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Still Waters No Longer Running, Derp.

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    #1382
    AerynSun
    Registered Users Posts: 544 ✭✭✭AerynSun


    robindch wrote: »
    ^^^ Waters going down the pan again?

    John. Waters. :) Lame, I know... but it made me chuckle anyway.


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    #1383
    porsche959
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭porsche959


    Waters has had a good few weeks, he's had all the publicity he craves. Would it be too much to ask that we just ignore him for a while?


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    #1384
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,803 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    not_a_homophobe.jpg


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    #1385
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,417 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    293250.jpg


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    #1386
    wp_rathead
    Registered Users Posts: 10,071 ✭✭✭✭wp_rathead


    oscarBravo wrote: »
    not_a_homophobe.jpg

    much better than my attempt using Paint..

    6Qha4e.jpg


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    #1387
    P_1
    Registered Users Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/media/a-columnist-s-job-confers-some-privileges-and-obligations-1.1686487?page=1

    Fintan O'Toole putting the boot in again.


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    #1388
    tawnyowl
    Registered Users Posts: 511 ✭✭✭tawnyowl


    P_1 wrote: »
    http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/media/a-columnist-s-job-confers-some-privileges-and-obligations-1.1686487?page=1

    Fintan O'Toole putting the boot in again.

    Good to see him doing it - someone has long needed to say that about the Watery one in the Irish Times.


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    #1389
    vitani
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭vitani


    No sign of Waters in the Irish Times again this week. Is he gone, do we know?


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    #1390
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users Posts: 11,939 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    If he is...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roRQ2mNwMMQ


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    #1391
    Galvasean
    Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    P_1 wrote: »
    http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/media/a-columnist-s-job-confers-some-privileges-and-obligations-1.1686487?page=1

    Fintan O'Toole putting the boot in again.

    He's fast becoming my favourite writer.


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    #1392
    TwoShedsJackson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,438 ✭✭✭TwoShedsJackson


    vitani wrote: »
    No sign of Waters in the Irish Times again this week. Is he gone, do we know?

    He's 'on leave' according to a one-liner at the bottom of the column that seems to have replaced his.


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    #1393
    Zillah
    Registered Users Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    TwoShedsJackson wrote: »
    He's 'on leave' according to a one-liner at the bottom of the column that seems to have replaced his.

    Haha, whoops, we broke him. He must be seriously realising how thoroughly he's lost this fight.


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    #1394
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,417 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    TwoShedsJackson wrote: »
    He's 'on leave' according to a one-liner [...]
    Aw, we'd have to close this thread then.

    Still:

    295158.gif


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    #1395
    Brian Shanahan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,232 ✭✭✭Brian Shanahan


    robindch wrote: »
    Aw, we'd have to close this thread then.

    Still:

    295158.gif

    Why does that gif remind me of Fr. Ted doing his Hitler impression?


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    #1396
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,803 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    TwoShedsJackson wrote: »
    He's 'on leave' according to a one-liner at the bottom of the column that seems to have replaced his.

    You missed the best bit: the column that has replaced his is Olivia O'Leary talking about how she'll be actively campaigning for a Yes vote in the marriage equality referendum.

    How awesome is that? :D


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    #1397
    lazygal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,644 ✭✭✭✭lazygal


    oscarBravo wrote: »
    You missed the best bit: the column that has replaced his is Olivia O'Leary talking about how she'll be actively campaigning for a Yes vote in the marriage equality referendum.

    How awesome is that? :D

    The Lord working in mysterious ways indeed. Oh! The mysteriousess of reality!


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    #1398
    Piliger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,741 ✭✭✭Piliger


    More like IT opportunism in promoting this knockabout hype in order to increase sales.


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    #1399
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,803 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    I'll take my awesomeness cheap and tawdry, thanks. ;)


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    #1400
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Journalist John Waters has taken extended leave from the Irish Times following the fallout from a defamation case he has settled with RTE.

    Mr Waters took the decision following the backlash he received over his legal action against the national broadcaster for comments made by Rory O'Neill on The Saturday Night Show last month.
    His weekly Friday column has not appeared in the newspaper since January 31. It is not known if or when Mr Waters will return.

