Comments on: Limerick – Centre of Irish Blog O’Sphere grows yet again

By: Twenty Major

Twenty Major — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:48:09 +0000

Oh shit, forgot my

By: Twenty Major

Twenty Major — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:47:49 +0000

Yeah, don’t mind that wanker.

By: Bock the Robber

Bock the Robber — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:44:00 +0000

Fuck him!

By: Maz@styletreaty

Maz@styletreaty — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:02:15 +0000

Bock and Twenty,

I love how you guys insult each other and then put little smiley winking faces beside the insult so that you don’t actually offend each other – very touching!

By: Sharon .

Sharon . — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:57:00 +0000

Hi John !
“Not sure where you got the notion I agreed with RTE.”
- Yet , in the same post (March 18th, 2008 at 10:40 pm) you align yourself with “the State Defined view” : is RTE part of the State apparatus or not ?

“Can I assume that I should adopt your practice of not letting facts get in the way so and make up my own mind on anything I donâ€™t agree with?”
- Why not try using your own mind to arrive at those facts yourself, rather than taking your lead from RTE or anyone else/any other institution ?

Hi FF !
I won’t get into my viewpoint on ‘Fianna Fail and republicanism’ on this Comment Thread , FF , if you don’t mind – it wouldn’t be fair on Damien to have WW3 erupt here (!) – suffice to say that if you know of our blog , you will know our position on same .
But thank you , anyway , for your comment regarding myself and John – I do appreciate your support in that matter.
Thanks!

Sharon.

By: Bock the Robber

Bock the Robber — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:09:48 +0000

You go fuck yourself

By: Twenty Major

Twenty Major — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:01:47 +0000

Shut up, you cunt

Anyway, my point was that pretty much everyone knows that’s a cliché, and that’s all it is.

By: Bock the Robber

Bock the Robber — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:59:56 +0000

I’m not great with those winky smiley things as a get-out-of-jail card. People put them at the end of any old vitriolic rant and expect to get away with it.

Anyway, I’m not attacking Branedy. I’m challenging the cliché.

I’m also not denying we have some terrible scumbags in our town. Of course we have them. All I’m saying is that so does Dublin, and Cork and Galway and everywhere else in our land. The sooner we get our act together and deal with them the better, instead of people pointing a finger in one direction only and forgetting about the scumbags living beside them.

By: Twenty Major

Twenty Major — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:53:07 +0000

Fair enough. However, if the joke hadn’t been made by an Irish blogger, who followed it up with the winky smiley to show they were very obviously joking, then your reaction would have been much more understandable.

Now, we just need a mean Cavan hoor to make this party complete.

By: Bock the Robber

Bock the Robber — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:41:02 +0000

I think we may be working towards finding some common ground.

The point about such clichés is that they’re not just daft slagging. They affect our town in a tangible way. I’ve been told by foreigners who never set a foot in Limerick what a dreadful place it is, and if that perception is out there, it’s an impediment to our future. Therefore it’s an obstacle for my children. Therefore I challenge it when I see it in action.

The alternative is to lie down, be quiet and get walked on.