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Lolek Ltd, Trading as 'The Iona Institute'

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    #932
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,642 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    lazygal wrote: »
    An example of the Lord working in mysterious ways?

    Mysterious that the LORD yet again fails to provide...

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #933
    lazygal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,644 ✭✭✭✭lazygal


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Mysterious that the LORD yet again fails to provide...

    Mysterious indeed that the Lord doesn't simply stop gay marriage, abortion and whatever else David's"institute" is agin.


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    #934
    MrPudding
    Registered Users Posts: 9,788 ✭✭✭MrPudding


    PopePalpatine wrote: »
    IIRC I heard that paying someone very little (i.e. <~€0.50) via Paypal or a bank transfer actually results in a net loss for the receiver. It would make sense given that I've seen notices in shops, restaurants and pubs saying the minimum payment is €5 or €10.

    ... Just saying like... Not suggesting a Nationwide campaign or anything...

    MrP


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    #935
    Bobby42
    Registered Users Posts: 1,314 ✭✭✭Bobby42


    I don't think this make iona look good at all. Bad time of year to be raising funds to discriminate against people.

    Loads of charities raising funds at the moment. Charities like Focus Ireland and Dublin Simon looking to raise money to help the homeless.

    One comment I saw summed it up perfectly - Homeless people literally dying on the street and this group are raising money to fight against marriage equality.

    Whats their slogan, your ten euro donation will ensure a gay couple will stay unmarried.


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    #936
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    Bobby42 wrote: »
    I don't think this make iona look good at all. Bad time of year to be raising funds to discriminate against people.

    Loads of charities raising funds at the moment. Charities like Focus Ireland and Dublin Simon looking to raise money to help the homeless.

    One comment I saw summed it up perfectly - Homeless people literally dying on the street and this group are raising money to fight against marriage equality.

    Whats their slogan, your ten euro donation will ensure a gay couple will stay unmarried.

    I'd say it would be some PR-friendly waffle about "ensuring respect (read: deference) for this country's Christian heritage".


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    #937
    Mr_A
    Registered Users Posts: 500 ✭✭✭Mr_A


    Donate today: https://soundcloud.com/fintan-otoolbox/an-urgent-appeal-on-behalf-of-the-pharisee-institute


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    #938
    fisgon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭fisgon


    Nice parody from Tara Flynn here...



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    #939
    eyescreamcone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭eyescreamcone


    PopePalpatine wrote: »
    I'd say it would be some PR-friendly waffle about "ensuring respect (read: deference) for this country's Christian heritage".

    Our non-Christian heritage is a lot longer and more colourful than our christian heritage I'd imagine


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    #940
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,798 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/david-quinn/why-i-just-cant-believe-in-stephen-frys-illconsidered-atheist-outburst-30968948.html

    David "I'm not a homophobe" Quinn mistakes sophistry for actual cleverness.


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    #941
    fisgon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭fisgon


    oscarBravo wrote: »
    http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/david-quinn/why-i-just-cant-believe-in-stephen-frys-illconsidered-atheist-outburst-30968948.html

    David "I'm not a homophobe" Quinn mistakes sophistry for actual cleverness.

    Basically, without god you cannot have morality or free will. Absolutely no justification for this claim, it is simply stated as fact. It's the same old nonsense from Quinny, trying to pick holes in Fry's position, where there are absolutely no holes.

    Meanwhile, he mentions the Problem of Evil, which Fry alludes to in his interview, and in fairness Quinn lays it out pretty clearly. What he doesn't do, of course, is offer any explanation as to a solution for the problem of evil for believers. Because there is none.


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    #942
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,518 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    I see people are starting to refer to Iona as Lolek Ltd, their company name. Can we make this a thing?


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    #943
    MrPudding
    Registered Users Posts: 9,788 ✭✭✭MrPudding


    5uspect wrote: »
    I see people are starting to refer to Iona as Lolek Ltd, their company name. Can we make this a thing?

    I much prefer the idea of making €0.01 donations via PayPal.

    MrP


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    #944
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,518 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    MrPudding wrote: »
    I much prefer the idea of making €0.01 donations via PayPal.

    MrP

    Why not both? :)


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    #945
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,164 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    5uspect wrote: »
    I see people are starting to refer to Iona as Lolek Ltd, their company name. Can we make this a thing?

    I still prefer the iOnanists.


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    #946
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,414 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    oscarBravo wrote: »
    David "I'm not a homophobe" Quinn mistakes sophistry for actual cleverness.
    And I submit that you are mistaking error for policy.


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    #947
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    oscarBravo wrote: »
    http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/david-quinn/why-i-just-cant-believe-in-stephen-frys-illconsidered-atheist-outburst-30968948.html

    David "I'm not a homophobe" Quinn mistakes sophistry for actual cleverness.

    I see he's copying fellow Definitely-Not-A-Homophobe-Or-Else-I'll-Sue-Your-Quare-Arse John Waters in that aspect.


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    #948
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,481 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Lolek Ltd are really branching out! :D

    iona1.jpg

    http://www.broadsheet.ie/2015/02/09/swerve-2/


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    #949
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,481 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Lolek Limited to Iona's wikipedia page...doubt it'll last long

    Its only right people can easily obtain all info about them after all :)

    338446.png


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    #950
    lazygal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,644 ✭✭✭✭lazygal


    ^^^Is that liberal bias at work there?


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    #951
    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 18,081 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    i like the "institute" is not a protected term in Ireland , reminds me of Dara O'Brien's Dentist (protected term) versus toothioligist

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #952
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    silverharp wrote: »
    i like the "institute" is not a protected term in Ireland , reminds me of Dara O'Brien's Dentist (protected term) versus toothioligist

    IIRC, isn't the same true of "nutritionist"?


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    #953
    Stark
    Registered Users Posts: 20,974 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    PopePalpatine wrote: »
    IIRC, isn't the same true of "nutritionist"?

    Yup. Dietician is the protected term.


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    #954
    Calina
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Calina


    Stark wrote: »
    Yup. Dietician is the protected term.

    * prickles *

    dietitian


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    #955
    Brian Shanahan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,232 ✭✭✭Brian Shanahan


    With the recent discussion in thread, I petition for the mods to change the thread name to:

    Lolek Ltd.: The artists formerly known as Iona Institute.

    Edit: with apologies to Prince of course.


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    #956
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    Brian Shanahan wrote: »
    With the recent discussion in thread, I petition for the mods to change the thread name to:

    Lolek Ltd.: The scam artists formerly known as Iona Institute.

    Fixed. :pac:


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    #957
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,180 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Does anyone know how many members make up the II - would it be in double figures?


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    #958
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,414 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    spurious wrote: »
    Does anyone know how many members make up the II - would it be in double figures?
    I always had them down as about the same size as a bad-tempered dinner party.


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    #959
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,481 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    So if lolek Ltd is their registered name, what's stopping somebody registering Iona Institute as a limited company name? :)


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    #960
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    Cabaal wrote: »
    So if lolek Ltd is their registered name, what's stopping somebody registering Iona Institute as a limited company name? :)

    That sounds like a great idea for a strip club.


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    #961
    Brian Shanahan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,232 ✭✭✭Brian Shanahan


    PopePalpatine wrote: »
    That sounds like a great idea for a strip club.

    A gay strip club perhaps?


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