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June 28, 2005 "Cailc! Chonaic mé cailc!" WHEN people start to break out of their assigned sectarian boxes, it can produce criticism and confusion in equal measure amongst those content to be pigeon-holed - as we saw recently on Slugger. Pol O Muiri seems to enjoy the fact that cultural cross-fertilisation in Ireland is exposing the contradictions that infest the narrow outlooks of hardline British and Irish nationalism in Northern Ireland when he writes "people are not as easy to pigeon-hole as the fundamentalists would have us believe. Is the Orangeman who wanted to go to Cork any more a Lundy for walking another corner of Ireland than the Gaeilgeoir from Ballymurphy for looking at Maria Sharapova's knickers on TG4?" People are not easy to pigeon-hole, thats why Provos and Orangies have to use the equivalent of an electric cattle-prod from time to time to keep the herds separate and obedient. Anyone want a hoof in the jaw? Posted by: aquifer at June 29, 2005 08:41 AM Maria Sharapova's Knickers aye I'd even watch them on the BBC maybe the only thing worth the license on the box at the moment! Posted by: Belfastwhite at June 29, 2005 11:28 AM She is just over 6ft apparently, so a well-aimed kick could deter anything other than watching - at a distance! Posted by: Jo at June 29, 2005 01:07 PM |
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