Why do people think that being good at kicking a ball or hitting it with a stick qualifies a person to be a good politician ?
Where is the evidence to prove that a GAA player makes a better public representative than, say, a quiet, sit-on-the-riverbank angler ?
"Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion." - Spike Milligan
A GAA player has devoted a huge portion of his life to a volunteer sport. It shows commitment and hard work and isn't any less worthy than any other volunteer activity.
Anyone fom any background should feel they can get involved in politics (anglers included) and what some posters comments on Gegarty, O'Leary, and O'Mahony etc imply is that you have to be from a 'professional' background to be a TD - a pretty elitist idea.
There is plenty of other discussions on this topic as far as I know.
Economic Left/Right: -3.13; Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.64
“University politics are so vicious, precisely because the stakes are so small.” Henry Kissinger
It doesn't. But neither does it disqualify you either.Originally Posted by C.Reggan
Name Recognition
watched QI last night in between ads of future shock.
turns out that George W Bush was a cheerleader in college.
does his pseudo macho military bullying stem from the fact that he obviously couldn't cut it on the pitch?
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself. -Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592)
any US high school or uni student would tell you, cheerleaders are some of the biggest bullies on the planet; also, tend to have a gang mentality and rather blinkered view on the world... so this doesn't come as much of a surprise. :wink:
Why am I left thinking of Ray Burke ???
"Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion." - Spike Milligan
Have you any idea what male cheerleading is about? It's not mincing about with pom-poms you know?.
A poster of some consequence...
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