How safe are they really?

by Coilín Fri Apr 21, 2006 15:35

I note the following:
Recent articles by Oliver Cromwell, the Lord High Protector
This author has not submitted any other articles.

Given that this man was responsible for banishing thousands of people to live in the desolate regions that are now ruled by desperadoes like Frank Fahey and Seán Ó Neachtain, and for selling many more into slavery in Barbados, I'm not at all surprised that he has been keeping a low profile for the last 350 years.

How's it going, Ollie? Where have you been hiding?

Best,
Coilín.

by oliver cromwell - the lord high protector Fri Apr 21, 2006 17:36

I've been in Ibiza letting my hair down, and getting the sun on the warts. I thought I'd make my comeback in style for the reptile's 80th birthday.

All Power to the Commons!
If it feels pleasure - spike it!
To Hell or Connaught!

oh it feels good to be back, but as parents in the occupied nation of Munster know, to this day I am the bogeyman, wwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhttttttttttttttttt ya little langer, go to sleep now or Cromwell will git ya

by Paul McAndrew Fri Apr 21, 2006 22:13 paul at queer dot ie

Could the Editorial team pleaseremove this article which is trying to whip up prejudice and hatred against Trans people.
A quick google search will soon confirm that anti-homophobic organisations worldwide (including Amnesty International) see transphobia as as unnacceptable as homophobia
Could Indymedia please extend its anti-bigotry policy to cover transphobia?
Thanks a million,
Paul McAndrew

by marina Fri Apr 21, 2006 22:52

yo paul how exactly is this article transphobic?

by oliver cromwell the lord high protector Sat Apr 22, 2006 00:32

Transexual people deserve our complete support and ought be able to remove their genitalia and tattoos on our national health services or if you look at it the other way add genitals but still remove tattoos. You've now an excellent opportunity to lobby the irish government not only for hospital beds in general, but also for assistance with sex-change ops. As I'm sure you're aware the first Irish trans-sexual operation was paid for by the then man in question by a nifty combination of a series of "how I'm doing now" tabloid newspaper feature articles in the 90s and of course spotting for a model agency. & a respected woman Rossie is, but very poor taste in the pretty of either male or female variety as our small fashion magazines available in the period proved. Whereas most europeans males or females who have found themselves to be incarnated in the wrong type of body, must rely on more mundane and sometimes dangerous types of precarious employment; often in the sex trade. & thats an issue for you to explore Paul = please do!

Cromwell says -
Love People regardless of their bits!
You're not getting out of Drogheda with your head!
All power to the commons!
If it has erectile tissue - spike it! { unless you need it to make new "other erectile bits" :-) }

I suspect you're just an uppity catholic

by Paul McAndrew Sat Apr 22, 2006 01:32 paul at queer dot ie

Transexual people can often find it hard to get mainstream employment because of bigotry, and yes many transexual women do end up having to work in the dangerous, badly paid and usually un-unionized sex industry.

One woman died in Ireland less than a decade ago because she was left half-way through transition for years, on dangerous male-hormone suppressing drugs, with no funding for the operation, which would have removed he need for them.

Many transexual people have committed suicide because they were refused treatment,

- and many have been murdered because of prejudice.

Oh and until the last five or so years the one place you would think Trans people would get support- the Queer/ LGB movement rejected them. Two years ago I was at a debate about adding the T to UCC LGB, and a respected, prominent member of that society said publicly that "we might as well let pedofiles in as let Transgendered people in"

Hilarious, isn't it?

Would you have "playfully" quoted chunks of a racist article without clearly challenging the prejudice in them?

"Silly" as in foolish and trivial?

Transexual people should have the right to appropriate medical treatment , just like everyone else.

Oh and that's "Uppity Pagan" to you.

by oliver cromwell - the lord high protector Sat Apr 22, 2006 03:06

you have things to say Paul. they ought not be put in comments below an article on tattoos & piercings of which trans-sexuality only played a minor part...

goto the main page. http://indymedia.ie
click "publish" & write your article!
we're not a family site, don't worry about shocking people with your material. Your concerns are valid and if you go to the link attached to the element of the text above which you seem to have interpreted as being "anti-transexual" http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-1200.html you'll be able to track back to http://www.pinknews.co.uk and find archives to source your article.

I look forward to reading what you have to say.

by Paul McAndrew Sat Apr 22, 2006 05:00 paul at queer dot ie

....maybe transphobic rantings shouldn't be part of an article on piercing.

the place for challenging the kind of crap which perpetuates intolerant bigoted attitudes...is where ever those attitudes are spouted

"where tax-payers are expected to pay for the removal of a tattoo from a navy veteran who is strong word here - transexual"
"Miss Bainbridge, who had nine ######## - from whom she is estranged - by three different women, had a £20,000 sex-change operation on the NHS in 2001 at Charing Cross Hospital in London."
.."They are both unemployed"

this is a press attack on this woman's personal life, purely because she is tran-sexual

Indymedia should not be further spreading gutter press invasive bigotry like this

by oliver cromwell - the lord high protector Sat Apr 22, 2006 15:54

I am shocked that my quotations from Pink News and the BBC may be construed by you as fanning hatred of trans-sexuals. In my experience, trans-sexuals have a very developed sense of humour, which helps them get through what is a very long journey of self-realisation. I repeat my hope that you write an article on the issues. & I also point out to you any other readers, that the majority of the text above relates to perceived and rumoured risks associated with tattoo and piercings and a look at anglo-saxon social attitudes to same. It was not meant to be an article solely about trans-sexuals, I am very surprised that you could be so discouraging to a new contributor like myself, and quite honestly I'll think again before contributing another article or even passing comment on others.

All power to the commons!
To Hell or Connaught!
a Round head is better than a Cavalier!
& that I suppose will be final words. Au revoir! indymedia ireland. I am cut to the quick, and must now return to the Hellish grave, the mere utterence of my name still keeps warm. Sorry about Drogheda, and stabling the horses in St Pat's.

by richard harris Sat Mar 29, 2008 00:44

Tonight's "craic" section on the RTE news website tells the story of Mandi Hamlin, a 37-year-old graphic artist from Dallas, said: 'It was just total humiliation in front of people I had no earthly idea who they were.' Gloria Allred, Ms Hamlin's attorney, said the woman was given a pair of pliers in order to remove the rings in her nipples. She added that the rings had been in her nipples for many years.
Ms Hamlin said she wanted a public apology and for the US Transportation Security Administration to investigate the incident, which happened in February as she was boarding a flight from Lubbock in Texas, to Dallas.

the people who do the RTE news site put that story under "craic". Fun like. Hee hee stuff. Being forced to rip a ring out of your nipple with a pliers is not generally considered funny even if it is between two consenting adults - which it wasn't. All the same this might go on this thread since it dealt with piercings.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0328/us.html