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By: Constituencies where Labour will win 2 seats - Page 38

Constituencies where Labour will win 2 seats - Page 38 — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:54:37 +0000

[...] Originally Posted by kerrynorth It would mean making the mind blowing transition from PD to Labour but I am certain that the mental gymnastics for that transition will be nothing to Colm. Colm would never be taken seriously by the Labour movement after he played for the PD team. In fact, I can't take anything that Amnesty do seriously any more, knowing that he's at the helm. I don't know if he takes the Amnesty thing too seriously either; Maman Poulet Be Careful What you Retweet [...]

By: Paidi

Paidi — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:10:59 +0000

Imagine if it was a retweet by a Bishop then O’Gorman wouldn’t be long getting on his high horse..

Amnesty – do what we say and not what we do.

By: Colm O'Gorman

Colm O'Gorman — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:05:39 +0000

Agree Suzie. On both counts.

Especially re the 140 characters point.

By: Damien Mulley

Damien Mulley — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:03:22 +0000

Sure just the other day when I heard a taxi driver make racist remarks about Nigerians, I quickly texted my friends the comments. You know, so they’d know I was appalled at the racist remarks. I then shouted them out the window of the taxi, again to let people on the street know I was appalled. Take that racist taxi driver! I’m sure he got the context of those racist remarks.

By: Maman Poulet

Maman Poulet — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:34:16 +0000

Thanks for your comment Colm. I do feel the media circus around x factor and indeed the way in which people with disabilities and other issues are exploited on the programme needs discussion. It will take a lot more than 140 characters to do this and the rights of people to perform and take part also needs to be celebrated and protected.

By: Colm O'Gorman

Colm O'Gorman — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:54:58 +0000

On Sunday night I re-tweeted a comment about the X-Factor. I am genuinely saddened that this comment has clearly caused hurt and offence. I posted it because I thought it spoke to the media circus that the X-Factor has become, and concerns about how many peoples’ vulnerabilities are put on show in the name of mass entertainment. It wasn’t a comment on any of the artists or their own personal health. To be honest, I was appalled when I re-read it and understood how and why it was taken as such.

As someone who has both professional, but more significantly personal, experience of mental health difficulties I am very aware of how sensitive an issue this is.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:38:35 +0000

The ease with which so many people, private and public figures, make jokes about Susan’s disabilities, appearance etc. is really shocking. If it were a matter of race would it happen with such ease? Not that there should be a competition but I was wondering as I read comments online and indeed heard Newstalk radio this morning on the Breakfast show.

Has Colm acknowledged your comment yet Suzy? Surely he knows this is very insensitive?

By: click here

click here — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:20:50 +0000

Yeah, I saw that (although not as re-Tweeted by O’Gorman), as well as a re-Tweeted comment made (this time about the X Factor twins) that seemed to find it funny to laugh at the Special Olympics.

Not impressed.

By: Shauna

Shauna — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:08:37 +0000

I actually saw that(and other assorted swipes at Susan Boyle) on my girlfriend’s twitter feed and thought that it was mean spitited – Susan Boyle has clearly gone through a lot in her life (not to mention in the last year)and deserves better in my opinion.

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:59:32 +0000

Just see this as another public pronouncement from the director of Amnesty which sacrifices his own organisation’s campaigns on the altar of his own self promotion.