Europe of 125 regions.

by In support of Alex Thu Jan 09, 2003 18:56

Emm, just a short note, people who play rugby are not necessarly members of a specific political party.

What is it with you with political parties and sports!

I heard a rumor recently that members/supporters of the green party, sinn fein, labour, independents, socialists... from time to time have been known to play rugby as well as Fine Gaelers and Fianna Failers.

Maybe it's just a rumor... Tip off Independent newspapers, Irish Times & RTE someone... this is a scoop.

by iosaf Thu Jan 09, 2003 19:49

maybe i just nurse terrible memories of being forced to watch my very small school´s junior side play Landsdowne Road and get trounced?

or maybe I just thought of those who have been capped for playing Rugby and then represented constitutiencies in Dail Eirinn.

maybe I noted that the majority of those had been members of FF or FG.

Dick Spring though was an exception.

Maybe I wrote something about Irish news for once, highlighting a curious attitude to rural Ireland, her culture heritage and future.

Farming Ireland needs a future for it´s children, not sport.
Fishing Ireland needs a future for it´s children.
Gaelic Ireland needs a future for it´s children.

Now in Connaught these three strands come together do they not?

And a local assembly (always of interest to anarchists) is about to be redefined.
One that occupied a key position in European planning across the next four years.
And some activists from that region are approaching government buildings at this very moment. And at base what they want is a future.
MAny would be be content to farm the land less if there was real alternatives.
And those real alternatives do not seem to be considered by the little rascals FF or the strong farmers FG.
Rather they seem content to raise past ghosts of atrocities in an attempt to provoke slander of those engaged in protest at the Shannon Peace Camp.
Rather they seem more worried about the future of Rugby, a most horrible game, I was a good bowler a cricketer whose special abilty was the googly a ball which distracts the batsman by appearing to fly off direction.
I seem to remember it being along with fastline bodybowling the speciality of Jamaican teams back in the days of Fritz Fanon.
Now I didn´t intend to paint young Alex into a class corner or ensure that his thoughts become representative of a narrow interest group in Ireland and one which is fast losing credibility.

No that´s being delightfully achieved by others.

Most of the children of the Connaught no longer live there, they have long since left part of the diasporia.
And they are disenfranchised.

no vote.

Don´t you think it is time to give serious consideration to what the ordinary people of the West or of all similar regions of Europe want?
I do.
in fact I have for a long long time.
I and I take more than a little glee in sharing through my many different media, names and personae those thoughts with you.

Ireland´s state recently reported an oil find in the Rockall zone.
Will the West enjoy the benefits of that find when it reaches profitability?
or will the little rascals of FF and the strong farmers of FG?
I suspect that those two parties short of any real intelligence or spark will endevour to continue with divisive and glaringly stupid manipulation of statistics.
Well they would wouldn´t they?
Because at end they are the parties of "tinkering with economic indicators".
and nothing more.
In fifty years they have achieved little more have they?
But don´t take my word for it, go find a farmer´s son or daughter, America, Canada, Australia, Europe is full of them. I would gladly furnish you with a list as long as you also made use of the list of Senators and Congressmen who would support the use of Shannon Airport for only humanitarian Aid in line with our Constitution.
For if only one army may be raised by the Irish state, then the presence of U.S. military in Shannon is most worrying is it not?
And on a historical note I seem to remember that the Uniform Act 1936 (Westminster Parliament) was enacted after an incident including Mosley´s black shirts and their Irish colleagues the Blue shirts attacking immigrants in London.

by iosaf Fri Jan 10, 2003 12:02

the 1936 Public Order Act was passed by the Westminster Parliament in response to Mosley´s blackshirts attacking "communist and anarchist spaniards and immigrants".

There are two sections still in use in England and Wales.
They proscribe uniforms and military display.

They were found to be unsiutable to the needs of British Security Forces and were afterwards bolstered by the Criminal Justice Act and several Anti Terrorist Law provisions the latest of which placed the British Legal system outside of the European Convention of Human Rights.

The definition of "uniform" is left to the discretion of the court. An Italian anti-globalist protester was charged under this the public Order Act 1936 for wearing army combats and carrying a Red brigade flag but was not convicted.

The Daily Mail reported the riots and the Irish contigent "wearing blueshirts" throughout the autumn of 1936 and in their yearly review 1936-1937.

If anyone would really like an exact breakdown of Fine Gael arms purchases on behalf of the Irish State for both Gardaí and Army, then I will gladly furnish you with one.

I compiled the list with the assistance of the Stockholm Institute for Strategic Studies
Janes Defence Weekly
the Government of Finland (Hi! i love you)
Campaign Against the Arms Trade
and Oireachtas publications.

I shared the findings with various independence movements throughout Europe as part of a campaign to support neutrality amongst emergent states.

If you look back to last years newswire you will find a similar list of all SCUD missiles on the planet, you will thnakfully find that Ireland has none of these.

It may just be time for Fine Gael and Fianna Fail to adopt real policies that will serve the genuine peaceful wishes of the Irish people, I believe they would find support for such policies throughout Europe and thanks throughout the World.

by buachaill on eirne Fri Jan 10, 2003 15:48

What about Shelta/Gammon?

by iosaf Fri Jan 10, 2003 18:50

English Irish and Ulster Scots have each been recognised and afforded privelages by law.

The recognition of Ulster Scots is very interesting because it set the stage for the recognition of Scots as a distinct language to English.
Which will become more interesting further down the Scotland autonony agenda.

Shelta is of course spoken throughout Ireland, but has not recognised as an official tongue.
There are more speakers of Chinese in Ireland than Shelta.

Ireland has speakers of many languages.
but is being fast absorbed north and south into the anglo-american linguistic world.
Thus the delineation between SHE and mid ulster has paled in the last twenty years.
The accents too have noticably changed.
similar changes happend in England witness the emergence of Estuary english.
I know a jamaican linguist in London who each year analysis the speeches of the queen looking for dips in her english.
and they are there.
every year the queen´s english is less queen´s english
not yet glotal stops aplenty Irivine Welsh cockney but give it four generations and hopefully the sazecoburg goethe will not only sound like council flat dwellers but will live in one too.
har de har.

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