tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post7459431231035853233..comments2024-03-29T12:11:17.511+00:00Comments on TPQ: Tony Catney: One Year OnAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-37672275500718210222015-08-12T23:21:18.754+01:002015-08-12T23:21:18.754+01:00Henry Joy, whoever the hell you are I'm long s...Henry Joy, whoever the hell you are I'm long sick looking at your pathetic references to me and the incessant attempts to play 'silly boogers'. I've no interest in your snide remarks but let's not kid ourselves, you're trolling flat out. You are devious, or at least you think you are. It became that obvious you had to delete your comment ffs. I don't know if some kind Sean Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842180620284317746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-67162610331780300682015-08-12T22:52:07.395+01:002015-08-12T22:52:07.395+01:00Peter,
I had never actually stopped writing. At ...Peter, <br /><br />I had never actually stopped writing. At least it didn't seem that way to me. I think that was just a rumour Mick Hall started!!<br /><br />Niall, as someone well used to not being listened to, my advice is take it in your stride, and continue not being listened to. It is always good for the record, so that when future generations look back they will be able to say not AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-47064705158425362232015-08-12T22:21:11.982+01:002015-08-12T22:21:11.982+01:00Yet more ad hominems Sean.
Do you deny speaking t...Yet more ad hominems Sean. <br />Do you deny speaking to Dáithí as I recalled it?<br />If you can't or won't address the substance of my arguments and comments leave the insults aside. <br /><br />(Regarding Sean's allegations of trolling, I'd like to take the opportunity to put it on record that I've never had any communication directly nor indirectly ... verbally, written Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-50943986825623808352015-08-12T22:18:38.102+01:002015-08-12T22:18:38.102+01:00Thanks to all who commented here.
Peter,
single ...Thanks to all who commented here.<br /><br />Peter,<br /><br />single issues, multiple issues, republican, non-republican. I thin republicans should focus on them. Republicanism - what should it focus on? - which is what your question is as distinct from what republicans should focus on. Democratising itself, giving voice to the widest section of society possible; avoiding absolutism in thought AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-28987956876191118652015-08-12T21:56:29.533+01:002015-08-12T21:56:29.533+01:00AM
At last someone has addressed the the elephant ...AM<br />At last someone has addressed the the elephant room. As you are fully aware I hold a similar viewpoint which most times is not as elegantly put but as is the case in the Republican family I was simply ignored....that seems to be the problem, the small insignificant fish are speaking and no one is listening.....a left over stigma from SF. Although I have never known TC in the same mannerNiallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-39796865003448937812015-08-12T20:50:45.047+01:002015-08-12T20:50:45.047+01:00Sean, does it ever occur to you to be kinder and g...Sean, does it ever occur to you to be kinder and gentler? Is this not part of the problem talked about In the article? I'm not criticising Sean, I know in the absence of mass participation the few need a fervour l, but can you not be a bit more Catholic about it?DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-14219241594673112032015-08-12T18:11:12.925+01:002015-08-12T18:11:12.925+01:00Our in-house, self-styled psychoanalyst could do w...Our in-house, self-styled psychoanalyst could do with a wee look in the mirror me thinks, for a wee chat like, ya know? Take a load of lad, it might never happen. There's more to life than your obsessive wee games on the internet. SlanSean Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842180620284317746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-61011611967567103022015-08-12T16:58:15.240+01:002015-08-12T16:58:15.240+01:00'' It shall be the first duty of the Repub...'' It shall be the first duty of the Republic..'' Why is no-one paying the slightest attention to what the teenagers and all those under 40 are studying, listening to, saying,<br />and doing-the majority of voting citizens. Thats the real elephant in the room. '' The past is a foreign country.'' to them.Ollamh Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118351794046868993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-46815340035620780362015-08-12T16:03:21.634+01:002015-08-12T16:03:21.634+01:00Stop playing the victim Sean. Refrain from the ins...Stop playing the victim Sean. Refrain from the insults too. In the long term it'll all work out.Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-10377274296434694422015-08-12T12:35:59.712+01:002015-08-12T12:35:59.712+01:00Jesus. Underneath all your clever prose (shit-talk...Jesus. Underneath all your clever prose (shit-talk the most of it) you really are one pathetic, obsessive freak. Doubt you need to get a life - or at the very least some fresh air. Mummy forgot to cut the apron strings or something by the looks of it. Away and sort yourself Sean Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842180620284317746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-1929833623653550432015-08-11T21:25:30.637+01:002015-08-11T21:25:30.637+01:00Daithi
What was it Sean called you recently?
&quo...Daithi<br /><br />What was it Sean called you recently?<br />"A hateful little prick" or at least something to that affect. Didn't agree with him then ... and still don't.<br /><br />Have to leave it at that for now .. can hardly see a thing!Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-12462325022256064862015-08-11T15:45:15.582+01:002015-08-11T15:45:15.582+01:00Organised Rage, Sorry about that Mick. You are pr...Organised Rage, Sorry about that Mick. You are probably right in a sense about O'Malley being able to tell if there is a future for Republicanism. Whether that's on a military or political level someone with the intellect of O'Malley could judge our situation correctly.<br /><br />The best bet isn't to wait for someone to articulate a proper strategy or analysis but for everyone Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029656112153509987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-76239144577705143732015-08-11T12:06:56.599+01:002015-08-11T12:06:56.599+01:00Good to see you writing again.
