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Post by Tomas on Feb 19, 2024 11:45:12 GMT
Irishness related to pessimism or optimism, I don´t know how that comes off as a topic. Gallows humour may be a thing of the past? Or not?
This is a quote I got when googling on "most pessimistic quote on failure" and it has no connection to Irish: "You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is: never try." I guess pessimism is no worse off for being joked about. But another side question is whether depression and sadness ought to be firmly separated. That is what I want, but when saying so it tends to get no approval from others.
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Post by Séamus on Feb 21, 2024 8:29:26 GMT
Irishness related to pessimism or optimism, I don´t know how that comes off as a topic. Gallows humour may be a thing of the past? Or not? This is a quote I got when googling on "most pessimistic quote on failure" and it has no connection to Irish: "You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is: never try." I guess pessimism is no worse off for being joked about. But another side question is whether depression and sadness ought to be firmly separated. That is what I want, but when saying so it tends to get no approval from others. During a retreat given in the 1970s,Fulton Sheen remarked on what he saw as an irony, that in an era seen as ecclesiastically authoritarian, Hollywood could produce believable characters like Frs O'Malley and Fitzgibbon,something that seemed more and more unlikelier as more laid-back attitudes following Vatican II stuck. It could certainly be debated whether this could be paraphrased to include Irish people in general- the recent Booker prize winner might be the darkest ever fictional projection of the country's future in novel form; has modernization which includes much in the way of social progression, made the nation seem at all optimistic, happier, joyful? |
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Post by Tomas on Feb 21, 2024 10:31:01 GMT
Irishness related to pessimism or optimism, I don´t know how that comes off as a topic. Gallows humour may be a thing of the past? Or not? This is a quote I got when googling on "most pessimistic quote on failure" and it has no connection to Irish: "You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is: never try." I guess pessimism is no worse off for being joked about. But another side question is whether depression and sadness ought to be firmly separated. That is what I want, but when saying so it tends to get no approval from others. During a retreat given in the 1970s,Fulton Sheen remarked on what he saw as an irony, that in an era seen as ecclesiastically authoritarian, Hollywood could produce believable characters like Frs O'Malley and Fitzgibbon,something that seemed more and more unlikelier as more laid-back attitudes following Vatican II stuck. It could certainly be debated whether this could be paraphrased to include Irish people in general- the recent Booker prize winner might be the darkest ever fictional projection of the country's future in novel form; has modernization which includes much in the way of social progression, made the nation seem at all optimistic, happier, joyful? The Bing Crosby priest character ahead of its time may be a faded homage to secular dream factory. Hollywood did know what was profitable in terms of money and acted in line with the profits. Another, less grey aspect of the height of the golden era in movies could be the reminder that the Production Code, the agency ruling whether to mark A or B or C level of moral quality, was headed by American Irishman Joe Breen. Pessimistic and optimistic at the same time, i.e. thinking that profiteers would never clean their own houses by themselves while also thinking moral critical view might well improve the output. Public could only benefit to a certain amount. |
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Post by irishmonarchist on Mar 22, 2024 15:04:07 GMT
During the Easter Rising, Pearse considered if Ireland were to be freed they would make Prince Joachim their King, as he does not know english and they could teach him Ireland, which in effect would help re-gaelicise the population as their king speaks Irish. I think, coming from this, a monarchy of some kind can help re-gaelicise Ireland and our language, and also make us more in touch with our roots.
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