Comments for Bock The Robber

Comment on The Non-Fighting Irish by C'est La Craic

C'est La Craic — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:04:54 +0000

Good post Mr. Bock.

However I’d say it’s not a question of getting the “infantilised” to fight back, but rather to realise that they have been infantilised in the first place, and that it has been done to make them more easily controlled. The Nanny State indeed.
Public outrage can, given the right spin, be very easily controlled and diverted if the public are not aware of how they are being “managed”.

Comment on The Non-Fighting Irish by sakimoto

sakimoto — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:36:10 +0000

Great article Bock, and it couldnt’ come at a better time (well tomorrow, but there won’t be as many people online to read it I’m sure!). What you are saying is spot on, and as MMM says, the most important aspect of it all is what’s the first step to changing this.

Comment on The Non-Fighting Irish by Mothmonsterman

Mothmonsterman — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:18:42 +0000

Amen to that Bock. Just one thing though, how do you think we should let the so called “infantilised” people to fight back? How do we make them as militant minded as the Greeks and the French when they react to corruption and other abuses? How do we get them to be “Fighting Irish” again? Just a thought.

Comment on Seán Brady and the Brendan Smyth Sexual Abuse Cover-Up by Bock

Bock — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:25:52 +0000

Whether Brady resigns or not is irrelevant.

Much more to the point is the power his organisation has in our schools and hospitals.

Comment on Seán Brady and the Brendan Smyth Sexual Abuse Cover-Up by Mel Drew

Mel Drew — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:16:03 +0000

Sean Brady exposed for protecting child rapist so what?. Granted this one took me by surprise, but he`s only one of many and not just within the RC church. You only have to look as far as the Aras and the council of state.

Rightly Brady has been proven to have no moral standing and if I were a RC, I wouldn`t want him as my spiritual leader. However I do have a say in a democracy about the holders of public office and its time that those who protected Smyth were exposed.

Comment on Seán Brady and the Brendan Smyth Sexual Abuse Cover-Up by Pope Epopt

Pope Epopt — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:36:16 +0000

I just don’t understand why the faithful (that’s to say the followers of the mad – using that term in a mostly positive sense – rabbi from Nazareth) don’t get out from under this lot and form their own church.

But, as I’ve said elsewhere, we don’t do reformation any more than we do social revolution.

Comment on Unfair to Pick on Church Over Child Abuse, Says Bishop Christy Jones by Bock

Bock — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:34:32 +0000

No problem. Link deleted.

Comment on Unfair to Pick on Church Over Child Abuse, Says Bishop Christy Jones by Builderfromhell

Builderfromhell — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:31:20 +0000

FME, I posted it here after only watching the start of it and tried to delete it after I watched more. I agree it is in bad taste and hopefully Bock will agree and delete.
Apologies for any offence caused, I’ll watch stuff to completion before posting in future.

Comment on Riverdance’s McColgan Comes Up with Internet Portal Idea by Status Report of the Global Irish Economic Forum | ValueIreland.com

Status Report of the Global Irish Economic Forum | ValueIreland.com — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:26:12 +0000

[...] At the moment, apart from these regional meetings referred to Dr. Gurdgiev, the most developed idea so far seems to be the Global Irish Internet portal being worked on by John McColgan. There’s a post over on Bock The Robber that covers that idea – Riverdance’s McColgan Comes Up with Internet Portal Idea. [...]

Comment on Unfair to Pick on Church Over Child Abuse, Says Bishop Christy Jones by Bock

Bock — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:42:53 +0000

BFH — The Louis CK vid was posted before but it was a long time ago. Worth reposting.