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Lessons in Cute Hoorism: “Graft was accepted, for you were taking from the British…”
I’ve been catching up on some reading, recently. Most pleasantly surprised by John Drennan’s latest opus from Gill and Macmillan, Cute Hoors and Pious Protestors… It’s early days yet, but I was struck by this paragraph, part of a dissection of Fianna Fail near the beginning: One of the more fatal consequences of our colonial [...] read our review »
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Turas, by Colin Neill – a story of strangers in a strange land
Colin Neill’s first novel Turas peeks into a world in which many Ulster Protestants feel uncomfortable. It’s 2020 and the Irish unification that unionists and loyalists confidently predicted would never happen has become a reality. President Adams is ensconced in Phoenix Park. The newsreader reported that … a short ceremony at Stormont had confirmed the [...] read our review »
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Propaganda of Peace: Media and culture during the peace process
Extract from Greg McLaughlin and Stephen Baker: The Propaganda of Peace: The Role of Media and Culture in the Northern Ireland Peace Process. Bristol: Intellect Books. 2010. Political opponents Ian Paisley and Martin McGuiness were confirmed as First Minister and Deputy First Minister of a new executive in May 2007, closing yet another chapter in [...] read our review »
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Comment on Beyond the Grave: Past witnesses to NI’s paramilitary struggles…
on 22 March 2010 at 10:02 pm
Slugshit
Clearly you did not see the question mark at the end, usually there for discerning readers to know a question is being asked, and not to ascribe meaning. Perhaps for you an eye test or something wrong with your comprehension faculties?
Thank you Mr Fealty for the reply.
What a rude way to twist my name here, winky face or not – there was no excuse for that.
Your use of a question mark is irrelevant to the point. You referenced the quote out of context, so that it’s true meaning was obscured, and you bent the meaning to question the author, when that is not what Mr Hachey intended whatsoever. He was speaking of speculation by people who have not read the book (such as yourself) as to the contents of the book.
You were deliberately rude in the changing of my name and your misreading (also deliberate?) of the referenced quote was disingenuous. My reading comprehension is fine. Yours, I’d worry about, if I didn’t think you knew exactly what you were/are doing.
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Comment on Beyond the Grave: Past witnesses to NI’s paramilitary struggles…
on 22 March 2010 at 7:17 pm
However, the sentence Scarecrow has selectively (and incorrectly) quoted is referring to speculation [i]about[/i] the contents of the book; Hachey is not saying that the contents of the book itself is wide of the mark. It is disingenuous to claim that he is.
Careful reading is needed, indeed.
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Comment on Beyond the Grave: Past witnesses to NI’s paramilitary struggles…
on 22 March 2010 at 6:54 pm
“Some of the speculation [on the forthcoming Voices from the Grave from Ed Moloney] is wide of the mark.”
Yes, Scarecrow, it is evident that discerning readers and careful analysis are needed, given your sloppy [disingenuous] reading of the above sentence.
Clearly the meaning you ascribed to it is not what was actually said nor implied.
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Comment on “neither honest nor transparent”
on 29 January 2010 at 5:34 pm
Gerry Adams will succeed this campaign
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There it is in a nutshell.
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Comment on Gerry Adams replies to Sunday Tribune on latest cover-up charges
on 22 January 2010 at 10:59 pm
My point was very clear, you wouldn’t purposely put yourself in a place/situation where you knew that you would meet your attacker and the people who so unsatisfactorily ‘investigated’ your attack on an almost daily basis.
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The better to eat you with, my dear! NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM
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Comment on Gerry Adams replies to Sunday Tribune on latest cover-up charges
on 22 January 2010 at 10:19 pm
Pippakin as I understand Elf-een’s comments, they have nothing to do with Ms Breen and are speaking about the experience of Ms Cahill. In any case, my comments have nothing to do with Ms Breen.
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Comment on Gerry Adams replies to Sunday Tribune on latest cover-up charges
on 22 January 2010 at 10:10 pm
Your claims about rape not happening in middle class communities, or the desire of young women to belong being the reason they end up in harm’s way (either by going to Feile events or living on Newforgelane, or, indeed, wearing short skirts or going to the ‘wrong’ bar) is as ridiculous as your pretence that you are on the victims’ (any victims) side.
I understand completely what you are saying and what you are at.
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Comment on Gerry Adams replies to Sunday Tribune on latest cover-up charges
on 22 January 2010 at 10:07 pm
Come a little closer, said Elf-een to Sluggisht.
My, what big eyes you have! Sluggisht observed.
The better to see you with, my dear, Elf-een coyly replied.
My, what big claws you have! Sluggisht noticed.
The better to hold you in my embrace with, my dear, Elf-een cooed.
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Comment on Gerry Adams replies to Sunday Tribune on latest cover-up charges
on 22 January 2010 at 9:45 pm
Are you so arrogant to believe that unless I agree with the ST and engage in the predictable unquestioning diatribe that many of you seem happy enough with then I’m what, a plant? Paranoia, there is treatment avalable for that you know.
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If the sheepskin fits … though in your case, you might want to see a tailor.
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Comment on Gerry Adams replies to Sunday Tribune on latest cover-up charges
on 22 January 2010 at 9:43 pm
However, its not the best place to be if you’re trying to avoid being in the company of members of SF or the IRA for that matter.
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Or wearing a short skirt or not saying no loud enough, eh?
Your sheepskin’s falling.
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