Ian O'Doherty on Norway massacre

tawnyowl

Am I the only person who finds this article disturbing?
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/ian-odoherty/ian-odoherty-the-evil-actions-of-breivik-have-poisoned-the-immigration-debate-2834701.html

The author is the journalistic equivalent of a troll, IMHO, and it's not the first time he's stooped this low.

I am pie

tawnyowl wrote: »

Am I the only person who finds this article disturbing?
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/ian-odoherty/ian-odoherty-the-evil-actions-of-breivik-have-poisoned-the-immigration-debate-2834701.html

The author is the journalistic equivalent of a troll, IMHO, and it's not the first time he's stooped this low.

Fairly incapable journalists playing to the lowest common denominator, writes poorly constructed trash for a rag.

In other words...meh.

tawnyowl

I am pie wrote: »

Fairly incapable journalists playing to the lowest common denominator, writes poorly constructed trash for a rag.

In other words...meh.

Wonder when he'll get himself into so much trouble that he can't get himself out? (Kevin Myers almost did that with his article on Africa.)

brian_t

What did you find disturbing about it.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

brian_t wrote: »

What did you find disturbing about it.

i'd like to know myself, i thought it made some decent points.

RadioRetro

tawnyowl wrote: »

Am I the only person who finds this article disturbing?

Yes.

steelcityblues

A sensible, balanced Ian O'Doherty article for a change?

JustinDee

'Concern' for the slaughtered (76 people, Mr O'D. Not 68) leading to a mini-rant on immigration without actually committing to any side of any debate. Quelle surprise. I'm sure he got what he wanted ie. attention. All .
And it is he who goes on about moral relativism??

As a slight aside, what does he mean with this tosh: "the fact that there isn't reality television in Norway". Do people really believe that Norwegians are all blond, blue-eyed, dressed in bunad, eating geitost with snus up the gums, and skinny dipping in fjords?

Article was no more than a rant worthy of any old internet forum.

gaf1983

JustinDee wrote: »

Article was no more than a rant worthy of any old internet forum.

Inaccurate too, the English Defence League, odious as they may be, actually distanced themselves from ABB's actions:

http://englishdefenceleague.org/our-thoughts-on-the-norwegian-tragedy-the-edl-editorial-team/

brian_t

gaf1983 wrote: »

Inaccurate too, the English Defence League, odious as they may be, actually distanced themselves from ABB's actions:

http://englishdefenceleague.org/our-thoughts-on-the-norwegian-tragedy-the-edl-editorial-team/

No.
To be fair Ian O'Doherty's article was dated Friday July 29 2011 - the EDL article you link to is dated August 2nd 2011.

Extremists on both sides often don't realise just how similar they actually are to the people they profess to despise and this is a classic example of that syndrome.

And what is the one thread that unifies them?

Well, in all the heat of the debate and political point scoring, neither side seems to actually care about the 68 people who actually matter in this story.

Typical of Doherty really though..Trying to score political points on the immigration debate here on the death of the 68 people who actually matter in this story..

Snickers Man

I used to think that "The **** O'Doherty" was a cited character in the Brian Friel play Making History. He was described as "a sheep stealer from Inishowen". And indeed most people called Doherty or O'Doherty originate in the North West.

How did this "**** O'Doherty" end up in Dublin? Let's place restrictions on hairy arsed lame brains from the frozen north coming down here and cheapening our culture.

Of course if anybody takes me seriously and goes postal on a Daniel O'Donnel concert in Letterkenny or Derry it was nothing to do with me and I will lament long and loud about how the lunatic perpertrator didn't use some other pretext like a dislike of schmaltzy music or a concern for the fate of the red squirrel.

:rolleyes:

Fuinseog

brian_t wrote: »

What did you find disturbing about it.

I find O Doherty to be somewhat uncouth and boorish, almost as if the former self proclaimed coke addict wishes to appeal to lager louts.
its driving a taxi he should be doing