Joe Brolly

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Red Hand Commando in Londonderry rant 

[Owen Brannigan]

Joe speaks sense on the Humphries' case:

https://www.independent.ie/sport/i-cant-understand-why-donal-g-cusack-apologised-and-resigned-for-tom-humphries-character-reference-joe-brolly-36260611.html

[Asal Mor]

Joe speaks sense on the Humphries' case:

https://www.independent.ie/sport/i-cant-understand-why-donal-g-cusack-apologised-and-resigned-for-tom-humphries-character-reference-joe-brolly-36260611.html

Well said Joe. A voice of reason in this instance.

[tonto1888]

That was a good article

[MoChara]

Joe's being roasted on Twitter I'd expect this to be news tomorrow

[longballin]

In what way? About the Tom Humphries case?

[screenexile]

In what way? About the Tom Humphries case?

Yeah...

He's said he would write a character reference for a family member or close friend in the same situation as Humphries!

[MoChara]

Worse than that in tone, he said "if you had a close friend who was a paedophile, you would have written him a character reference"

Joe said "if it would help yes"

[screenexile]

The battle of the ego's right now on Twitter!!

[redhandefender]

In what way? About the Tom Humphries case?

Yeah...

He's said he would write a character reference for a family member or close friend in the same situation as Humphries!

your some lick ass

[Itchy]

If one of my friends abused a child, I'd tell him to f**k off and that he's no friend of mine. That's just me. These people should be expelled from communities. Sorry Joe, yer talking shite.

[bennydorano]

I think he's been trying to make the point that it's near impossible to have a coherent and constructive discussion on the subject as people fly off the handle into moral outrage mode at the mere mention of the word Paedophile. I agree with him 100%, it's such a touchy / taboo subject, that a helluva lot of people cannot discuss rationally.

[Asal Mor]

I think he's been trying to make the point that it's near impossible to have a coherent and constructive discussion on the subject as people fly off the handle into moral outrage mode at the mere mention of the word Paedophile. I agree with him 100%, it's such a touchy / taboo subject, that a helluva lot of people cannot discuss rationally.

Well said.

[imtommygunn]

Very much so. We all get how horrendous it is but the way society has got with all the outrage, and the way the media prey on it, is not healthy. That silent justice group indicates that and really do not seem to get the irony of what they do. We have taken years to become a civilised society - the pitchfork brigade does not help anything.

[Itchy]

I think he's been trying to make the point that it's near impossible to have a coherent and constructive discussion on the subject as people fly off the handle into moral outrage mode at the mere mention of the word Paedophile. I agree with him 100%, it's such a touchy / taboo subject, that a helluva lot of people cannot discuss rationally.

Well said.

We 're talking about child rapists. What rational discussion is to be had? It seems to me the victims of these rapists are considered last in this equation, the destroyed family, the stolen childhood and a trauma carried for life for the victim and family. Yet we should have a rational discussion about the rapist? Load of auld bollox.