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Post by Maolsheachlann on Dec 13, 2021 13:06:00 GMT
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Post by cato on Dec 13, 2021 15:34:52 GMT
On a smaller scale the case of Jussie Smollet in the USA who claimed to have been beaten by Trump supporters in a racist homophobic attack and who was found guilty of arranging the whole thing himself last week got remarkably little attention despite Joe Biden and Kamala Harris denouncing it in advance and claiming he was an innocent victim.
The media are in the main dishonest players who see themselves as activists in promoting progress which equates to truth and morality nowadays.
Any attack on a moslem is denounced as far right hate whereas an attack by a radical moslem is downplayed lest it causes islamophobia.
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Post by Séamus on Dec 16, 2021 10:59:36 GMT
(haven't heard Miranda mentioned in a while,I suppose her father was likely to have read some of your articles as he was still alive and writing for Annals when you first appeared.) One of the lesser-known saints (these days) whose name is nevertheless mentioned in popular culture is Raymond Nonnatus,patron of the fictional maternity hospital run by Anglican nuns in Call the Midwife. I wonder how many people realise how un-inclusive a figure he is,that on close inspection his image usually depicts him with a lock embedded in his lips- the work of Northern African Muslims to stop him preaching Christianity? One recent article of interest: "(Westminster cabinet minister Liz) Truss said that the empire was a fact of our history and although 'egregious things have happened in Britain',there was not 'a country in the world you can point to that's had a perfect history of modern liberalism....(Russia and China)are not thinking about what happened in their past in their countries,they're busy with malign information on the internet or threatening aggression or using economic coercion..."(Sam Lister journalist) There you go, one of Brittania's Huns with her long ranged guns. |
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Post by cato on Dec 16, 2021 12:55:41 GMT
Isn't it incredible how quickly this atrocity has been forgotten by the mainstream media? It's obviously not the right sort One recent article of interest: "(Westminster cabinet minister Liz) Truss said that the empire was a fact of our history and although 'egregious things have happened in Britain',there was not 'a country in the world you can point to that's had a perfect history of modern liberalism....(Russia and China)are not thinking about what happened in their past in their countries,they're busy with malign information on the internet or threatening aggression or using economic coercion..."(Sam Lister journalist) There you go, one of Brittania's Huns with her long ranged guns. Canon Charles O Neill of Down and Connor came up with that great line in the Foggy Dew which he penned after the civil war. Its a bit of an anachronism as the term huns was traditionally ascribed to the Germanic hordes attacking neutral Belgium. My inner pedant also finds the application of the term Anglo Saxon to the modern British weird ( in relation to Ireland) as they never invaded Ireland but were conquered by the Normans who later conquered us in Ireland a century later. Current Republicans on line like to label anyone who disagrees with them as Free State west Brits. This obsession with a regime that ended in 1937 is quaint. I wonder do they refer to the current Italian government as Fascist, the German as Nazi and the Russians as Stalinists? |
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Dec 16, 2021 14:26:33 GMT
Canon Charles O Neill of Down and Connor came up with that great line in the Foggy Dew which he penned after the civil war. Its a bit of an anachronism as the term huns was traditionally ascribed to the Germanic hordes attacking neutral Belgium. My inner pedant also finds the application of the term Anglo Saxon to the modern British weird ( in relation to Ireland) as they never invaded Ireland but were conquered by the Normans who later conquered us in Ireland a century later. Current Republicans on line like to label anyone who disagrees with them as Free State west Brits. This obsession with a regime that ended in 1937 is quaint. I wonder do they refer to the current Italian government as Fascist, the German as Nazi and the Russians as Stalinists? I wonder when republicans will accept that it's globalization, and not Britain, that is the enemy of Irish nationality today? Indeed, of every nationality? To use a Star Trek metaphor, it's like Starfleet and the Klingons continuing to fight while the Borg is assimilating both of them. |
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Post by Séamus on Dec 17, 2021 8:50:39 GMT
Canon Charles O Neill of Down and Connor came up with that great line in the Foggy Dew which he penned after the civil war. Its a bit of an anachronism as the term huns was traditionally ascribed to the Germanic hordes attacking neutral Belgium. My inner pedant also finds the application of the term Anglo Saxon to the modern British weird ( in relation to Ireland) as they never invaded Ireland but were conquered by the Normans who later conquered us in Ireland a century later. Current Republicans on line like to label anyone who disagrees with them as Free State west Brits. This obsession with a regime that ended in 1937 is quaint. I wonder do they refer to the current Italian government as Fascist, the German as Nazi and the Russians as Stalinists? Even some older recordings preferred 'Brittania's Sons';the Chieftains/O'Connor recording seem to stress 'Huns',but didn't include the 'Devalera true' verse. I read today that two observant Muslims are being awarded the New Zealand Cross for trying to restrain the Christchurch mosque killer a couple of years back- the medal itself would appear to be a stylised cross but it will still be interesting to see how the country's progressive government will tackle the presentation. |
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Post by Séamus on Dec 17, 2021 9:11:02 GMT
