The Shewing-up of Dermot Ahern

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Tuesday May 05, 2009 02:45

by frequentblasphemer

Dermot Ahern's tribute to Bernard Shaw, WB Yeats and Augusta Gregory?

In the Irish Times Fintan O'Toole points out that 2009 is the centenary of the occasion when a play by Bernard Shaw, "The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet", was used to show up the absurdity of having blasphemy laws.

"A little more awareness of the historical context might have prompted a simple question: what year is this? 2009. And what happened a hundred years ago in 1909? Three Irish people made a deliberate feck of the blasphemy laws, exposed the idiocy of trying to enforce them and delivered a fatal blow to the intellectual assumptions on which they are based."

"We should have realised that a man as cultured as Dermot Ahern would come up with a novel and provocative way to commemorate this glorious centenary."

'Absurdity of blasphemy law revived by Ahern'
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GBS on politicians

by PB

Tue May 05, 2009 03:13

"He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career."
- George Bernard Shaw

GBS could almost have been referring to Dermot Ahern.

If it goes to Vote the Greens will back their Government

by grr

Tue May 05, 2009 09:23

One glance at their term in office is enough to show that they have fully adopted
the idea of 'State' as a Fianna Fáil programme for Government-

Ask Dan Boyle, he negotiated the programme; and one by one every single principle
of the Greens has collapsed in the face of a split between the Grassroot and the
Parliamentary party.

Q :Thus, I ask at what price the Green's Loyalty to FF?

A: (swapping a bit of policy implementation for a Blasphemy law)

Diversionary Tactic.

by GBH Fan.

Tue May 05, 2009 13:07

There is a old saying: "When you are in trouble at home start a war abroad."

This diverts the attention from the home troubles..

It has been used time and time again.

Example:
http://news.hosuronline.com/NewsD.asp?DAT_ID=575

The government suddenly starts to discuss blasphemy laws in the midst of an economic meltdown.

I have never seen a more obvious "diversionary tactic"..or a sillier one.

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The Shewing-up of Dermot Ahern

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