Comments on: Riverdance's McColgan Comes Up with Internet Portal Idea

By: Cynical Joe

Cynical Joe — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:18:42 +0000

Washed-up has been 'impresario' discovers the internet. What a pile of crap. Why do we listen to these people? Even the word 'portal' was quietly retired in 2001 when it was clear that it was meaningless. So now we're going to have HappyIreland.com or some such bullshit – what the fuck difference will that make? John McColgan should retire to his parlour and count his money and shut the fuck up. You fooled us once – you're not a fucking genius.

By: Status Report of the Global Irish Economic Forum | ValueIreland.com

Status Report of the Global Irish Economic Forum | ValueIreland.com — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:26:12 +0000

[...] At the moment, apart from these regional meetings referred to Dr. Gurdgiev, the most developed idea so far seems to be the Global Irish Internet portal being worked on by John McColgan. There's a post over on Bock The Robber that covers that idea – Riverdance’s McColgan Comes Up with Internet Portal Idea. [...]

By: Mairéad

Mairéad — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:27:02 +0000

Hi Craic, I think our posts clashed.
Yes, we think all of that psycho-babble is for cissys and "Yanks". :-)

By: C'est La Craic

C'est La Craic — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:22:11 +0000

My point is that I've heard it but never seen a single shred of evidence to confirm it. So has Bock, but I bet we'd all love to believe it. Not so "inferiority complex" after all.
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By: Mairéad

Mairéad — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:20:28 +0000

I think so, ya.
I agree, great movie. Nicholson was just mad! I wouldn't like Freud's job having him on the couch!

By: Bock

Bock — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:15:53 +0000

Is that where it came from? Great movie.

By: Mairéad

Mairéad — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:14:38 +0000

I'm not sure that Freud ever did say that about the Irish?
Lots of people have been talking about this notion since it was "quoted" in The Departed.

By: C'est La Craic

C'est La Craic — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:13:26 +0000

Me either, though I'm starting to have the suspicion that it came from his famous book on psychoanalgy "Dr. Darby O'Gill's experiments on the Little Subconsciousesis's"

By: Bock

Bock — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:00:13 +0000

I've heard that thing about Freud before but I've never been able to find the original.

By: C'est La Craic

C'est La Craic — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:58:06 +0000

Bock – It’s a sign of our national inferiority complex.

To which I will just say, that subtly belies our national superiority complex. Did yo know that the only people, according to Freud himself, that are immune to psychoanalysis, are the Irish!

The prostitution of our culture is nothing new, and either is the wasting of our public funds, unfortunately. In some ways, it makes us what we are. What ever that is..