Comments on The Pensive Quill: Catholic Politicians

Mick, I'm sure I will regret this, but which a...

2009-07-25T00:30:09.580+01:00

Mick, I'm sure I will regret this, but which american woman?

Starry Plough, yes, something should be done on th...

2009-07-24T18:46:18.552+01:00

Starry Plough, yes, something should be done on the matter. As you can guess from my own writing I see no future for it as a strategic/political project capable of delivering an end to partition.

On the issue of pissing off, yes you are right, I hardly worry about people getting pissed off. But the issue is whether a piece is written to piss off or pissing them off is a by product of what is written. My experience has been that SF rarely sees any good reason for something being written that is not totally slavish to the party line. The party invariably ascribes some malign motive to the writer even if time after time what is written actually comes true. If you can make any progress good luck to you.

Oh dear starry plough, I fear you may well be accu...

2009-07-24T13:50:55.373+01:00

Oh dear starry plough, I fear you may well be accused of being under the malign influence of that dreadful American woman ;)

You weren't suppossed to do anything mo chara....

2009-07-24T11:51:06.537+01:00

You weren't suppossed to do anything mo chara. It was in the piece http://thepensivequill.am/2009/04/be-honest-mr-adams-you-no-longer-have.html

It was about yourself and McInerny discussing what republicanism now is.

Starry Plough, can't recall although you are o...

2009-07-23T22:22:37.593+01:00

Starry Plough, can't recall although you are obviously right. Can you refer me to it and I will see what I was supposed to do.

Hey, I never said that pissing somebody off was a ...

2009-07-23T21:36:14.627+01:00

Hey, I never said that pissing somebody off was a bad thing and you certainly don't seem afraid to piss anybody off. As i've stated before I think your site is a good one and somebody with your history has every right to be listened to.

On a different point I left a comment a good while back on what you considered to be republicanism. You mentioned you had discussed this with a couple of people and would possibly at some stage get round to try and writing something on it. Any progress?

Starry Plough, saw that you did that. And your com...

2009-07-23T19:25:04.872+01:00

Starry Plough, saw that you did that. And your comment. There is unlikely to be a meeting of minds on the issue and it shall have to follow its own course. Sinn Fein is so easily pissed off that in order to avoid pissing it off one would need to remain silent. It was pissed off over viewpoints being expressed that the Stakeknife allegations were true, that there would be decommissioning, not to mention so many other things. No doubt your blog has pissed some of them off too. It never does much for debate whch you seem to be trying to promote.

Hi, I've posted your article on the site. So s...

2009-07-23T17:03:21.336+01:00

Hi, I've posted your article on the site. So see who responds and with what.

mahann9Anthony, I'm still very much en...

2009-07-22T20:24:19.706+01:00

mahann9Anthony,
I'm still very much enjoying looking in at your articles. Always a great read. I think the term Catholic party is fair enough for SF. I don't feel Raymond, Gerry 1+2 McGuinness or especially Conor would see it any other way themselves. They're inteligent people and they know what they're doing.
I'm doing a degree in Irish History and Politics and after my interview at the campus recently I was travelling to Belfast by bus. A young woman with a lot of books whom I assumed was a student turned out to be a SF 'strategist'at Stormont. She had previously done the same degree that I'm embarking on. I asked if she saw much of Conor as we were in the Crum as teenagers in 1982 on A wing. She confirmed she did. I related how Conor liked to say how he was going to be a very "im-potent" person when he got out. We both had a laugh at that in good humour and I asked her to say hi from me and to say I think he managed to achieve his aim. Sadly in front of RTE 6/1 news with a cuppa I realised he actually has achieved it. Many a true word spoken in gest??
A Catholic party for a Catholic people is hardly avoidable. The WP got nowhere with bread and butter politics and Unionism isn't designed to be flattered or seduced. Should I achieve my MA I believe if the oportunity to become a researcher presents itself I'll offer my services to a PRO Europe party as even in european matters SF is playing a UK oriented game.
Gone are the days of running to Europe and Amnesty to report British abuses. Also evidently it seems, are the days of not telling strangers on buses you're a SF member and party worker! Changed times indeded.

Great argument will read a few more times before c...

2009-07-21T21:54:38.817+01:00

Great argument will read a few more times before commenting.