What’s your most controversial opinion? **Read OP** **Mod Note in Post #3372**

Kevin Reynolds might disagree with you on the Prime Time bit of your post.

Two opinions:

• I am tired of the line of "people and families wondering how they're going to put food on the table this winter". This isn't the 15th century and we've had a bad harvest and the peasantry will be dying off in droves. Yes, food has become expensive, to a point. But you can go out and still buy a lot of ingredients in bulk. This line that people won't be able to eat in this country. Look around, no one is starving, if anything we're the opposite.
• A lot of girls are pillow queens and men are generally left doing the spade work as it were. While sex is great and enjoyable a lot of men like to be cared for and feel their partner is just as involved in the act. Having to dictate the flow of positions, what next, is a big turn off and all it would take to spice up things in the bedroom would be taking control.

Funny how the houses that go overboard on lights and decorations are in places you'd least expect would be able to afford them.

It's like when you see someone look at a little handicapped and go "Ooh, look at him, he's not able-bodied. I am, I'm prejudiced." Yeah, well, at least the little handicapped fella is able-minded. Unless he's not, it's difficult to tell with the wheelchair ones. Just give generously to them all.

Any person should be able to start a full social welfare and revenue investigation on any person who asks them for a light.

I saw a great doc about feuding traveller families and bareknuckle boxing.

It's stressful having to live in that world. Even one of the bareknuckle boxing champion said he wanted to stop but never seemed able to.

There are convincing arguments for eugenics.

Mismanagement is one thing.

but the sport not getting a fair craic of the whip in the first place is another. Obviously you’d ignore that.

interesting that you just pulled the FAI..

athletics, cricket and many other sports here are chronically underfunded….

you’ve been given the sport Ireland funding numbers, you are ignoring them.

Irish Olympians have in the recent past been refused funding. Walker Thomas Griffin was one.

It simply isn’t incorrect.

money is thrown at the GAA and for the participation and interests in soccer, yes it is underfunded. Tennis, athletics , golf, cricket and so on the same…..

investment is needed in those sports to improve them. Facilities admin, spectator / match day and training facilities…

GAA have significant revenue streams that the likes of those aforementioned sports don’t enjoy. So they don’t ‘need’ the taxpayers kicking in so much… So they should be paying their own way more…I don’t say give nothing, I say spread the wealth…. instead of the GAA repeatedly cap in hand to us taxpayers, again…

Irish Cricket team has been granted test status, we are now ranked in the top 10 sides in the world also. Participation levels here grew almost 100% in the preceding decade to this one…. We are seen as viable and competitive on the world stage as shown by the willingness and even demand of England, Pakistan, Australia, West Indies, India to come here with their first choice elevens and play us in multiple formats.

yet… this stranglehold the GAA have… Government funding of €29.8M, commercial income from two All-Ireland championships of €26.2M, and gate receipts of €11.7M.

Over the course of 2020 and 2021, the GAA received €48.2M in direct Rescue Funding from the Government. That is according to their statement.

They told the media as follows…

"The GAA prides itself on its self-sufficiency," said GAA Director General, Tom Ryan.

"That is true at all levels of the organisation, from Club to Central Council.”

somewhat hypocritical… somewhat cutehoorisim and talking out of both sides of their mouth. It comes second nature.

we are self sufficient but we’ll have tens of millions of taxpayers cash.

like a millionaire going to the bank for a car loan.

Surprise surprise, one person who has done a marathon doesn’t agree.

I think it shows determination, strength of character, ability to follow through, time management because long training takes up a huge amount of time. Solo running is tough - playing on a team, with your team mates to encourage and provide friendship not so tough. Horses for courses - as I up my training for the next race -I have a family, run a business, study for a degree - I think that takes mental toughness, strength and determination and a willingness to dig deep.

Civilization has peaked and we are now at the start of a downward spiral

A lot of this is due to the restrictions we place on ourselves due to the deeply flawed implementation of ideas like social justice inclusion affirmative action etc and not the ideas themselves

Ultimately we are Fcuked because a culture of people who will never acknowledge that they are wrong

In this house we stopped watching it,, The kids are no fun,, the singing & dancing is crap,, and the worst part is, all the toys are utter rubbish.

How often has a toy failed to turn on, or failed to do what it says on the tin... it's all just plastic garbage..

Oh, and Tubbs is crap too..