That this is entirely cultural is obvious from the facts of it. Why is “monkey” considered offensive?
Expect this report to be “carefully considered” until, with any luck, you’ve forgotten all about it.
There’s an inherent conflict awaiting the country between the imperatives of the tourism season – tourists pay more, remember – and the country’s reliance on hotels for refugee accommodation.
It behooves me, as a writer about politics and society, to try to analyse and make sense of these numbers for you, the public. But I’ll be honest: Buggered if I know what’s going on.
In other words, if politicians really desired to alleviate the cost of commuting, they have a legion of possible avenues to do it.
The passage of time has made the intellectual contradictions in Irish Republicanism much harder to sustain.
What’s interesting is that this week, I haven’t heard an answer to any of them. I’ve heard a lot of people being called racists, though.
We’ll burn Qatari oil and gas all day and all night, after all, without a thought for the gays and women of that country.
It is elitism, and in Ireland, elitism is out of control.
A primary principle of the law is deterrence.
The shame here is not theirs. The shame is on the rest of us, who shut up for fear of being called a racist by a vapid clown dressed as a woman.
The policy will have to change. Or, in time, the people will change the policymakers.