tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post5931350120254169960..comments2024-03-27T02:55:10.109-07:00Comments on Irish Papist: This Is What I Mean by Political CorrectnessMaolsheachlannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-22229046435025083212017-03-11T05:45:09.431-08:002017-03-11T05:45:09.431-08:00Well, it's true there is negativity towards so...Well, it's true there is negativity towards some groups, but my remedy is always the same; celebrate, don't agitate. Affirm, don't whinge. Sure, denounce injustices, but don't get stuck in a constant feedback loop of injustice and indignation.<br /><br />The Travellers in Dublin actually have a non-geographical parish of their own, which I find interesting.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-3472877878247302242017-03-11T05:09:47.485-08:002017-03-11T05:09:47.485-08:00I could be wrong with the identification.
It was ...I could be wrong with the identification.<br /> It was actually friend who was studying theology in Rome a couple of years ago who mentioned the law;the rector where he lived was an Irishman who kept up on the news. The story I got was that a politician was actually fined a huge amount for flaunting the law. The priest wasn't particularly in favour.<br /> No doubt there can be too much negativity towards peoples at times. Irish Catholics have experienced it. Somehow , believe it or not, I didn't realise as a child that they (whether travellers or gypsies or another distinct group) were Catholics(!) until I was in a car somewhere past Castleknock direction and we passed some caravans,I spotted the Infant of Prague through some sort of window. At that time the area wasn't very built up. I can remember, later, one family came in to something my parents used to bring me to(think it was Miraculous Medal prayers at St Mary of the Angels, Church Street) and the girls could sing so beautifully.<br /> But at the end of the day , no matter how others have been discriminated against we should never be ashamed of being white, non-indigenous, heterosexual and maleSéamusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-47133105843545206002017-03-11T04:43:01.973-08:002017-03-11T04:43:01.973-08:00I don't think the Travellers are gypsies, thou...I don't think the Travellers are gypsies, though. I wasn't aware of that law, but if it exists I think it's stupid.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-430515499488924372017-03-11T04:17:58.055-08:002017-03-11T04:17:58.055-08:00I'm not entirely sure if the difference with b...I'm not entirely sure if the difference with blu-ray isn't psychological, but my father had to buy a blu-ray machine because he'd accidentally bought a video or two he couldn't use, so if I buy him anything I usually go for blu-ray to make his purchase worth while. I notice when speaking of Travellers you don't use the G- word. I heard that that's a punishable offence in Ireland(republic) and yet both Celtic Thunder and Altan have used it in cds released in AustraliaSéamusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-67898760799580888152017-03-11T03:39:47.791-08:002017-03-11T03:39:47.791-08:00Sorry, Séamus from Australia, I accidentally delet...Sorry, Séamus from Australia, I accidentally deleted your comment (the "publish" and "delete" buttons are right beside eaach other, and on my smartphone I've hit the wrong one several times). But I still have your comment from the notification email, so I can copy and paste:<br /><br />"One little spark recently-my parents were waiting for the news to come on and had resigned themselves to a few minutes of a cooking show... This one was a traveling cooking show... Set in Spain... And they aired bits of El Cid. "ooh", said mother,"have we seen that one?". I thought..."wonder of they're still allowed to sell it?" And, yes,I got it on blu-ray for $10au. The lady at the counter remarked what a great old one it was... Of course that could be because El Cid wars with as many heterosexual white males as Muslims. By the way, is the Turks Head still in Dublin... Under that name??"<br /><br />Yes, it does. I've never been in it, though.<br /><br />As for the lady in the video shop, probably she was as sick of this political correctness as I am. Plenty of women, blacks, gays and other favoured PC groups are. Many of them have taken to YouTube, such as Roaming Millennial (female and mixed race), who is worth checking out. I've never seen that film. How do you find BluRay?Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.com