Originally posted by lopper:
Was he not supposed to leave when Enda became Taoiseach??

This message has been edited - 24-apr-2012 @ 13:47

Originally posted by inbetweeners:
...That said to tar the whole of the Catholic Church as "f***ing up the country" is a blatant lie. He is only looking to bump up his profile. Kicking the Church usually works for that..

Originally posted by batter burger:
If you've seen the papers since sunday you know what i mean. What do ye think, he refused to apologise anyway. What a grandstanding príck this guy is. I'm no churchgoer and i'm not religious in any way but i respect peoples right to believe what they want and i have respect for a good few Catholic clergy i have come across. He is a pain in the hole on this subject and should shut up.
I really fúcking hate that guy so much that i'm probably completely biased but what the hey.

This message has been edited - 24-apr-2012 @ 13:52

Originally posted by Scaoil Amach an Bobailín:

I agree with you 100%. Darcy is a grade A Wanker. I have no doubt he sees himself and his radio show as a sort of alternative to God and the Catholic Church for the modern generation of Irish, where you can text in your problems / worries / fears and Ray Almighty will make them go away. I'd almost prefer to have hot oil poured down my ears than have to listen to that show every morning, because not only have you Darcy, but you have another massively self important cúnt alongside him in Will Hanafin, not too mention the other two wagons who love nothing more than to talk complete and utter bollocks on subjects they know nothing about, but think they can get away it because they have sexy, half american sounding accents.

Originally posted by Rebel CNC:
Yeah - you can be sure he'd never have a pop at the muslim religon re their treatment of women or a certain Irish indigenous group and their grá for the bit of crime.

Originally posted by inbetweeners:
Haha!Got a great laugh out of that. That will put me me in good spirits for the second half of the day.

Originally posted by The Parting Gas:

The Catholic Church has fvcked up the country for years. Abuse, the Magdalen laundries, stymying the introduction of divorce, etc. Anyone who can't see that needs their head examined.

Originally posted by Pas de Deux:
What was the alternative to the Magdalen laundries or the Industrial Schools ? - the nuns and the brothers were the only ones that wanted to know at the time. Society in general, including Government and the public failed the children that went to these places.The abuse was carried out by a very small minority. There were many nuns, priests and brothers that gave their lives selflessly for the underpriviliged and the outcast and don't deserved to be tarred with the same brush.

Originally posted by The Parting Gas:
No question but that Darcy is a prize arzehole, but there's also no question but that he's 100 per cent right.The Catholic Church has fvcked up the country for years. Abuse, the Magdalen laundries, stymying the introduction of divorce, etc. Anyone who can't see that needs their head examined.Even much of the good it did, i.e. education, was done with the aim of controlling how people were brought up.

Originally posted by ballygowan:
Are you serious??? The church created & carefully maintained the stigma of having a child out of wedlock. What was the alternative to the Magdalen laundaries? Leave the poor women alone at home to have their children in peace & not have the children taken off them & be forced to work as slaves for years. That's the alternative.

This message has been edited - 24-apr-2012 @ 15:48

Originally posted by Frodo:

I am sure there is probably a case to be made for and against his point but I am constantly amazed about the amount of vitriol D'arcy stirs up on this forum. I sometimes listen in for fix it Friday and would remember him for various gigs over the years , some good some bad mostly ok but Jesus he hardly deserves some of the stuff thrown at him here. Is he any more self important than Tom Dunne or Tubridy for example ? .