The stereotypical 'Viking' is usually a hairy, male warrior, intent on destruction, pillaging and looting. But this is not the 'Viking' who we should associate with the 10th, 11th and 12th century occupation of Viking-Age Dublin, Cork, and Waterford. While this urban population did include a number ...
It follows the appearance of banners in recent days calling for the school to relocate, which police say they are treating as a sectarian hate crime.
I'm not normally one for the romances, but my goodness it's so sweet and soothing
It’s clear Judaism / Muslim conflicts have caused a lot more suffering to Muslims in Palestine for the last 100+ years. But the solution to this conflict will never be violence. Only diplomacy.
The mental model here is "violence and diplomacy are mutually exclusive". In fact, they're very closely connected, almost synonymous.
I’m arguing that such comments can generate hate and divide. You don’t have to agree with me on this, but I at least hope you agree that the solution is not hate, but diplomacy.
Agree here. I grew up in violence and lived through the peace process. It starts out violent, and you win concessions by showing strength, and then negotiate peace. That worked in Ireland in 1998 and almost worked in Palestine in 2000. Violence is the first part of the diplomacy.
When violence is acceptable the weak and marginalized are destroyed.
You're saying that the weak should go to the negotiating table empty-handed, but that won't solve anything for them. They need to stop being weak and start being strong, then diplomacy can start to happen.
The solution to weakness is strength. How can the weak become strong without the Armalite?
The Catholics took up arms in 1968 and came to the negotiating table in 1998. We won some concessions because we showed strength for 31 years, not "empathy". Yasser Arafat understood this: he knew when to use violence and when to negotiate. If you defang yourself as Step One, you make diplomacy impossible.
I only wish the best for Gaza and Israel. And in my opinion the solution is empathy and diplomacy. It’s obviously terribly hard to negotiate and empathize with your abuser. But in my opinion, if this sentiment doesn’t start the conflict will only stop when the weaker side is destroyed. I hope we can respect each other. Bless you.
I admire your values, but you're incorrectly equating "empathy and diplomacy". Diplomacy is more a military matter; empathy has no place in realpolitik.
WRC said it did not have jurisdiction to consider complaint against head monk of Silverstream Priory in Co Meath
Gardai intervened to disperse a large crowd that had gathered on O’Connell Street
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Alexander McCartney (26) admitted 185 charges involving 70 child victims
Annual Killings by Military and Paramilitary Groups (1969-2001) Source: CAIN Web Service Year Republican Loyalist British Others Total 1969 3 3 10 0 16 1970 18 1 5 2 26 1971 98 21 45 7 171 1972 265…
Cracking resource.
Some notes:
2,058 killed by Republicans, 1,027 by Loyalists, 363 by Crown Forces, 5 by Freestate forces, 79 other
130 sectarian killings of Protestant civilians; 718 sectarian killings of Catholic civilians
The IRA killed 1823, of whom 1013 were some sort of Crown Forces, 59 were alleged informers, 45 were Loyalist paramilitaries
A digital archive of Irish Republican documents
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Earlier today, an IDF bulldozer deliberately demolished an observation tower and perimeter fence of a UN position in Marwahin. Yet again, we remind the IDF and all actors of their obligations to ensure the safety and security of UN personnel and property and to respect the inviolability of UN premis...
Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch is considering running as an independent candidate in Dublin’s north inner city in the upcoming election.
This is good for Ireland in the long run, because it distances us from Atlanticism
one of them wants to deport every immigrant
They both deport the same amounts of immigrants: https://ohss.dhs.gov/topics/immigration/yearbook/2019/table39 Obama deported more than Trump
a threat to democracy
You just admitted that you don't have democracy two seconds ago. You can't say "I have no choice but to let my rulers commit genocide in my name" and two seconds later say "We have a democracy worth defending"
Is English culture allowed?
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a fun watch. Not a horrifying horror but it fits the theme of spooky season.
In 2012, member states of the UN pledged that they would work to eliminate global hunger by 2030
> The bizarre ‘bit’ on last Saturday’s Late Late Show in which US presenter Conan O’Brien was coaxed into mocking the Irish-language names of people in the audience was an illustration of this self-loathing colonial cringe. Evidently, the Anglocentric mind finds great amusement in different languages having different phonetic systems.
> Late Late Show audience members denigrating the Irish language, couching this ridicule as ‘humour’.