I wonder when republicans will accept that it's globalization, and not Britain, that is the enemy of Irish nationality today? Indeed, of every nationality? To use a Star Trek metaphor, it's like Starfleet and the Klingons continuing to fight while the Borg is assimilating both of them. Who would have imagined an American sci-fi phenomena as a globalisation metaphor? This week I read that the University of Spain-Zaragoza has been examining the victims of extraterrestrial abduction for signs of post traumatic stress disorder,just as an article was published about University of Queensland academics having conducted a 'lighthearted' study of the future health of Marvel superheroes; apparently Spiderman's lack of healthy sleep patterns will catch up with him in old age, Hulk will have heart problems, Dr Strange's muscles will deteriorate. Not sure who funds this. I'm not sure whether Marvel producers have heard of University of Queensland (whose main campus is built upon property donated by an early Tyrone-born pioneer). I'm not convinced that they'd know where Queensland was. But if so,we can't rule out soon seeing Spidey sitting still and taking deep breaths before a scented candle before having a blissful body,mind&spirit rest. Don't know how he'd manage the cucumber slices. |
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Dec 17, 2021 9:30:11 GMT
Who would have imagined an American sci-fi phenomena as a globalisation metaphor? This week I read that the University of Spain-Zaragoza has been examining the victims of extraterrestrial abduction for signs of post traumatic stress disorder,just as an article was published about University of Queensland academics having conducted a 'lighthearted' study of the future health of Marvel superheroes; apparently Spiderman's lack of healthy sleep patterns will catch up with him in old age, Hulk will have heart problems, Dr Strange's muscles will deteriorate. Not sure who funds this. I'm not sure whether Marvel producers have heard of University of Queensland (whose main campus is built upon property donated by an early Tyrone-born pioneer). I'm not convinced that they'd know where Queensland was. But if so,we can't rule out soon seeing Spidey sitting still and taking deep breaths before a scented candle before having a blissful body,mind&spirit rest. Don't know how he'd manage the cucumber slices. I'm guessing the physiology of superheroes is somewhat different anyway. Are there any Australian superheroes? I don't think there are any Irish ones-- at least, no well-known ones. |
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Post by cato on Dec 17, 2021 10:24:31 GMT
I wonder when republicans will accept that it's globalization, and not Britain, that is the enemy of Irish nationality today? Indeed, of every nationality? To use a Star Trek metaphor, it's like Starfleet and the Klingons continuing to fight while the Borg is assimilating both of them. All the crap about fighting the British Empire while ignoring globalisation, mass immigration and the ever expanding powers of an unelected Brussels bureaucracy..... Woke Republicanism is pathetic. |
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Post by kj on Dec 17, 2021 11:28:52 GMT
A lot of the woke young SFers act as if it's 1921 rather than 2021.
The problem is that most of them have been well-indoctrinated by both school and SF now, so to countenance the possibility that it's globalisation that's rendering everything dreary and vapid is very difficult. Banging on about England is an easier target.
As I've said many times, the irony is that no one in Britain gives a rat's arse about Ireland one way or the other.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Dec 17, 2021 12:14:13 GMT
A lot of the woke young SFers act as if it's 1921 rather than 2021. The problem is that most of them have been well-indoctrinated by both school and SF now, so to countenance the possibility that it's globalisation that's rendering everything dreary and vapid is very difficult. Banging on about England is an easier target. As I've said many times, the irony is that no one in Britain gives a rat's arse about Ireland one way or the other. I can't remember where I heard the story about an Englishwoman on a guided tour of Dublin centre, being told about the Easter Rebellion, asking: "Who were they rebelling against?" It may sound fantastical but I heard this exchange between a young Englishwoman and a young Irishwoman on a bus, as it passed through O'Connell Street: "Who's that?" "That's Daniel O'Connell." "Who was he?" "I don't really know." |
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Dec 17, 2021 12:15:57 GMT
A lot of the woke young SFers act as if it's 1921 rather than 2021. The problem is that most of them have been well-indoctrinated by both school and SF now, so to countenance the possibility that it's globalisation that's rendering everything dreary and vapid is very difficult. Banging on about England is an easier target. As I've said many times, the irony is that no one in Britain gives a rat's arse about Ireland one way or the other. And of course, all these young Shinners would be saying this in English, which is the Irish people's perpetual ratification of the Conquest. Yes, I'm writing in English now, as well. Lamentably. |
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Post by kj on Dec 17, 2021 12:25:16 GMT
I can outdo that story, though. When I was in the shop at Chartwell, Churchill's country residence I heard two middle-aged English people asking each other furtively who Churchill was!
Re O'Connell, when De Gaulle fled to Ireland after quitting politics he went to Kerry where he visited Derrynane, O'Connell's house. He stunned the locals with his knowledge of DOC, which came from the fact his grandmother of Irish descent had written a biography of him in her youth. I imagine most Irish people today would struggle to offer much about him.
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Post by Séamus on Dec 18, 2021 5:17:57 GMT
I'm guessing the physiology of superheroes is somewhat different anyway. Are there any Australian superheroes? I don't think there are any Irish ones-- at least, no well-known ones. There was a press release, I think back in 2020, that DCinc was introducing an female Aboriginal anti-hero aligned to the Suicide Squad, named Thylacine, apparently as part of a general increase in multiculturalism. I'm not sure that there's really a tradition of female spear-throwers and naming her after a Tasmanian animal doesn't seem faultless either, as full-blooded indigenous Tasmanians are said to be now non-existent. It will only be comics at this stage- a while before she appears in productions of she takes off... If such big budget movies even continue in the future Heaven knows what the films would actually be like at that stage, now that the likes of DC are printing comics about a gay Robin and a lesbian Wonder Woman and a bi Superman.... I'd actually just been wondering also how some people and places work around certain Christmas carols now, seeing how certain words offend: "We'll frolic and play the indigenous way, walking in a winter wonderland"? "...and folks all dressed up like First Nations Canadians"? |
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