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Children of the Revolution (Bill Rolston)
What was life like for children of political activists during the Troubles? A new book by Bill Rolston and published by Guildhall Press during the summer has collected together the stories of twenty Children of the Revolution whose parents’ activities – and in many cases, imprisonment – had a significant affect on childhoods and life [...] read our review »
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Stay out of Libya: counterinsurgency doesn’t work
A moment of some significance in journalism perhaps, as the New York Times reviews the current talked about book, The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan by Bing West. The author is no bleeding heart but a former assistant Defense Secretary from the Reagan era who stomped his way round the Afghan [...] read our review »
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The lost art of reading (or drowning in too much information)…
Here’s a great review of a fascinating book (H/T reader Rory) on how the Internet is destroying our capacity for intelligent, focused and critical thought. It opens thus: …here is the news that Ulin brings in this slim, meandering book: that reading is “an act of contemplation”; that such an act becomes more difficult in [...] read our review »
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“Celtic Supporters Urge Champions League Boycott”
This appears to be snigger of the week, but what it portrays is the uniquely weird world of Irish sporting allegiances.
Of course, the ‘foreign’ games most feared are those played by Irish football clubs, like Linfield and Bohemians, in Ireland. Celtic, ManU etc. are safe territory when it comes to maintaining our cultural purity.
Fermanagh announce new sponsorship deal with Carling outside Croke Park.
(Good to see the lads around him don’t mind wearing the freebie woolly hats given out by o2 outside the game).
Pure Classic. Ignorance knows no bounds with some people. On a Different note this type of Nationalist hypocracy has always haunted us. In the hub of British resistance of the Falls Road, theres bars Dedicated to Manchester United Fc and Celtic, theres certainly more Soccer supporters than GAA and More English speakers than Irish, Not frogeting the Fish and Chip shops, kebab shops etc.If anyone thinks that were not anglosised they need a reality transplant.English influence can never be reversed. The picture proves that.
good to see though Jimmy that some of us are still resisting the creeping rot of the english language – anglosised – well done on that boot to the crotch of the empire.
New Republican splinter group: The surreal IRA
Ah, yes. I love good old fashioned Anglo-Saxon kebab shops…..
“Doctor” Paisley changes his colours.
“If you think this is fun you should have been at the protest against foreign beers last week”
Odd that the paper neglected to point out the gaffe by the protestor.
Well, it was the (English) Telegraph, who probably think that Scotland is part of Ireland anyway.
A strange one man protest took place in the Center of Glasgow today, where Feisty McFesty demanded an end to the perfidious game of Shinty.
In other news, the Center of Glasgow witnessed a one-man protest against what Feisty McFesty called ‘the scurrilous game of Shinty’.
oops.
i’ll bet that he is wearing a thick gold necklace and has a can of dutch gold beside him
i think the more mainstream republicans watching this and laughing, should be aware that this is exactly how they look at times to the rest of us…
I reserve the right to laugh at hypocritical buffoons, whatever their shade and whatever message they are ‘trying’ to get across.
It wouldn’t have taken a genius to write ‘at Croke Park’. Or to have changed his jersey.
sorry to disappoint ye folk but this photo was “photoshopped”
here’s the proof
http://www.indymedia.ie/attachments/feb2007/p2240016.jpg
You’re right, Starbuck.
The original says Bring back Rules 1,2. Maybe, he meant to say, restore ‘Articles Two and Three of the Constitution’!
Or Restore Stormont. Or whatever.
starbuck
As the person who introduced the picture to Slugger I can only apologise for being so credulous. It was a Press Association picture published in The Sunday Telegraph.
I am just relieved the guys face wasn’t shown.
George Orwell once said that just because something is in the Daily Telegraph doesn’t mean it’s not true.
I’ll try not to be so naive in future.
Maybe it’s the same bloke – he just can’t afford new clothes after spending all his money on the latest Celtic kit.
