tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post8085826647283746918..comments2024-03-27T02:55:10.109-07:00Comments on Irish Papist: This is Deeply, Deeply DisturbingMaolsheachlannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-85011307343443789722013-12-10T05:07:15.707-08:002013-12-10T05:07:15.707-08:00I would rip my eyeballs out with a screwdriver bef...I would rip my eyeballs out with a screwdriver before I bought The Guardian, but I sometimes read some of their online articles. While ninety-five per cent of their content is the usual procession of politically correct sacred cows, they are actually quite good at giving a platform to people like Roger Scruton who would be anathema to them-- so fair dues to them for that.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-61748724440034562432013-12-10T04:50:32.241-08:002013-12-10T04:50:32.241-08:00The Guardian uses the term "homophobic" ...The Guardian uses the term "homophobic" though. I can't really take anything that ends with phobe or phobia seriously anymore - for better or for worse. It's pretty amazing that saying "I'm a child of God. Don't call me gay" is considered offensive, where as saying "Everyone is gay" is not. There are few things more offensive than the gay conquest, as I call it.Antainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-37753243937172267742013-12-10T03:14:16.944-08:002013-12-10T03:14:16.944-08:00I don't think so, Father. I think it's mor...I don't think so, Father. I think it's more that the Guardian have more distance from the Irish situation.<br /><br />There is a big Guardian mug in the cupboard of the staff room in the library where I work. I sometimes drink out of it because it's a nice big mug but I always feel vaguely troubled someone might see me drinking from it and think I'm a Guardian reader!Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-80469989933120331252013-12-09T16:05:45.219-08:002013-12-09T16:05:45.219-08:00Hi M,
just spotted this post. It is interesting to...Hi M,<br />just spotted this post. It is interesting to contrast the IT article on this:<br /><br />http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/legion-of-mary-denies-role-in-anti-gay-poster-1.1618502<br /><br />with the one in the Guardian:<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/05/legion-mary-irish-university-homophobic-censorship<br /><br />Interesting to note that the Guardian reckons the NUIG response was OTT. Maybe the pendulum is finally starting to swing back!<br />Paddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10112119118958158131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-7592832895181904352013-12-06T18:25:37.437-08:002013-12-06T18:25:37.437-08:00Rather, the forum I linked to itself links to a fo...Rather, the forum I linked to itself links to a forum (Politics.ie, a bear-pit of liberalism) where some rather left-wing people were attacking the decision.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-76520449498439178892013-12-06T13:59:44.133-08:002013-12-06T13:59:44.133-08:00Accusations of homophobia and discrimination are i...Accusations of homophobia and discrimination are indeed nothing new, but the point is that when a university uses them to take disciplinary action, it's time to sit up. I do agree with you that many people pushing the liberal agenda will descend to the lowest tactics, but I do believe that there are plenty of gays, and plenty of liberals, and plenty of gay liberals, who are not pleased with the way Christians are being silenced. Even the radical gay activist Peter Tatchell has expressed forebodings about this. And the forum I linked to at the start of my article apparently (I haven't read it) has some similar opinions from many who would have no time for religion.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-9833663648449588502013-12-06T12:01:14.739-08:002013-12-06T12:01:14.739-08:00"Whatever your views on homosexuality, or on ..."Whatever your views on homosexuality, or on religion, you should be extremely worried about the free speech implications of this story."<br />I don't think so Maolsheachlann. People with different opinions on homosexuality or religion would argue this to be fair. The kind of people who constantly talk about equality and discrimination are the same people who believe there are a plethora of exceptions to the rules.<br /><br />I also feel sorry for people who are homosexual as obviously the temptations they face are far worse than those of heterosexuals, but I'll give no sympathy to homosexuals who tell people to mind their own business about "what goes on in the bedroom" one minute, and then march up and down streets parading off their homosexuality in the most tacky and cringe-inducing way possible the next.<br /><br />You can't win with these people. Not like this. Accusations of homophobia and discrimination are nothing new. As I said, these people believe in exceptions when it suits. Therefore, you can't win. It was nice of you to take the time to write the letter anyway. The only problem is that, knowing these people, they'll probably start making claims that they received letters (like yours) which made them feel distressed and disgusted for being homophobic. They're a horde of sensationalist morons and cowards.Antainenoreply@blogger.com