy Mackers and I find the idea, which he has successfully planted in his own mind, that the differences in your stance are only nuance an appalling claimSean Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842180620284317746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-6115478616275707442016-05-16T21:48:42.274+01:002016-05-16T21:48:42.274+01:00Henry Joy,
Sean is name calling but not before a ...Henry Joy,<br /><br />Sean is name calling but not before a certain measure of provocation ... yahoos and suchlike. <br /><br />It is much better if everybody sticks to the issues. Not always easy and name calling spices things up but does it add anything? <br /><br />AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-23741756536674638422016-05-16T21:44:04.744+01:002016-05-16T21:44:04.744+01:00Henry Joy,
our conclusions are the same insofar a...Henry Joy,<br /><br />our conclusions are the same insofar as we agree that republicanism is finished. They are not the same in terms of what continues to motivate republicans. Do we harshly judge those who we once were for purposes of clarity or do we do it as some form of self-expurgation so that the new clothes fit better? Are we even able to tell the difference? Sometimes the enthusiasm of AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-34066316617431958972016-05-16T21:36:56.543+01:002016-05-16T21:36:56.543+01:00sean bres
Back to name calling again.
My daddy i...sean bres<br /><br />Back to name calling again.<br /><br />My daddy is bigger than your daddy!!!!!!!!!Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-15974780751753820322016-05-16T21:23:24.076+01:002016-05-16T21:23:24.076+01:00Peter,
the Catholic Church was indeed evil in muc...Peter,<br /><br />the Catholic Church was indeed evil in much of what it did. But to ask us to believe it was much more evil than the British empire is a big ask. I am not sure there is a lot to choose between.AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-36017361197425058502016-05-16T21:08:49.911+01:002016-05-16T21:08:49.911+01:00AM
sure there are nuanced differences in our inte...AM<br /><br />sure there are nuanced differences in our interpretations but our conclusions are essentially the same. The challenge of expression in language will always rely to a large degree on simile and metaphor. We'll generally over-map information to models we already have a grasp on. To that end I tend to see valid comparisons between a social learning model (rather than a disease one)Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-14037030905055351762016-05-16T21:00:09.540+01:002016-05-16T21:00:09.540+01:00AM/HJ/Bresser/Grouch
I see the man of the house A...AM/HJ/Bresser/Grouch<br /><br />I see the man of the house Arlene Foster said there'll be no SF minister for justice. Not a whimper from the Croppy Bhoys either.<br /><br />As for the religion issue I'm not fussy either way on that score I'm just Irish when it comes down to identity. Allah Akbar....UTPlarry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-70933980893888078062016-05-16T20:49:12.072+01:002016-05-16T20:49:12.072+01:00Grouch
The Irish are "slave minded and conser...Grouch<br />The Irish are "slave minded and conservative now"! Made me chuckle. The irish have always been slave minded and conservative thanks to the catholic church, an empire much more evil than the British one. Republicanism didn't work nor will it work because it calls for a revolution in the most socially conservative place in Europe. Watching the republican splinter groups Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027470398152153427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-7778706215047079732016-05-16T20:39:34.237+01:002016-05-16T20:39:34.237+01:00Henry Joy, yo go down alright. There's no doub...Henry Joy, yo go down alright. There's no doubt about that whatsoever. A truncheon sucker par excellence...Sean Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842180620284317746noreply@blogger.com