Proposed Che Guevara sculpture on the prom

Canvasser

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Thanks I didn't know that.

Would it not be feared that it might isolate us from visits from American tourists which seems to be where the big tourism money is in Ireland as far as I know ?

Do you seriously think American tourists would boycott Galway because of Che Guevara statue? You have to remember that most American tourists don't come from places like Mississippi and Alabama.

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Canvasser wrote: »

Do you seriously think American tourists would boycott Galway because of Che Guevara statue? You have to remember that most American tourists don't come from places like Mississippi and Alabama.

Cuban tourists on the other hand .... Galway would only see the dozy feckers that swim the wrong way when they hit out for Miami.

I jest of course, the idea that a shítty little statue would attract or put off tourists is a stretch on either side.

Napper Hawkins

That is brilliant news and if it's true, I for one hope it happens. So..much....lol....can't....Stand it..

dloob

Well having her father born in Galway beats Che's great grandfather being maybe born in Galway.

galwayrush

We could piss off another large section of people by erecting one in honour of Lord Haw Haw..:pac:

Canvasser

Ricardo Uptight Geophysics wrote: »

Cuban tourists on the other hand .... Galway would only see the dozy feckers that swim the wrong way when they hit out for Miami.

I jest of course, the idea that a shítty little statue would attract or put off tourists is a stretch on either side.

He's a hero accross the whole Latin world.

celty

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

TBF to the Cuban guy it's about time somebody took the piss out of this Irish culture of claiming the tiniest link to famous people.

Diabhal ... are you one of the Beags from Connemara? I think we're related!:D

celty

Canvasser wrote: »

He's a hero accross the whole Latin world.

Canvasser,

Seeing as how you used to (still do?) canvass for Cllr Mike Crowe, I'm getting worried. Has your a/c been hijacked? Somehow can't see ye out on the Prom, celebrating the great Latin American revolutionary hero on the day the statue is unveiled

Diabhal Beag

celty wrote: »

Diabhal ... are you one of the Beags from Connemara? I think we're related!:D

No, I'm the youngest of the Guevara family from Claregalway.

fishy fishy

Canvasser wrote: »

Do you seriously think American tourists would boycott Galway because of Che Guevara statue? You have to remember that most American tourists don't come from places like Mississippi and Alabama.

whats alabama and mississippi got to do with it.

Its only in South Floriday that there seems to be a problem - don't you know your history?

fishy fishy

celty wrote: »

Canvasser,

Seeing as how you used to (still do?) canvass for Cllr Mike Crowe, I'm getting worried. Has your a/c been hijacked? Somehow can't see ye out on the Prom, celebrating the great Latin American revolutionary hero on the day the statue is unveiled

canvasser, shame shame!!:o

fishy fishy

surime wrote: »

This is crazy! Was not there in history enough real heroes and people who deserve a sculpture?
Who is he for most of the people - a teenage T-shirt hero???
He was responsible for a death of many people and he was a communist..

a "trendy rebel star" !

omg is this a serious post?

Mr_A

Of course there will also have to be a statue of Fidelma Healy Eames handing school books to a beaming African child, while in the background her car is towed away by the Gardai.

Night Falls

celty wrote: »

Apparently now some goon of a Cuban American has suggested he'd like to pay for a statue of Lindsay Lohan in Galway ... as she has stronger Galway links than El Che

I won't know how to feel about this until an unelected weirdo tells me what to think. Apropos of nothing, has Mr. Ganley made his feeling clear on this yet?

sgthighway

DON'T WANT IT. Boards Polls don't reflect the real view.

Night Falls

sgthighway wrote: »

DON'T WANT IT. Boards Polls don't reflect the real view.

And what would the "real view" be then? Your view, is it?

celty

Lads,

This thing about a Lindsay Lohan statue is pure rubbish.

ikmartraubt (?) the person who started this thread hasn't provided a link, despite a request to do so by Ficheall above, and has only joined boards this month, only posting three times ... all three posts about Che Guevara and Lindsay Lohan.

A Wikipedia search of this wonderful Florida business man is the grand total of one paragraph long and, miraculously, was only created last Thursday.

As if this issue hadn't been overblown enough already...!

I detect a very poor Troll!!

dloob

celty wrote: »

Lads,

This thing about a Lindsay Lohan statue is pure rubbish.

ikmartraubt (?) the person who started this thread hasn't provided a link, despite a request to do so by Ficheall above, and has only joined boards this month, only posting three times ... all three posts about Che Guevara and Lindsay Lohan.

