Comments for Júlia Sorribes, journalist http://jsorribesportfolio.wordpress.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:32:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The return of the leprechauns by Tadhg http://jsorribesportfolio.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/leprechauns/#comment-30 Tadhg Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:32:10 +0000 http://jsorribesportfolio.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-30 Just as a point of interest and warning to travellers- most people in Ireland HATE the "green outfits and ginger beards" stuff. Recently some eurosceptic MEPS donned leprechaun outfits in the European Parliament in the belief that to do so would show support for the Irish people for voting no to the Lisbon treaty, but the action was seen as patronising and insulting by many people in Ireland. London Irish people can obviously be a little out of touch with genuine Irish culture (and some Irish people like to give out fake info to foreigners). So if you visit Ireland- don't buy those (made in China) leprechaun outfits unless you want to be taken for a drunk British tourist. On the pipeline issue, you can find good up to date information on the campaign against Shell and Statoil here: www.indymedia.ie/mayo and www.sheltosea.com Just as a point of interest and warning to travellers- most people in Ireland HATE the “green outfits and ginger beards” stuff. Recently some eurosceptic MEPS donned leprechaun outfits in the European Parliament in the belief that to do so would show support for the Irish people for voting no to the Lisbon treaty, but the action was seen as patronising and insulting by many people in Ireland.

London Irish people can obviously be a little out of touch with genuine Irish culture (and some Irish people like to give out fake info to foreigners). So if you visit Ireland- don’t buy those (made in China) leprechaun outfits unless you want to be taken for a drunk British tourist.

On the pipeline issue, you can find good up to date information on the campaign against Shell and Statoil here: http://www.indymedia.ie/mayo and http://www.sheltosea.com

]]> Comment on Black women go WILDE by BlackWomenBlowTheTrumpet.blogspot.com http://jsorribesportfolio.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/blackwomengowilde/#comment-24 BlackWomenBlowTheTrumpet.blogspot.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:08:50 +0000 http://jsorribesportfolio.wordpress.com/?p=120#comment-24 Hello there! I am sooo tired of black women wanting everyone to think that they are FEISTY and AGGRESSIVE and OPINIONATED... some are all of those things... many of us do not find that trio very appealing at all... Being feisty, aggressive and opinionated translates to negative characterizations for women while men are praised for having those traits... but I won't go there since your post doesn't even pertain to that...*LOL* {smiles} Lisa Hello there!

I am sooo tired of black women wanting everyone to think that they are FEISTY and AGGRESSIVE and OPINIONATED… some are all of those things… many of us do not find that trio very appealing at all…

Being feisty, aggressive and opinionated translates to negative characterizations for women while men are praised for having those traits… but I won’t go there since your post doesn’t even pertain to that…*LOL*

{smiles}
Lisa

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