[VIDEO] Opposition walk out of Dáil en masse over Gaeltacht Bill

The government should simply announce that it will sit next week to debate the Bill. Or that it will recall the Dáil / Seanad for a week in early August.

Then watch the opposition squirm.

Originally Posted by Neutron

Joke of an opposition.
Joke of a government.
Joke of a country.

Joke of a language.

Originally Posted by Mushroom

The government should simply announce that it will sit next week to debate the Bill. Or that it will recall the Dáil / Seanad for a week in early August.

Then watch the opposition squirm.

I'll bet the grandson of the Spanish Bastard was up on his hind legs squealing like a stuck pig over this.
Why anyone could get excited about a failed degenerate badly constructed abortion of a language is beyond me.

Originally Posted by Mushroom

Joke of a language.

A mushroom raised in shít >> just can't stop spouting shít

Originally Posted by slippy wicket

Why anyone could get excited about a failed degenerate badly constructed abortion of a language is beyond me.

How is it badly constructed?

Could someone please close down the Dáil, it's a joke beyond this stage?

Self prima-donna's trying to compete with showing the public how virtuous they are.

Originally Posted by slippy wicket

I'll bet the grandson of the Spanish Bastard was up on his hind legs squealing like a stuck pig over this.
Why anyone could get excited about a failed degenerate badly constructed abortion of a language is beyond me.

It's actually a sign of what a complete abomination of a country/nation we are. People get upset about things that don't matter a jot, while not giving a toss about things that do.

Just wait until the wall-to-wall goo hits the fan when Katie Taylor wins a gold medal in a couple of weeks time. I'd say that Mickey Dee's script-writers are already on version 64 of his three page, bilingual paean of praise to the pride of Bray! Maybe he'll deign to compose one of his little ditties in celebration.

Originally Posted by slippy wicket

I'll bet the grandson of the Spanish Bastard was up on his hind legs squealing like a stuck pig over this.
Why anyone could get excited about a failed degenerate badly constructed abortion of a language is beyond me.

On top of toxic avenger's question, what about it makes it failed, and what about it makes it degenerate? I'm particularly interested in your answer to the latter.

Originally Posted by toxic avenger

How is it badly constructed?

At its most basic level, does it not grate that to do basic counting takes two words per number.

Originally Posted by Toidissatafu

A mushroom raised in shít >> just can't stop spouting shít

100% correct - but how did you know that I was raised through Irish?

Originally Posted by slippy wicket

At its most basic level, does it not grate that to do basic counting takes two words per number.

Not to me. Is that the only reason you believe it is badly constructed?

Originally Posted by JandK

On top of toxic avenger's question, what about it makes it failed, and what about it makes it degenerate? I'm particularly interested in your answer to the latter.

I suppose in fairness the use of the word was more of an unnecessary intensifier, as I was using it in the firm if something in decline.
Back to the failure of Irish, well I guess we have those Irish language fascists who beat the language into generations of children to thank for that.
Bar those right on users of gaelscoils , I doubt there are many who feel much affection for it.

Well I suppose many of the opposition do speak Irish, so they felt they could act over this one issue. Whereas most do not have a grasp of the language of the economy, which would explain how they have remained seated in silent confusion since they won their seats.

Originally Posted by toxic avenger

Not to me. Is that the only reason you believe it is badly constructed?

I'm a long time out of school At this stage, but I suppose my opinion is probably coloured by a succession of crap teachers.

Originally Posted by slippy wicket

I suppose in fairness the use of the word was more of an unnecessary intensifier, as I was using it in the firm if something in decline.
Back to the failure of Irish, well I guess we have those Irish language fascists who beat the language into generations of children to thank for that.
Bar those right on users of gaelscoils , I doubt there are many who feel much affection for it.

Was it not a combination of the global commercial dominance of English in the 19th century, the perception among Irish-speaking parents that their children having English would be advantageous to them, and the famine that led to the decline of Irish speaking in Ireland?

After everything we've been through over the past year and the opposition storms out over this..

Are we supposed to believe that they are outraged, indignant, trying to preserve the best interests of the citizenry?

Originally Posted by Mushroom

100% correct - but how did you know that I was raised through Irish?

You are making a fool out of yourself.

Originally Posted by slippy wicket

I'm a long time out of school At this stage, but I suppose my opinion is probably coloured by a succession of crap teachers.

Compared to English, which is a ridiculously difficult language to learn for non-speakers because of its relatively massive lack of regularity, Irish is a breeze to learn. It has very few irregular verbs, it is structured precisely to flow off the tongue and avoid harsh glottal stops or pronunciation difficulties, one can pronounce it precisely from its written form, and the rules governing it are clearly ordered. Its standardization in the 1950s made it even easier.

Crap teachers are the bane of any subject. But don't let it prevent you objectively assessing the language as if from outside. It's actually one of the world's most interesting languages, of massive interest to linguists (it is the closest living descendant of a language group that once covered all of Europe).

Originally Posted by toxic avenger

Was it not a combination of the global commercial dominance of English in the 19th century, the perception among Irish-speaking parents that their children having English would be advantageous to them, and the famine that led to the decline of Irish speaking in Ireland?

Fair point, that would be the historical context.
But those weasely sorts with the faine on their jacket did not help either.