I’m not so sure – the indymedia photo isn’t a crop of the Telegraph photo. The moustachioed-guy in the green hat with the yellow band is to the left of the bloke in the brown jacket in the indymedia photo while the Telegraph photo has the ‘green hat’ guy behind the ‘brown jacket’ guy. In the indymedia photo there is a placard that says ‘No To Foreign Games’ just to the left of our friend the Celtic supporter. Its conceivable that they swapped placards at some stage for the Telegraph photo. Finally, if it is a photoshop, then its impressive, not only are the two placards different sizes, in the Telegraph photo they’ve managed to photoshop indentations and a bumpy surface on the placard.
Actually, having looked at lot closer at it, it is more likely that the picture is genuine and he just swapped placards with the tool holding the other sign (look at the legs – in front of the banner in one photo and in front of the rail in the other. And it looks like there are other blokes in the crowd wearing celtic kit too!
Unless of course ‘Carling man ‘is’ the photoshop – or is that what you meant?
“Unless of course ‘Carling man ‘is’ the photoshop – or is that what you meant?â€
The brilliant science fiction writer Iain M. Banks imagines a future where photos or recordings are inadmissible in court as evidence of anything other than advanced technology.
How soon will it be before sluggerites begin to disbelieve any photo that doesn’t suit their viewpoint until a panel of independent experts verifies it hasn’t been “photoshopped/INSERT LATEST SOFTWARE VERB�
Maybe the world has gone mad.
Yeah, I’m with the placard-swopping theory – there was another pic of a guy with about three in his hand so they were obviously sharing them around.
And PA is a reputable agency, not in the habit of altering or manipulating news photos as far as I know, except for aesthetic purposes.
Apart from the 82,000+ spectators (participants, more like) who think they were actually at Croke Park, does anyone really know if we witnessed a beautiful, historic sporting occasion … or we all just transported to a parallel universe for the weekend — much like the handful of alien protesters from the planet Zog (or wherever) who inspired this little blog from Mick (and Henry)in the first place… ?
Are they doing a protest for the Wales football match, or is the matter now deemed closed for the time being?
Blind Celtic fan cruelly exposed to ridicule when asked to hold hurling stick for friend at Croke Park.
“Lord Ballyedmond hits the campaign trail for the Ulster Unionists”
Definitely not Photoshopped – Photoshop couldn’t have removed the crease from the jersey in Indymedia’s claimed ‘original’ and I don’t see how it could alter the lighting as it changes between the two shots.
Irish surgeons hail world’s first ever irony by-pass operation a resounding success
“Sun reporter attends historic rugby match at Croke Park”
” P O’Neill discards balaclava in favour of sign, out of fear of wrecking his new haircut, for latest televised IRA statement.”
“Republican graffiti artists cruelly target face of extremely pale, rectangular shape-headed Dublin youth.”
“Scottish “Golf Sale” sign man changes sales pitch after market research shows that Glaswegian thugs prefer using baseball bats, rather than golf clubs, to beat up junkies.”
” Scottish ptarmigan farmers protest after imports of pheasant meat hit sales”
“Dublin GAA fan objects to Croke Park staging Armagh vs Tyrone Gaelic football final.”
…… cue Nationalist pelters for me!
Typical indymedia stance to say this was photoshopped.
They will go to extreme lengths to defend the actions of the working class, no matter how abhorrent.
I made an inquiry to the Press Association and received the following reply
“Thank you for your email.
The Press Association prides itself on its editorial integrity and has robust rules in place about picture handling.
The photographer who took the picture which appeared on The Telegraph web site has supplied me with both that frame, and an adjacent one. Both show the man holding the same banner, and there is no evidence of the image having been tampered with.
The picture on the Telegraph website is not a crop of the Indymedia picture you refer to. You will see that the Telegraph picture has a rail at the bottom of the frame: in the Indymedia frame there is a printed banner hung from that rail.
I would suggest that between the two pictures being taken, the printed banner was hung on, or removed from, the rail.
You will also notice that in the Indymedia picture the sign being held by the person in the Telegraph picture is being held by another person a few feet away.
I hope that my comments will provide you with the assurances that you sought, but if I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me again.
With best wishes
Martin Keene”
In charity we must admit the possibility that he held the placard for a comrade without reading it.
Reflexive action makes ‘Canon’ fodder a victim of Carl Zeiss lens.
great pic!!
Johnny Adair slips back into the country unobserved.