Do you think republ...Good to see you writing again.<br />Do you think republicanism should focus on single issues? Tommy McKearney said socialisn should do this at a QUB lecture last year. Focus on single issues were there is a chance of success to build support and momentum.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027470398152153427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-60980451580246685882015-08-11T11:39:50.595+01:002015-08-11T11:39:50.595+01:00HJ,
Its totally futile, the utterly insane repetit...HJ,<br />Its totally futile, the utterly insane repetition of those who wont let go, quite possibly, cant let go. Its the attempted forcing of ones will onto another, with no chance of success at this stage, and its becoming increasingly apparent, never actually had a chance of success.Those of us who observe this, can but try to ameliorate our own changing emotional response, much like DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-10075657071844180072015-08-11T11:30:00.246+01:002015-08-11T11:30:00.246+01:00Simon
Perhaps i failed to explain myself well, I ...Simon<br /><br />Perhaps i failed to explain myself well, I have read O'Malley's 'Raids and Rallies' and when I get the time intend to re-read it, but as far as I remember its an amalgamation of events some of which he took part in some not. What I meant by a third book was something which linked to this thread. Ernie would have been well placed to write about Irish Republicanism,Organized Rage.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07627288401631451362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-38768448905555949222015-08-11T00:12:00.869+01:002015-08-11T00:12:00.869+01:00Great piece AM, When one reads d well thought out ...Great piece AM, When one reads d well thought out and i believe truthful analysis of were <br />republicans are at today there seems to be a consensus that We hv failed to build a alternative<br />strategy. IS it not time that the leadership of the different factions of armed organisations<br />actually show leadership and call a complete cessation, this in my view will give republicans<br />the SeanSmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16147274912307569878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-9731973819617035712015-08-10T23:47:49.910+01:002015-08-10T23:47:49.910+01:00I agree with 'Organised Rage' t'is gre...I agree with 'Organised Rage' t'is great that Anthony has dipped his quill in the ink pot once again. Particularly so, that he's back airing his views on the current state of Irish republicanism. Threaded through his eulogy to TC is the most searing critique of the current state of affairs within what once was 'the movement' and of its most sacred dogmas.<br /><br />StripHenry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-37634300659157547502015-08-10T22:48:47.712+01:002015-08-10T22:48:47.712+01:00Organised Rage, Are you missing Ernie O'Malley...Organised Rage, Are you missing Ernie O'Malley's 'Raids and Rallies'? I take it you've read 'The Singing Flame' and 'On Another Man's Wound'.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029656112153509987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-17132656326466164552015-08-10T19:42:27.964+01:002015-08-10T19:42:27.964+01:00Very good piece, I doubt one of mates will be able...Very good piece, I doubt one of mates will be able or have the aptitude to write as good a tribute to my life as that.<br /><br />I perhaps would not have agreed with Tony Catney on many things, but there you go such is life. <br /><br />Henryjoy, made a great little point in my opinion: "More and more people, that I talk with, are coming to the conclusion that, for as long as republicans Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06723910668373541600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-57491657324197782892015-08-10T18:44:48.426+01:002015-08-10T18:44:48.426+01:00Resistance is never a futile path, lonely, wronghe...Resistance is never a futile path, lonely, wrongheaded, strategically misguided and countless other things but futile never. Been re-reading Ennie O'Malley's two magnificent tomes. Just wonderful books.If only he had wriiten a third.<br /><br />Anthony great to see the Quill is being dipped in the inkpot ;)Organized Rage.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07627288401631451362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-58617984564759397402015-08-10T17:20:38.461+01:002015-08-10T17:20:38.461+01:00Writing thoughtful eulogies is probably gift you w...Writing thoughtful eulogies is probably gift you wouldnt want to know you had.<br /><br />The end result of Republicanism is still worth pursuing,its the methods that are the issue here, but isnt it amorphous enough to be reconstituted as something vital again? If we drop the retro language (Adams has won this field im afraid), then surely new ideas will follow.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-22333491359946132652015-08-10T16:41:33.460+01:002015-08-10T16:41:33.460+01:00Ffs here comes the plague again, this asshole just...Ffs here comes the plague again, this asshole just can't help himself by the looks of it. Away and do something useful with your time and stop the trolling - try and leave my name out of your pathetic utterances elsewhere while you're at it. I've no desire to play your silly games, as it seems are most others. SlanSean Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842180620284317746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-82519173975588724542015-08-10T12:40:20.472+01:002015-08-10T12:40:20.472+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-36236515393742187912015-08-10T11:33:01.238+01:002015-08-10T11:33:01.238+01:00Absolutely. Republicanism and its adherents at thi...Absolutely. Republicanism and its adherents at this time require a fundamental reassessment that accounts for the political landscape 2015 - conscious that 1916 was a century back and that much has changed since. For me this requires a comprehensive analysis of power, where power resides in Ireland and its relationship to the Good Friday Agreement. Needless to say, this should factor in the Sean Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842180620284317746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-73928581721106309512015-08-10T11:21:08.470+01:002015-08-10T11:21:08.470+01:00That we may be protected from incurable revolution...That we may be protected from incurable revolutionaries! <br /><br />If they are to make any measurable or worthwhile contribution they'd (the revolutionaries) be better advised to relinquish the old pugilistic model ... and indeed anything that vaguely bears any connection to it. More and more people are coming see that (that) model in today's Ireland is anathema to the values of the Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.com