Re "BIFFO". Forgive my ignoranance, but is BC from Offaly?
the rte news story was funny available here
mr cowen is not thought to have posed for the portraits
Indecency in an art gallery?Just heard, indecency was the third.
I detest FF. However, I do not believe people should criticise his personal appearance. There are plenty of other things people can make jokes about regarding FF and Cowan.
I'd love to buy prints of the pictures.
Indecency in an art gallery?
Apparently the Guards called into Today FM to get e-mails that they may have with regard to the artist. Is it against the law to leave a picture in a gallery? Cowan the muppet should have just laughed it off. Now it has made the international media because he has turned a trivial funny story into something newsworthy
Its funny how image does mean so much to us now in that we never took Cowen to our hearts partly if only slightly because he doesn't look the part. We mock him and enjoy making fun of his appearance but would be deeply offended and maybe even take legal action if an unflattering caricature of ourselves appeared on the work notice board. We call him fat, ugly, biffo all of which are deeply insulting and have no bearing on the mans abilities or qualities.
Obama is the darling of the press he is athlethic, handsome(so they say!), and black very much the poster boy for success in the noughties and he is given a fairly free ride. Did nobody find comments like 'I look forward to coming to Ireland for a pint' condescending and feeding a stereotype? Could he not look forward to coming to see the beautiful country or any positive image? His latest gaffe about playing bowling at special olympic level would have made massive news if it came from Bush and if Cowen said it, it would have been the end for him.
Do we still have school mentality whereby the good looking popular kid will get away with things while the geeky ugly kid suffers on?
Obama made his special olympics gaffe. He phoned the chairman of the Special Olympics to apologise. So good was his apology and the subsequent handling of the incident that Tim Shriver said that President Obama's apology was 'very sincere'.His latest gaffe about playing bowling at special olympic level would have made massive news if it came from Bush and if Cowen said it, it would have been the end for him.
Its funny how image does mean so much to us now in that we never took Cowen to our hearts partly if only slightly because he doesn't look the part. We mock him and enjoy making fun of his appearance but would be deeply offended and maybe even take legal action if an unflattering caricature of ourselves appeared on the work notice board. We call him fat, ugly, biffo all of which are deeply insulting and have no bearing on the mans abilities or qualities.
Obama is the darling of the press he is athlethic, handsome(so they say!), and black very much the poster boy for success in the noughties and he is given a fairly free ride. Did nobody find comments like 'I look forward to coming to Ireland for a pint' condescending and feeding a stereotype? Could he not look forward to coming to see the beautiful country or any positive image? His latest gaffe about playing bowling at special olympic level would have made massive news if it came from Bush and if Cowen said it, it would have been the end for him.
Do we still have school mentality whereby the good looking popular kid will get away with things while the geeky ugly kid suffers on?
Yes, they handled this badly, although that would be consistent with how they handle most things. Cowan always puts me in mind of a Gamorrean Guard from Star Wars.The political reaction to the paintings and the reporting have imbued the whole affair with much greater significance than the original practical joke.
... London Times on Sunday (remember what they called Albert?)