The President meets the Queen this week.

Seanchai

I see President McAleese has already met the Queen this week. With the exception of a couple of Irish Times articles, why has this received so little coverage?

President meets the Queen

President meets the Queen

MagicMarker

Seanchai wrote: »

why has this received so little coverage?

Probably because no one cares?

Einhard

Because Republicans lunatics aren't threatening the life of Queen Beatrix, or p!ssing their pants in outrage at the fact that she might visit, or staging mock execution of her in the middle of Dublin....


It's amazing. Republicans get themselves into an almighty tizzy about Bess' visit, whereas nobody else really gives a sh!t, and then they have the cheek to complain about the bruhhaha and media coverage of the event!

sensibleken

"Un-elected tyrant woman from a foreign country meets Queen Beatrix"

R P McMurphy

Seanchai wrote: »

I see President McAleese has already met the Queen this week. With the exception of a couple of Irish Times articles, why has this received so little coverage?

President meets the Queen

President meets the Queen

you should probably refer to her as queen Beatrix, as people might think you could be referring to Queen Silvia

orourkeda

sensibleken wrote: »

"Un-elected tyrant woman from a foreign country meets Queen Beatrix"

Seeing as she had no opponents I think she would have won

RachaelVO

Not too sure why anyone would care. Even in the Netherlands the dutch royal family don't have that much publicity, it's not like you see them on the news all the time. Around about this time of year you see them on the telly due to Queens day and remembrance day, but that'll be it until next year!

Seanchai

Einhard wrote: »

Because Republicans lunatics aren't threatening the life of Queen Beatrix, or p!ssing their pants in outrage at the fact that she might visit, or staging mock execution of her in the middle of Dublin....


It's amazing. Republicans get themselves into an almighty tizzy about Bess' visit, whereas nobody else really gives a sh!t, and then they have the cheek to complain about the bruhhaha and media coverage of the event!

Spare us your politically-loaded "lunatic" rhetoric: you're clearly losing the argument when you invoke such words. The media, particularly Independent Newspapers, is craving the British royal visit. Are you even remotely aware of the politics of its owner, "Sir" AJF O'Reilly, and its editors and columnists? Harris? Myers? Fanning? Dudley-Edwards?....

It has a long line of well-established supertrolls already in place to laud it and write articles which knowingly provoke people into opposing this visit. If you're missing that, then it can only be wilful. If you really think republicans are instigating this then it's your politics speaking.

If the British queen's visit were treated with the same minimal amount of media attention that any other royal visit is given, tension would be far, far less. Fact.

This is only going to end in tears, and when it does no serious, impartial observer would fail to note the media's role in provoking the trouble.

Badgermonkey

Seanchai wrote: »

It has a long line of well-established supertrolls already in place to laud it and write articles which knowingly provoke people into opposing this visit.

Jesus, where to start?

Seanchai, will you be my crazy pal?

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Which Queen?

Zombienosh

Queen touring again? ffs, brian may is money mad these days.

Coriolanus

"Oh, scissor me, Queen!"

mike65

The Dutchies are mad for thier "bicycling" monarchs, just you try to suggest the Netherlands becomes a Republic and get ready for fisticuffs.

Queen McAleese visit was given some coverage, apparently she is banging the drum for the Corporation Tax rate of 12.5%, so she has a use.

http://www.google.com/search?q=McAleese&hl=en&safe=off&client=opera&hs=Ixx&sa=X&rls=en&prmd=ivnsu&source=univ&tbm=nws&tbo=u&ei=N8XDTa3tDcLQhAeLg5juAw&ved=0CDgQqAI

Einhard

Seanchai wrote: »

Spare us your politically-loaded "lunatic" rhetoric: you're clearly losing the argument when you invoke such words.

I think such an adjective is quite apt when talking about people who threaten the life of an octogenarian, or stage mock executions of her in public. Nothing political about it. More a sense of decency.

The media, particularly Independent Newspapers, is craving the British royal visit. Are you even remotely aware of the politics of its owner, "Sir" AJF O'Reilly, and its editors and columnists? Harris? Myers? Fanning? Dudley-Edwards?....

Don't be so melodramatic.

It has a long line of well-established supertrolls already in place to laud it and write articles which knowingly provoke people into opposing this visit. If you're missing that, then it can only be wilful. If you really think republicans are instigating this then it's your politics speaking.

Are you seriously claiming that those opposed to the visit are only so because of the "provocative" writings of a few columnists whom, given their alleged leanings, would not be read by those most opposed in the first place?

It's slightly disturbing the way you label opinions which don't chime with your own as "provocative".

If the British queen's visit were treated with the same minimal amount of media attention that any other royal visit is given, tension would be far, far less. Fact.

The Queen's visit is recieving all the attention both because it is a historic occasion, and far more significant, given our shared history, than the visit of Queen Beatrix. The fact that certain sections of the Republican movement are so outraged is acknowledgement of this, and ironically feeds much of the hype which they then complain about. If you fail to see that this visit is more significant than that of the Dutch head of state, then I fear you're being deliberately obtuse, and therefore are immune to rational persuasion.

This is only going to end in tears, and when it does no serious, impartial observer would fail to note the media's role in provoking the trouble.

Ah, here we get to it. The excuses are made in advance. Violence is unleashed in response to the mere expression of divergent opinion, and those who wield the pen are to blame, rather than those who wield the bricks and clubs.

RachaelVO

mike65 wrote: »

The Dutchies are mad for thier "bicycling" monarchs, just you try to suggest the Netherlands becomes a Republic and get ready for fisticuffs.

Queen McAleese visit was given some coverage, apparently she is banging the drum for the Corporation Tax rate of 12.5%, so she has a use.

http://www.google.com/search?q=McAleese&hl=en&safe=off&client=opera&hs=Ixx&sa=X&rls=en&prmd=ivnsu&source=univ&tbm=nws&tbo=u&ei=N8XDTa3tDcLQhAeLg5juAw&ved=0CDgQqAI

Depends on what part you're in. In the provinces of Holland they are pretty royalist, not so much elsewhere, especially in the south (Limburg, Noord Brabant etc;)

JustAddWater

elviscostello wrote: »

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Which Queen?

Queen Latifah