Unparlimentary Language List

Inkivaari

Can anyone help me? I want to find out what the list of things that cannot said inside the Dail chambers. If anyone could even point me in the right direction, that would be fantastic. Thanks, Inka!

Overheal

Im going to take a shot in the dark at "Elderberries"; "Dingleberries"; the typical curse words, etc.

Soldie

Full list of banned words:

• Brat, acting the brat
• Buffoon, buffoonery
• Chancer
• Communist
• Corner boy
• Coward
• Fascist, fascist minister
• Gurrier
• Guttersnipe
• Hypocrite, bloody hypocrites, hypocrisy, etc
• Rat
• Scumbag
• Scurrilous, scurrilous speaker
• Yahoo

Source: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/word-is-not-on--dail-banned-list-1972535.html

Permabear

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Soldie

One of the checks and balances of the system, I suppose.

OldJay

Surely these fellas would have to actually turn to Dail sessions to be censured in the first place?
Last time anyone saw a full house? Last time I remember was the last speaker's resignation speech. After that, it emptied out to its normal late night cinema numbers.

walshb

In theory Communism is great. I don't think I would take offence to being called a communist, better than being called a Fianna Failer or Fine Gaeler!

Flamed Diving

walshb wrote: »

In theory Communism is great.

No, it really isn't.

starbelgrade

Soldie wrote: »

banned words:

• Corner boy
  
• Yahoo

Yahoo & not Google?!! And what the heck is a Corner Boy.. is that like a rent boy who never gets picked up? Or a Corkman who loves his "Dirty Dancing" pick up lines just a bit too much...

"Nobody leaves baby in the corner, boy."

Raiser

Soldie wrote: »

Full list of banned words:

• Brat, acting the brat
• Buffoon, buffoonery
• Chancer
• Communist
• Corner boy
• Coward
• Fascist, fascist minister
• Gurrier
• Guttersnipe
• Hypocrite, bloody hypocrites, hypocrisy, etc
• Rat
• Scumbag
• Scurrilous, scurrilous speaker
• Yahoo

Source: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/word-is-not-on--dail-banned-list-1972535.html

Did I really hear it reported that after Corner Boy Gogarty shamed our Parliament, his Family, The Green Party (Have no shame) and the Nation that he actually sat back down, consulted the above list and once he decided the fúck was not included on it later arose once more and pointed out this ommission in his own defence?

FFS - Tell me its not true.

€100,000 + Expenses.

Sleepy

To be brutally fvcking honest, I think the Dail could do with more unparliamentary language if it's what it takes to shock some of the lazy cvnts in there into doing their jobs.

Who gives a damn what they spout in the Dail unless it's the budget, a piece of proposed legislation or an 'aye' or 'nay' on that proposed piece of legislation? It's what they do in cabinet, their various ministries, committees etc. that counts and actions speak far louder than words, regardless of how parliamentary those words are.

Time Magazine

"My Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is not a porn star."

Bottle_of_Smoke

Anyone else think it's utterly outrageous hypocrisy is on that list?

Raiser

Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »

Anyone else think it's utterly outrageous hypocrisy is on that list?

Maybe that's been the problem all along - they could safely stand there wittering and whining on indefinitely and it was actually prohibited to point out their massive hypocrisy.

- It would certainly explain a lot.

amacachi

"Chancer" is my favorite.

Eliot Rosewater

starbelgrade wrote: »

Yahoo & not Google?!!

"Yahoo" is presumably a reference to the fictional characters in Johnathon Swifts Gullivers Travels. At the time of publication to be called a Yahoo - effectively dirty, lazy and good-for-nothing - was very insulting.

994

Flamed Diving wrote: »

No, it really isn't.

There are many brands of communism, just as there are many capitalisms: just as it would be ridiculous to damn capitalism because of workers' conditions in the industrial revolution, it's simplistic to condemn communism because of Stalinism

Flamed Diving

994 wrote: »

There are many brands of communism, just as there are many capitalisms: just as it would be ridiculous to damn capitalism because of workers' conditions in the industrial revolution, it's simplistic to condemn communism because of Stalinism

Gee, I never knew that. Me and my monotonal interpretation of things, eh?

Annasopra

Soldie wrote: »

Full list of banned words:

• Brat, acting the brat
• Buffoon, buffoonery
• Chancer
• Communist
• Corner boy
• Coward
• Fascist, fascist minister
• Gurrier
• Guttersnipe
• Hypocrite, bloody hypocrites, hypocrisy, etc
• Rat
• Scumbag
• Scurrilous, scurrilous speaker
• Yahoo

Source: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/word-is-not-on--dail-banned-list-1972535.html

I'm not convinced that that is the full list - I think the indo picked that list up from other reports which all say "includes"

starbelgrade

According to an unconfirmed source, the word "chancer" was put onto the list by Bertie Ahern before he became Taoiseach.

Hotblack Desiato

donegalfella wrote: »

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Joe Higgins is a communist, but doesn't call himself one, so yeah I suppose.

Spiritoftheseventies

what you cant and cant say

http://audioserver.todayfm.com/audio/breakfast/Gift_oireachtas.mp3