    The columnist took the decision less than two weeks after a letter was sent on his behalf to fellow Irish Times columnist Una Mullally.
    As a result of the letter, Ms Mullally's column was edited to omit a reference to Mr Waters.
    The article, which appeared in the newspaper under the headline 'Watchdog needed ahead of LGBT rights debate', was changed in the online version on January 20 and the web headline now reads: 'Homophobia watchdog needed before marriage equality referendum.'

    Mr Waters is one of the country's highest-paid columnists and also writes for the Mail on Sunday but his column did not appear last week.
    Neither Mr Waters nor the Irish Times were available for comment at the time of going to print."
    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/pantigate-row-rumbles-on-as-journalist-takes-extended-leave-30033801.html

    (my bold and underline, to emphasise important parts, items of sheer horror)

    The rest of the article is Breda O'Brien whinging.


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    #1401
    lazygal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,644 ✭✭✭✭lazygal


    I really hope they are starting to rue the day they sent those solicitors letters. This row is totally of their own making. I wonder if anyone would.be talking about these homophobes had they said nothing? Great to see well paid bigots getting a comeuppance for once. I wonder if and when the Watery one will get over his hurt feelings? It'll be a whiny rant of epic proportions.


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    #1402
    vitani
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭vitani


    So it sounds like he's been sending solicitors letters to his own colleagues. FFS.


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    #1403
    pauldla
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    lazygal wrote: »
    I really hope they are starting to rue the day they sent those solicitors letters. This row is totally of their own making. I wonder if anyone would.be talking about these homophobes had they said nothing? Great to see well paid bigots getting a comeuppance for once. I wonder if and when the Watery one will get over his hurt feelings? It'll be a whiny rant of epic proportions.

    Hoist on their own petards, indeed. I'll say it again, I cannot fathom what they must have been thinking to get into all this. Still, hope they ignore the first rule of holes, and keep digging.


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    #1404
    MrPudding
    Registered Users Posts: 9,788 ✭✭✭MrPudding


    pauldla wrote: »
    Hoist on their own petards, indeed. I'll say it again, I cannot fathom what they must have been thinking to get into all this. Still, hope they ignore the first rule of holes, and keep digging.
    The thing is, they clearly beleived that people would be on their side. I think there might be some delusion going on here as well.

    MrP


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    #1405
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,417 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    MrPudding wrote: »
    [...] clearly beleived that people would be on their side.
    So did Yanukovich and his mates.


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    #1406
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,410 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    I was wondering if he had gone off to be appointed as one of Pope Frank's 19 new cardinals...

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



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    #1407
    bumper234
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    The Black Oil wrote: »
    I was wondering if he had gone off to be appointed as one of Pope Frank's 19 new cardinals...

    I believe he is holding out the deal was sainthood or nothing.


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    #1408
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,417 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    bumper234 wrote: »
    I believe he is holding out the deal was sainthood or nothing.
    Would make sense if sainthood comes with free parking in Dun Laoghaire.


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    #1409
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Shame he didn't apply for martyrdom.

    Does anyone know what foul and scurrilous words Ms Mullally used to so upset this Great Man Of Our Times?


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    #1410
    wp_rathead
    Registered Users Posts: 10,071 ✭✭✭✭wp_rathead


    Nodin wrote: »
    Shame he didn't apply for martyrdom.

    Does anyone know what foul and scurrilous words Ms Mullally used to so upset this Great Man Of Our Times?

    prob just complaining she didn't use enough adjectives and was pissed she clearly hadn't used the thesaurus he gave to her


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    #1411
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,497 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2014/02/24/john-waters-relocating-to-uganda/
    RISH columnist John Waters announced today that he is relocating to Uganda and will cease his Irish journalistic career indefinitely.

    The 58-and-a-half-year-old made the comments while queuing at a departures desk in Dublin airport this evening.

    Mr. Waters’ departure comes just weeks after a major controversy surrounding homophobic claims made by Irish drag queen Panti on RTE’S The Saturday Night Show. Since then the Irish Times journalist has come under fire for receiving a substantial compensation claim from the state broadcaster...............................


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