Comments on: Irish Language: RIP? http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/ A blog about whatever comes to mind Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:27:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eugene http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Eugene Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:41:44 +0000 http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/#comment-52 "Its a reflection of the totality of decisions made by the citizens of the state- of which, like me, you are one." Sounds like something memorised out of a book “Its a reflection of the totality of decisions made by the citizens of the state- of which, like me, you are one.”

Sounds like something memorised out of a book

]]> By: Eugene http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Eugene Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:40:25 +0000 http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/#comment-51 Both of ye are wrong. As a physics guy society and politics don't affect me. You can tell me till the cows come home and they are frickin decomposing in the barn. Science dosen't need society,l Society needs Science. You can say i'm wrong but societies come and go. But at the heart of every society that has been and ever will be there has been someone asking How?, Why?. That's why science dosen't need society, It is the product of human curosity and that can never be stopped Both of ye are wrong. As a physics guy society and politics don’t affect me. You can tell me till the cows come home and they are frickin decomposing in the barn. Science dosen’t need society,l Society needs Science. You can say i’m wrong but societies come and go. But at the heart of every society that has been and ever will be there has been someone asking How?, Why?. That’s why science dosen’t need society, It is the product of human curosity and that can never be stopped

]]> By: Eugene http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Eugene Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:00:28 +0000 http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/#comment-50 Yeah Yeah

]]> By: John http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-47 John Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:56:45 +0000 http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/#comment-47 ahalhl;a ahalhl;a

]]> By: John http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-43 John Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:34:51 +0000 http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/#comment-43 Thanks Simon - couldn't have said it better myself!! Though as I lived with three science students this year and I will be again next year I have to say that this attitudes pretty common... Thanks Simon – couldn’t have said it better myself!!

Though as I lived with three science students this year and I will be again next year I have to say that this attitudes pretty common…

]]> By: Simon McGarr http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Simon McGarr Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:31:47 +0000 http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/#comment-42 "So it’s up to us, or should I say ye arts/political people I’m a physics guy. So I don’t really care about politics." ARRGHH! Try doing physics in a policitally dysfunctional society and you'll realise that politics isn't a subject you take in college. Its a reflection of the totality of decisions made by the citizens of the state- of which, like me, you are one. “So it’s up to us, or should I say ye arts/political people I’m a physics guy. So I don’t really care about politics.”

ARRGHH!

Try doing physics in a policitally dysfunctional society and you’ll realise that politics isn’t a subject you take in college. Its a reflection of the totality of decisions made by the citizens of the state- of which, like me, you are one.

]]> By: Eugene http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Eugene Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:25:47 +0000 http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/#comment-41 It depends on whet national identity you are talking about. The one Americans want to see or the way we want to be seen in the world. By we I mean the younger generation 18-25. The older people are stuck in their ways whether they admit it or not. So it's up to us, or should I say ye arts/political people I'm a physics guy. So I don't really care about politics. It depends on whet national identity you are talking about. The one Americans want to see or the way we want to be seen in the world. By we I mean the younger generation 18-25. The older people are stuck in their ways whether they admit it or not. So it’s up to us, or should I say ye arts/political people I’m a physics guy. So I don’t really care about politics.

]]> By: John http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-40 John Sun, 06 Aug 2006 18:01:57 +0000 http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/#comment-40 well, frankly I view irish as an near-corpse.As such it needs to regain its feet or die. And as you say - thats not without risk. There is the question though with the national identity whether Irish as a language can be considered a part of it in honesty. I mean, there a more people speaking Chinese fluently than Irish. So how can Irish have that much of a place? well, frankly I view irish as an near-corpse.As such it needs to regain its feet or die. And as you say – thats not without risk. There is the question though with the national identity whether Irish as a language can be considered a part of it in honesty. I mean, there a more people speaking Chinese fluently than Irish. So how can Irish have that much of a place?

]]> By: Eugene http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Eugene Sun, 06 Aug 2006 16:33:06 +0000 http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/#comment-39 I agree with EWI the church does have too much Influence over political decisions. Irish is an out of date terminally ill language. It will remain terminally ill till it stops being compulsory. French German Spanish etc are spoken in more than one country worldwide. Irish is spoken in the gaeltacht areas. If the irish language is taken of life support will part of the irish identity die as well. Who Knows? Are people willing to risk a part of our national Identity? I am. I agree with EWI the church does have too much Influence over political decisions. Irish is an out of date terminally ill language. It will remain terminally ill till it stops being compulsory. French German Spanish etc are spoken in more than one country worldwide. Irish is spoken in the gaeltacht areas. If the irish language is taken of life support will part of the irish identity die as well. Who Knows? Are people willing to risk a part of our national Identity? I am.

]]> By: EWI http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-38 EWI Sat, 05 Aug 2006 12:14:38 +0000 http://www.johnmortell.com/2006/08/03/irish-language-rip/#comment-38 But John, the Catholic Church is the other leg of the "Gaelic Ireland" identity shoved down our throats by the State for the past ninety or so years. It's an anachronism, and it still has far too much influence over secular legislation (as in most notable the ban on gay marriage). But John, the Catholic Church is the other leg of the “Gaelic Ireland” identity shoved down our throats by the State for the past ninety or so years. It’s an anachronism, and it still has far too much influence over secular legislation (as in most notable the ban on gay marriage).

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