A Wikipedia search of this wonderful Florida business man is the grand total of one paragraph long and, miraculously, was only created last Thursday.

As if this issue hadn't been overblown enough already...!

I detect a very poor Troll!!

They put a lot of work in though.

Google thinks the name is a typo and Elviro should be the rather more feminine Elvira.
However it does find links on places like forbes, cbs news, miami times and huffington post among others.
But they are all comment sections usually with a solitary posting about his lindsay lohan statue or his biopic.

The wikipedia link was also created by user "Moldovanstar" whos only other contribution to wikipedia are various acts of vandalism about various Moldovan and Spanish football players playing for Ireland and Cork City.

celty

dloob wrote: »

They put a lot of work in though.

Google thinks the name is a typo and Elviro should be the rather more feminine Elvira.
However it does find links on places like forbes, cbs news, miami times and huffington post among others.
But they are all comment sections usually with a solitary posting about his lindsay lohan statue or his biopic.

The wikipedia link was also created by user "Moldovanstar" whos only other contribution to wikipedia are various acts of vandalism about various Moldovan and Spanish football players playing for Ireland and Cork City.

Did they put a lot of work in Dloob? The same comment seems to be copied and pasted onto Forbes, CBS News, Orlando Sentinel, etc.

But there's no valid news piece, anywhere!

Troll exposed

Night Falls

Trolling or not, I still think it would be safer if Ganley just came out and gave his views on this hypothetical proposal.

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Night Falls wrote: »

Trolling or not, I still think it would be safer if Ganley just came out and gave his views on this hypothetical proposal.

He did, didn't he? Or was this some other troll?

http://www.thejournal.ie/che-guevara-monument-would-shame-the-people-of-galway-and-ireland-368920-Feb2012/

paddyandy

Celebrating a Killer .

Night Falls

churchview wrote: »

He did, didn't he? Or was this some other troll?

http://www.thejournal.ie/che-guevara-monument-would-shame-the-people-of-galway-and-ireland-368920-Feb2012/

I know what to think on the Guevara statue as our Glorious (unelected) Leader has imparted his wisdom on the subject. But for the love of Ganley, please let him speak on the hypothetical Lohan one, I'm going out of my mind with worry.

Night Falls

paddyandy wrote: »

Celebrating a Killer .

One man's freedom fighter etc.

Good job there are no other statues or memorials in Ireland dedicated to people who may have taken lives in pursuit of their goals.

celty

paddyandy wrote: »

Celebrating a Killer .

Paddy,

I heard Lindsay Lohan is a wild young wan but I never heard she was a killer

dloob

celty wrote: »

Did they put a lot of work in Dloob? The same comment seems to be copied and pasted onto Forbes, CBS News, Orlando Sentinel, etc.

But there's no valid news piece, anywhere!

Troll exposed

I dunno they probably had to sign up to leave a comment, seems like a lot of bother to me.
Maybe i'm just lazy.

celty

dloob wrote: »

I dunno they probably had to sign up to leave a comment, seems like a lot of bother to me.
Maybe i'm just lazy.

Dloob,

I woudln't say you are lazy! But it does seem that the mystery poster above (with all of three posts, all this month) wrote a bogus news story and then posted it as a comment on three or four US websites, hoping it would take legs and probably get picked up by a media outlet here.

If you do a search you find nothing credible on the Net about this supposed Florida billionaire, whose anger at Galway City Council has somehow led to a proposal for a Lindsay Lohan statue.

Even Declan Ganley woudln't make that one up.

Strange how the poster above has never got back to Ficheall with an exact link, showing us where this originated from ...

_Whimsical_

So disappointed this isn't true!

Fuinseog

if we name the street after the Famine queen and even a hotel then why would there be a problem with Che?

it might upset our financial benefactors, the Americans?
If I am not mistaken Liam Mellows was a socialist come communist and his statue has pride of place in the city.

Canvasser

Fuinseog wrote: »

if we name the street after the Famine queen and even a hotel then why would there be a problem with Che?

it might upset our financial benefactors, the Americans?
If I am not mistaken Liam Mellows was a socialist come communist and his statue has pride of place in the city.

American investers don't give a toss. They'll invest anywhere they can make profits. It's just Ganley and some right wing Cubans trying to dictate to us.