Friday, August 24, 2007
Glasnost at An Phoblacht?
Sinn Fein’s house newspaper, An Phoblacht, has had a reputation for too slavishly following the party line. Frank over at the Cedar Lounge has started taking it on a regular basis, after reading several articles (through Slugger) that were openly critical of the party leadership in the wake of the Republic’s General Election in May. He cautiously suggests there it may indicate a new openness with Sinn Fein. The beginning of a ‘Big Conversation’?
Mick Fealty @ 03:09 PM
Yes but Mick when are you gonna blog this:
http://www.newsletter.co.uk/entertainment/Calm-down-boys-it39s-only.3145947.jp
:-0
Posted by on Aug 24, 2007 @ 03:32 PMBeing close to the SF party line or not is the least of it: This is the same newspaper which gloried to its readers every time a policeman or other “legitimate target” was killed. So whilst one might feel obliged to try to draw a line under past misdeeds, Mick sounds as if he has amnesia.
Posted by on Aug 24, 2007 @ 04:03 PMAh News Letter, damn conservative rag for certain secto-religious fanatics.
Posted by on Aug 24, 2007 @ 05:11 PMDC,
Sounds a lot like a description of AP actually.
Posted by on Aug 24, 2007 @ 06:23 PMDC/GT
what’s this shit about the newsletter or AP?
I can remember the Sun headlines during the falklands war. The GOTCHA headline “every time a” argie “or other “legitimate target” was killed”.
There is an unspoken assumption the we irish (prods and taigs) are uncivilized and our lords and masters across the irish sea are just wonderful. They are no different to the rest of us.
Posted by on Aug 24, 2007 @ 07:31 PMHeck, go suck on a Werthers.
Posted by on Aug 24, 2007 @ 07:39 PMSo what you’re saying there Heck is that An Phoblacht is The Sun for Shinners?
Sounds about right.Posted by on Aug 24, 2007 @ 08:21 PMheck: I can remember the Sun headlines during the falklands war. The GOTCHA headline “every time a” argie “or other “legitimate target” was killed”.
You remember it “every time”? A more accurate summary here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/falklands/story/0,11707,657850,00.html
Posted by on Aug 24, 2007 @ 08:46 PMLumpy-
Simple answer- if people don’t want to read Slugger, they don’t have to. No one’s forcing them. For those that do, the popularity speaks for itself. It’s not as if Mick et al are drawing a licence fee from us all, so they’re not accountable to anyone for the output and discourse on the site in terms of ‘quality’ of content.
Posted by on Aug 24, 2007 @ 09:25 PMDC
A bit harsh… but very funny…
Posted by on Aug 24, 2007 @ 11:12 PMDidn’t see any criticism of Stadler and Waldorf in this week’s edition but am glad to hear about it.
One thing republicans opposed to these pair and unionists have in common is the view that they made a mess for 40 years were an intolerable amount of innocent people died and then settled for an agreement which contained a much smaller sovereign threat to the union than Sunningdale.
An aging pair of disconnected malignant growths that need hunted and harried into retirement.
Posted by on Aug 25, 2007 @ 07:17 AM
