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"Je n'ai pas besoin de cette hypothèse." - Pierre-Simon de Laplace to Napoleon Bonaparte.
I know i am being naive, but could someone spell out exactly what these listeners found offensive about the lucky clover in this context. Was it just that st Patrick is traditionally associated with shamrock, or is clover nefarious for some other reason?
This is liveline we're talking about. It can quickly gather up a rabble for any issue.
"Je n'ai pas besoin de cette hypothèse." - Pierre-Simon de Laplace to Napoleon Bonaparte.
After this comment, I felt obliged to endure the whineline to see how badly the poor fella was treated. The presenter did seem to try and treat the question with a balance. The poor shopping centre guy fella was obliged to defend himself by explaining how good the festival preparations for his shopping centre were. The poor fella, quite rightly, was offered the last word, though the presenter seemed to feel the urine was being extracted a little when this turned into the suggestion that people come to the shopping centre and judge for themselves
Anyway, my curiosity is piqued by your mentioning he wanted to be inclusive.
Do you think that using a four rather than three leaf seamrog is being inclusive?
If so, why would the four rather than three leaf symbol be considered more inclusive?
It does sound like a strange idea to me.
what exactly was the ad for ?
why does this religious person want to have a shop associate itself with something sacred, if its commercial issue then he should prefer he use a four leaf clover.
What does the Irish President spend their time doing. Work in progress
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For any issue dear to Joe's heart, that is.
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I imagine that the three-leaf variety is in part a religious symbol, while the four-leafer isn't.After this comment, I felt obliged to endure the whineline to see how badly the poor fella was treated. The presenter did seem to try and treat the question with a balance. The poor shopping centre guy fella was obliged to defend himself by explaining how good the festival preparations for his shopping centre were. The poor fella, quite rightly, was offered the last word, though the presenter seemed to feel the urine was being extracted a little when this turned into the suggestion that people come to the shopping centre and judge for themselves
Anyway, my curiosity is piqued by your mentioning he wanted to be inclusive.
Do you think that using a four rather than three leaf seamrog is being inclusive?
If so, why would the four rather than three leaf symbol be considered more inclusive?
It does sound like a strange idea to me.
If I'm pcking up that the guy did it on purpose for the publicity, well if you're right, it just shows how theLiveline format is vulnerable to manipulation. I don't think it was intentional, though.
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He wrote a letter back to some who complained and said that he didn't use the traditional shamrock as it had "connotations".
I, and many other people in Dundalk, don't know what he means by this.
Personally, I don't care if he used a four or five leaf clover in his ads.
However, I would like him to explain how the traditional Irish shamrock can be seen as negative and non-inclusive.
Did Duffy have the day off then?
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