That's bloody depressing. However, there is this... Link Having met Trimble's likely successor, I have to say that the people of Upper Bann face having an MP with even less charm than the incumbent, if such a thing were possible...
The whole thing was crazy. This and several other thoughts were pounding through my brain. At any point now, a dog is going to come through the mist, a hound the like of which I’ve never seen except in my nightmares, enormous and phosphorescent. Or a woman, in white, thin and bedraggled and howling like a banshee for her lover. Countless soldiers are bent double, slip
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Calling a people a disease is a step before measures are introduced to eradicate that disease - if we are to learn anything from history. I am interested to hear how else it could be perceived. Was he wanting people to be 'cured' of Judaism? As for the comparison with Christians, one is an insult and the other is a threat, so while both are inflammatory, the incitement against Jews is much more serious.
'Freedom to' vs 'freedom from' is the short answer to this. You have the right to say anything until it infringes on the rights of others. And calling Jews a disease is an incitement to racial hatred. How can you think it isn't? Broadcasts made during the rise of Hitler often compared Jews to a disease, insects, etc making them seem sub-human and therefore contributing to a process of acclimatising the public towards genocide. The same was reported i
Sorry to ask a silly question - how do I put a list of links to other blogs / sites / etc on my blog? thanks in advance
I've mixed feelings about this - I didn't feel qualified to write a blog, so I'm glad you did. I'm glad his suffering has ended, his pain has been awful to watch. However, the obituaries in the media make me feel like only one side of the story is being told. He was undoubtedly a champion for peace, and used the media to great effect in promoting his message; his visit to Jerusalem was laudable. But his refusal evolve the Catholic doctrine, es
Cheers for the suggestion! I'll put it on my reading list It's hard to see much justification in the claims of some other JU bloggers that the world has been steadily and uniformly moving left when the Labour party no longer appears to stand for any of t
Tomorrow the worst kept secret in UK politics will be revealed, as Blair declares the date of Election Day. Parliament is a frenzy, trying to get the few last minute bills passed – will ID cards make the cut? The voters are straining at the bit, willing the doorbells to be rung, and the glossy leaflets and postcards to be pushed through letterboxes. All across the lan
Controversy gets ratings though I saw Mark Thomas doing a gig a few months ago. Fabulous.
I was amused today to see that Blair is going to be interviewed on saturday evening, prime time TV, by a couple of 10 year olds. I'm not sure which is the greater coup - Blair getting beamed around the country to a section of the voting population whom he would never otherwise be able to reach; or for little Ant and Dec, savage little brats that they are, who have bee
I'm lost too, I'm afraid, and you may not want to go into it right now. Girl, I'm very sorry. These things are so tough. But, from my bitter experience, I've learned that you emerge from these things stronger, and that inevitably, you will break up with EVERY SINGLE PERSON you are ever with. Except for one . And that is the one who will make you happiest. You have something wonderful ahead of you, I'm sure. Take care<BR
I had the stunning realization over the past week that my little brother is no longer my little brother. Amazing, I know. Time has moved on, and I’d never noticed. In my defence, I’ve not been living with him for the guts of seven years, so I left a twelve year old on the verge of being a teenager, and discovered this student with a swagger last week
I'm sure you've seen this already, but thought it'd be something to mull over. Link Good article
I'm from Northern Ireland, where I lived all my life until I moved to London just over a year ago. Visited the States extensively (business trips to both coasts and the Mid-West, then a fabulous road trip last summer, took in Dallas to San Fran). London's great, the ups outweigh the downs.
I've read this - I quite enjoyed it at the time, and I've passed it on to a few people since. My mother teaches kids who have special needs, and she thought it demonstrated the alienation and confusion that comes from autism pretty well. It's a good idea for a story, but it goes very quickly, as you said. I live in London, so seeing the seat patterns on the Tube etc amused me <B
...The Orange State, the province (pronounced 'pravince' ), 'the piece of Ireland that passeth all understanding'... Liked the Sicily quote :)
Very insightful Barry Couldn't agree more.
dammit, I'm going to have to change the title now
Don't think the link is working... oh well http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,1441181,00.html What a MAD world we live in, eh? Looks like your 2009 prediction could be on.
Disclaimer - not having been born in Belfast, I'm technically one of these, so houl yer whisht. 61 things culchies love ... 1 A nice bit of ham. 2 Buttered biscuits. 3 Diggin Houles. 4 Saying its too cold to snow 5 Pretending to know about The Ra. 6 Tayto Cheese & Onion 7 Pretending they're in The Ra. 8 A stretc
Total book a holic. I travel 3 hours a day currently - 90 minutes each way to work, so I get through a lot. I like having shelevs of books that I can go back to if I want to re-read. I like opening them and feeling their pages...I like the smell of a new book. I alos like that we have literature in our house so that th
The IRA and SF are not going to go away so they have to be involved if any new deal is to have any hope of success. Those calling for SF's exclusion from the political process are only playing into the Provos' hands. How they'd like a good MOPE right now, to distract attention from their criminality. <
Good answers! Damn right about the stubborness... Have a great night!
Shovelheat But, it's nice to have one day to remember where ya come from... That's a completely fair point. I think I object more to the commercialisation and simplification of the whole thing. Why can't we just sit in a pub and listen to someone read Yeats? Why do we need parades and green be
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