"The General" - Hero or Villain

KINGofHEARTS · 21-07-2008 05:27PM #1

I've just finished reading the book "The General" by Paul Williams, and I have to say alot of it was very amusing, the stuff he got up to and got away with certainly made me laugh. Considering he was not a drug dealer like the scum of modern times makes him that bit more like able. IMO

So do people think he is a legend of Irish criminal history and generally an ordinary decent criminal or just another low life who got what was coming to him.

orestes · 21-07-2008 05:30PM

He was a scumbag

Xavi6 · 21-07-2008 05:30PM

Where's the Atari Jaguar option?

drusk · 21-07-2008 05:34PM

Villain

SV · 21-07-2008 05:41PM

Legend.

funk-you · 21-07-2008 05:45PM

A knacker that is portrayed as a legend.

-Funk

dsmythy · 21-07-2008 05:46PM

Easy one. Criminal.

Terry · 21-07-2008 05:57PM

He was a violent criminal.
Nothing really heroic about him.

Ok, some of the stuff was a bit funny (The petrol thing), but mostly he was just a scumbag.

chickenhawk · 21-07-2008 06:03PM

99% scumbag, 1% funny.

mickdw · 21-07-2008 06:16PM

Bit of a genius but 100% scumbag

ojewriej · 21-07-2008 06:24PM

He nailed some lad to the floor (or was it a pool table?), blew up a scientist who was going to testiify against him, bullied a hot dog vendor out of business, scared a little girl out of testyfing against a fella who raped her. And that's just highlights.

He was a scumbag criminal.

Sherifu · 21-07-2008 06:25PM

Just another low life although having movies made about you isn't bad.

Dave! · 21-07-2008 06:38PM

A scumbag who robbed from people and justified it by portraying himself as Robin Hood.

And who was totally glamourised by John Boorman.

21-07-2008 06:40PM

He was a total scumbag.

Plug · 21-07-2008 06:54PM

He seems like a good laugh to be on your side but I wouldn't recommend him not liking you.
I think he was cool:)

Creature · 21-07-2008 06:57PM

Low life piece of ****.

DublinWriter · 21-07-2008 06:58PM

KINGofHEARTS wrote: »

So do people think he is a legend of Irish criminal history and generally an ordinary decent criminal or just another low life who got what was coming to him.

ODC? He was scum. Obviously you flicked over the part in William's book that described how he held a 72 year old woman living in a flat on Lesson Street prisoner for 36 hours.

boneless · 21-07-2008 07:01PM

Scum of the lowest kind. He put over 100 ordinary working class people on the dole after the O'Conners robbery. Add that to the above crimes...

SantryRed · 21-07-2008 07:11PM

Scumbag.

KINGofHEARTS · 21-07-2008 07:20PM

DublinWriter wrote: »

ODC? He was scum. Obviously you flicked over the part in William's book that described how he held a 72 year old woman living in a flat on Lesson Street prisoner for 36 hours.

Obviously you flicked over the part where he kept them for 12 hours and assured them they be alright and brought them several cups of tea and biscuits and made sure they were looked after.

Tha Gopher · 21-07-2008 07:21PM

KINGofHEARTS wrote: »

Considering he was not a drug dealer like the scum of modern times makes him that bit more like able. IMO

Ever smoked a spliff? Probably. Who the fcuk do you think brought it into the country? Howard Marks or some other jolly boys?

http://republican-news.org/archive/1998/May28/28film.html

While the source is somewhat biased it quotes Williams as stating Cahill, while not directly handling drugs, was fronting payments. Hardly for the good of his health Id imagine, I presume he wanted a return. After all this was the early 90s. Heroin (along with ecstasy) was becoming big money again.

dr.bollocko · 21-07-2008 07:23PM

He is an absolute pox ridden scum bag. His ilk should be wiped off the face of the planet. Not applauded in reactionary nonsense because he comes across as some sort of modern Peter Pan or something.
An absolute disgrace.

mikedragon32 · 21-07-2008 07:24PM

KINGofHEARTS wrote: »

Obviously you flicked over the part where he kept them for 12 hours and assured them they be alright and brought them several cups of tea and biscuits and made sure they were looked after.

Oh. That's alright then.

Scumbag. (him, not you)

Tipsy Mac · 21-07-2008 07:25PM

He's a pure Scangaraguan.

Here_Young_Wan · 21-07-2008 07:36PM

Pure horrible scumbag.....why people glorify him is beyond me.

Agamemnon · 21-07-2008 07:37PM

Scumbag.

Jesus Wept · 21-07-2008 07:42PM

I like Brendan Gleeson.

david_the_great · 21-07-2008 08:09PM

KINGofHEARTS wrote: »

I've just finished reading the book "The General" by Paul Williams, and I have to say alot of it was very amusing, the stuff he got up to and got away with certainly made me laugh. Considering he was not a drug dealer like the scum of modern times makes him that bit more like able. IMO

So do people think he is a legend of Irish criminal history and generally an ordinary decent criminal or just another low life who got what was coming to him.

he's a scumbag

david_the_great · 21-07-2008 08:10PM

KINGofHEARTS wrote: »

Obviously you flicked over the part where he kept them for 12 hours and assured them they be alright and brought them several cups of tea and biscuits and made sure they were looked after.

oh what a martyr- he kidnapped n old woman but at least she was kept in tea!

gcgirl · 21-07-2008 08:11PM

Total low life!

mike65 · 21-07-2008 08:15PM

Forget the Atari option where the TROLL box for ticking?

Mike.

"The General" - Hero or Villain

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