Harry123 (12-07-21)
In honour of Ivana's victory I will punt this weekend.
blackfrancis (10-07-21), sibbald (10-07-21), The Libertarian (11-07-21)
The Libertarian (11-07-21)
Seems to be way the world is going..
Left wing progressives (Educated) are usually the middle class (I'm not counting the Shinners as left, frankly I feel they are something else at their core)
The old Socialist leaning working class are now being swept up by the hard right, see Torys and Republicans.
We live in interesting times when working class people are voting against their own interests.
Congratulations .
Senator Princess Ivana now becomes Deputy Princess Ivana. Hip hip horray
However princess Ivana and her team refuse to acknowledge her darkest secret. Such information that is well hidden, not mentioned in her Wikipedia profile or any of the glowing newspaper profiles in her hour of glory. However I’m willing to share this dark secret to you all my friends.
Priness Ivana is not as her RTÉ profile description says a “Rathgar native”
Princess Ivana is from CORK.
: I debated her in The Dail in 2013 in front of The Committee leading up to new Law .
I found her to be dishonest , willing not only to lie to others but to her own self as well .
Overbearing , illogical , not willing to listen to have a balanced pragmatic discussion ;
My experience with her was rather negative , she was insensible in her argument against
our profession : stated personal OPINIONS whereas I was recounting personal experience
‘on the ground’ and Rachel at the time wholly plugged into the dynamic of the foreign Girls’ world ;
I was asking about Legality of criminalizing one party of an exchange - as opposed to both : or Neither .
Legally their Law is an a*se .
She had no answers to questions I posed to her , could not back up her position .
The decision ( based on Moral disapproval of Sex Work ) had already been made ,
and when Rachel and I went in front of them , well , it was no more than a charade :
: only Two active sex workers were allowed to testify / Rachel and I —
— when at the same time they had heard from dozens of Anti organizations ( Ruhama et al ) ,
they had listened to testimony from embittered ex street walkers who had been active in 90’s ::
:: which ( their experiences ) would have absolutely no relevance to 21st Century indoor Entertaining .
I have no nice words re her .
Intellectually corrupt , morally compromised .
I do what I want. I cannot do otherwise.
Barney Rubble (12-07-21), ShyRedViking (12-07-21)
We were ( Rach and I ) in there for some 2 Plus hours ; grilled by the Committee
left , right , and center . Don’t remember how many of them sat there questioning us .
Intimidating !
Mostly hostile , some disinterested , some dismissive .
Bacik sticks out of the rest : I remember only Her name .
I was told she was a Constitutional Lawyer , yet she made no sense , could Not
reason or back up her assertions . I’m sure I was a pain in her side for that short time .
/ I’m sure there’s a recording of the session somewhere ...
Rachel made us proud - simple language , heartfelt words , she was a firecracker smart cookie .
I represented a diff aspect of our industry / less ‘adventure’ , more settled and steady .
Still made no difference - they did not Hear what we had to say . A shame .
I do what I want. I cannot do otherwise.
Barney Rubble (12-07-21), ShyRedViking (12-07-21)