Comments on: “The man says he is Irish, he is also drunk.”

By: maria

maria — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 10:08:02 +0000

Looks like the sporting community in Ireland is doing its best to make amends for the de Lima incident … by inviting him to a piss up.

By: Hedley Lamarr

Hedley Lamarr — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:01:23 +0000

These days a pet owner can have a microchip inserted painlessly in a dog’s shoulder. You all should do the same to this nutter and then keep on eye on him.

By: woodturtle

woodturtle — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 05:23:39 +0000

That was not an effective way to advertise the Second Coming. Besides, who knows what Coming it actually is? The aliens may have done soul adjustments at several critical time periods in the past. At any rate, if it really is some type of alien return visit, then having a gold vs. bronze medal might not have that much meaning.

By: SqueakyRat

SqueakyRat — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 04:03:03 +0000

Just saw his head off. Problem solved!

By: Tom T.

Tom T. — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 02:31:03 +0000

So, Lance, what are you really saying? Was Horan working for the Priory of Sion? Was de Lima getting too close to the Grail?

By: Tom T.

Tom T. — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 02:14:49 +0000

Nick, my reaction was initially similar to yours. I figured Horan must be a Kerry man; after all, he’s a goofball causing chaos in the streets. But then it occurred to me that Horan’s drinking habits and his tendency toward unilateral violence might peg him as a Bush guy instead.

By: Lance Boyle

Lance Boyle — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:17:27 +0000

It’s tacitly assumed that the Greeks themselves were running security for the Games, but it’s not so. From this distance, you’d think that security measures would increase the closer you got to the end of the Games, especially for a race as high-profile as the marathon. But did they? Of course they did. What’s the actual result of Horan’s move? What’s it done to the focus of world attention? How has it redirected sympathy and regard? Has it scrambled the view? The fun thing about cattle-mutilations and crop circles is they make the in-between mentalities much more skeptical of the arcane and convoluted. “Conspiracy theories” now meaning, beyond re-interpretation or redefinition, things that are not real. When in fact we are in the midst of the grandest and most complex conspiracies ever conceived. Franklin, even though he’s confessed to it, was not a spy and did not transfer any intelligence data, to anyone. Another nutjob in the media spotlight… So who was running security in Athens? Well yeah.

By: dermot

dermot — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:09:38 +0000

Kieran you can’t take credit for everything good any Irish person does. You shouldn’t feel embarassed by anything that any Irish person does. Especially someone who is as certifiable as this guy. I thought we’d gone beyond this “embarassment for the nation” stuff. Dermot (in Dublin)

By: Keith Gaughan

Keith Gaughan — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:36:28 +0000

It’s worth noting that the bloke is living in the UK right now, so there’s little we could do about restricting the gobshite’s movements in that regard. There have been calls by politicians here in Ireland to have his Irish passport taken off him, but that, I’m afraid, is as far as we can possibly go right now.

By: nick

nick — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:19:14 +0000

He’s a Kerryman, no? That doesn’t help negate that famous stereotype.

By: fantazia

fantazia — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:47:04 +0000

Film of the incident viewable here: http://folk.uio.no/perel/Incident.mpg

By: Matt Weiner

Matt Weiner — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:18:53 +0000

Bad Jim—Why are you trying?

By: Randy Paul

Randy Paul — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:54:33 +0000

I agree with Andrew. My wife’s Brazilian and I think that she was more outraged by the fact that he was a priest than anything else.

By: andrew cooke

andrew cooke — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:41:12 +0000

racial stereotyping, restriction of individual rights based on appearance, and blaming a nation for one idiot’s behaviour. impressive.

By: billyfrombelfast

billyfrombelfast — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:22:31 +0000

Well the guy’s insane, so I don’t think we have anything to be embarassed about.