Aug 5th: Alan Warner 1 Ian Paisley 0
I'm sure the organisers of the Wigtown Book Festival are creaming their literary pants at the thought of all the free publicity that Ian Paisley will generate when he appears there next month. One person who won't be appearing is writer Alan Warner, who supposedly told the organisers that he was opposed to sectarianism so wouldn't taking part this year.
Fair do's. Ian Paisley may be walking on his hind trotters these days, with snout in the First Minister's trough, but he's a still a sectarian Orange bigot. WBF could be renamed for the day as Larkhall in The Park. Bring yer own flute and drum, plus Buckie in a bag, then get stuck intae aw they readers.
posted by Kevin Williamson at
12:16 PM
24 Comments:
Ignorance is bliss. If those who are so anti-Paisley were to ask some of his constituents (those who kick with the wrong foot) about him, they may get a much clearer picture.........anyway I would assume Warner is scared to turn up as his recent work is pish to say the least.
1:59 PM
Whats the prob! I love his reverance Paisley.
5:21 PM
paisley is anti-catholic. fact. which makes him sectarian. it is not that hard to understand ya dobbers.
sf
8:39 PM
Ask the folk who voted for Paisley??? That would be like asking the folk who voted for Sarkozy or Dubya Bush why these guys were so great. As the previous poster said so eloquently: fucking dobbers, the lot of them.
9:31 PM
Oh, the irony. Condemnation of a sectarian bigot on the blog of a Scots Nationalist bigot.
2:06 AM
I think if you read my comment it said to ask his "constituents" - those from the other community, and you will find that he works equally as hard for all sides.
6:26 AM
Anonymous - To be a bigot you have to actually be against some group of people because of their religion or nationality or suchlike.
To translate an argument in favour of democracy for Scotland and for the break of the British state into "nationalist bigot" suggests you're still at the Janet and John stage of politics. Or the Karl and Leon...
7:32 AM
KW1 - if Paisley is still a member of the Orange lodge he's a sectarian bigot. It's an anti-catholic organisation.
7:34 AM
If you do a wee bit of research you will find that Paisley in not a member of the Orange Order, he was involved in the formation of the Independent Orange Order and I think he still addresses them on occasion, but as far as I am aware he was never a member of the Loyal Orange Institution of Ireland, and is no longer a member of the Independent Orange Order.
As an aside, the Orange Order is not anti-Roman Catholic, it is pro-Protestant. It would be futile to say that there aren’t those amongst its ranks who are ant-catholic…..just like there are those in the SNP who are anti-English.
7:48 AM
if he is not a member of the ludge anymair does this mean iain paisley is a former bigot?
1:07 PM
KW1 69O - where were you on the Orange post a couple of weeks ago? I thought you'd have chipped in with a witty response to my message, no?
3:27 PM
I was in Malaysia.
5:00 PM
never mind his homophobic, bigoted views and extremely shady past, Paisley's the very antithesis of everything literature is at it's best. hardly the poster boy for freethinking. there's also no evidence that this man has ever read anything bar the crazy shite at the end of the bible, all the stuff about dragons and the lukewarm being spewed from the devil's gullet (he seems to have skipped over all that awkward stuff about the carpenter and "treat others..." but sure if ye invent your own religion as you go along you can do that). in the end he's just a sad old man fronting an abandoned Puritan sect that have closed themselves off to the world and modernity and have slowly driven themselves mad. fair play to Alan.
12:12 AM
Oh, so now it is the stuff that Paisley has in common with the Roman Catholic church which make him unsavoury - Warners latest stuff is still pish by the way;)
9:14 AM
KW14 thats twice you've said Warners stuff is pish. Repeating yersel cos there's no other backers for that particular horse? Warner's last two novels have been great reads. As in "no pish at aw". Sure you've read them, or ya just jumped on board the inevitable but tiresome critical backlash?
1:44 PM
I repeated it as nobody took up the gauntlet to put an alternative view! Sorry got to disagree on The Worms can carry me to heaven was mince - it could have done with a good editor as well!The Man who walks......well it started off okay and just.....faded away.......it was better than These Demented Lands though. Morvan Caller and Sporanos were his best work (IMHO).........but then its all about opinions isn't it:)
2:58 PM
There is no denying that Ian Paisley is a complete and utter knob head, no matter what your opinion of Alan Warners last book is (havent read it so i cant jump in).
Good on ya Kevin. I'd suspect the motives of anyone who would jump in to defend Paisley given his dubious track record. I mean I know that we're all supposed to forgive and forget now that both sides have got their nice cushy civil service jobs, but still...
7:08 PM
dubious track records.........shadey pasts.........some good qualitative and substantive statements there. But let's forget that Warner has chosen to cold shoulder the event - are you suggesting that others support sectarianism by attending? Surely not........by the way some of the republican (Irish type) amongst you should have a read of RF Foster's (he's attending by the way) The Irish Story.
3:38 AM
well, i dont think that anyone bashing paisley is automatically a republican. if you think that referring to paisleys 'shady past' or 'track record' is too vague... well i mean just research the guy. listen to some of the old speeches. the mans a cunt, and you dont have to be of any particular political persuasion to spot it. a cunt is a cunt is a cunt.
other authors SHOULD attend. 20 quid to the author brave enough to kick the old grave-dodging fucker in the bollocks.
6:30 PM
Are you talking about theological or political speeches Tony? I have heard both and consider neith to be particulary shady.
I agree with your observation, that a cunt is a cunt. IMHO the biggest KUNTS are those who only see black and white......when everything is really shades of grey.
1:19 PM
If you dont find something vile, bigoted and abhorrent in pretty much everything that came out of Paisleys mouth during the troubles then you are obviously living is some kind of alternate reality to myself (and anyone without shite in their ears).
You are correct though, there are shades of grey. Even Hitler loved animals. I mean, I'm sure paisley's mum must have had a soft spot for the gormless fat bastard.
6:23 PM
Still no substance in what you write Tony - I can understand that you may not agree with his stance, but your response is simply more unsubstantiatd ramblings. I happen not to like Gerry Adams or Martin McGuiness, however I can appreciate that Adams is a consumate politician and mCGuiness fully committed to his cause.
7:12 AM
Well theres no arguing with someone when they are coming from a delusional point of view, such as the one you are holding. trying to argue that Ian paisley is not anti-catholic is like when people try to argue that the holocaust never happened. But people like to do that as well, despite the concrete evidence all around them.
but you are right - say what you want about Adams and McGuinnes, they are consumate politicians. And I hate politicians. But at least (the rational wing)... of the republican movement was not sectarian at all. It was actually an all inclusive socialist idea, which included protestants in its dream of a united ireland (let me just say that this dream is long dead, and one renderred obselete by Europe)
paisley's POV though always hinged upon the twin pojnts of religious extremism and anti catholic sentiment. That was his bread and butter. That he had been at least smart enough to realize that times have moved on and tone down his bullshit since Irish society changed is not something that i applaud him for. thats just a survival mechanism, because it looked for a while that he was going to be seen as a complete dinosaur by all sides. So he softened his position. He did the politician 2-step. Blah blah blah. Doesnt change the fact that paisley is a sectarian wanker.
6:18 PM
I agree that Paisley is anti-Catholic (the religion), he is a fundamental Protestant. I disagree he is sectarian.
I think all sides have softened their position.
7:46 PM
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