Paying Heed
A friend of mine commented on this weekend’s repost to write about my disregard for detail concerning a comment I made in relation to the Terror attacks on the world in the past week.
I’d like to at this point share with you my view on this. I had intended for my personal opinions on such political problems to remain closeted, however, I need to clarify my position.
I have nothing but symapthy for those who perish in any attacks on the freedom of people in any country or continent. I abhorr all such acts of terrorism and do not condone in any way the acts of those who seek to destroy the Western world for fear of religious or other beliefs.
On the other hand, being a natural pessimist, I do like to be frank. In the past and indeed the present, much focus has been placed on the ‘War on Terror’ and ‘Holy Wars’. I believe, while not in ignorance of them, that the media harbour an innate ability to sensationalise the atrocities of modern warfare. While we must not turn a blind eye to acts of abuse of freedom, I believe that there is enough negative energy bein channelled through out precious airways that we need to look at the good of our world at times. I do not in any way condone acts of terrorism. But I feel we have little enough positivity in the world at the minute without dwelling too much on the negative.
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read moreMeteor Dies at the hands of Eircom
Well, it’s happened. What I’ve feared for over 6 months, Meteor will now it seems be bought by Ireland’s most incredibly stubborn comany, Eircom – the former State-owned telecommunications company.
This is doomsday for people who loved the fun company meteor and its excellent offers and deals, such as the Free Texts for Life offer held up to September of last year.
Eircom are notorious for overcharging and for their unco-operative nature in the roll-out of broadband and Local Loop Unbundling (LLU). Eircom are the most expensive fixed-line operator in Ireland and their products including their Broadband services are among the most expensive and poorly serviced.
So what does this mean for Meteor customers? RTE News here in the Republic of Ireland claim that it will force prices down with Eircom using their fixed-line customer base to target new customers. The chairman of Eircom PLC, Sir Anthony O’Reilly, claims that Eircom will be able to improve the services. To be quite honest, given their track record here already, I will be terminating my use of the operator as soon as possible.
We will be watching you Eircom. Obviously O2 is the only refuge now. British Telecom operate in Ireland as BT Ireland and O2. For over 6 years I have experienced the company and could never go back to Eircom.
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read moreWeekend Report
Bed blog. That is to say, I’m blogging from the comforts of my bed. On a BlackBerry of course… Hmmmm, lots of B’s!
Well this week saw more ‘terror’ in London, Egypt and Iraq. But on a positive note, Lance Armstrong, the best thing to come out of Texas since Dallas (think about that!) won the Tour de France for the 7th time in a row. Congratulations Lance (I know you’re an avid reader of diarmydotnet).
This weekend also saw something I never did, the Red Bull Air Race stage in Ireland at the Rock of Cashel. Having lived in Cashel (-ish) for 2 years I have a certain respect for the place and it’s great to see old planes fly by it.
Just finished watching a Michael J. Fox film on RTE Two. Being RTE it failed (they’re great at failing) to display the name of the film at any of its FIVE ad breaks so I cannot share with you the title. Needless to say, the little guy won the day. And rightly so. Great actor!
Pretty much nothing else that affected me greatly springs to mind as I twiddle my thumbs on the tiny ‘thumb-pad’ of my BlackBerry so I shall have to call it a night.
Y’all come back now, ya hear?!
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