Comments on: Fairytale of Kathmandu . Neasa Ni Chainain. Maira Mhac an tSaoi. Cathal O’Searcaigh. Child Abuse Ireland . Denial and the Poet. http://sillyoldtwit.com/2008/02/05/fairytale-of-kathmandu-neasa-ni-chainain-maira-mhac-an-tsaoi-cathal-osearcaigh-child-abuse-ireland-denial-and-the-poet/ life beyond the global multicultural society Mon, 21 May 2012 20:24:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: green lunch box http://sillyoldtwit.com/2008/02/05/fairytale-of-kathmandu-neasa-ni-chainain-maira-mhac-an-tsaoi-cathal-osearcaigh-child-abuse-ireland-denial-and-the-poet/#comment-7532 Thu, 05 May 2011 14:59:39 +0000 http://sillyoldtwit.wordpress.com/?p=441#comment-7532 of course we should consider WHY people act in unacceptable ways but the victims must also be considered to prevent future violations- is that not obvious..?

]]> By: kancha http://sillyoldtwit.com/2008/02/05/fairytale-of-kathmandu-neasa-ni-chainain-maira-mhac-an-tsaoi-cathal-osearcaigh-child-abuse-ireland-denial-and-the-poet/#comment-7276 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:22:07 +0000 http://sillyoldtwit.wordpress.com/?p=441#comment-7276 I am a young nepali so i can say the age of guys shown in the movie.. none of the guys in the movie are less than 16. the guy who had wife and baby is less than 16?? impossible..
the whole movie is disscussed about the sexual abuse of those nepali innocent guys. lureing them with financial help.
The nepali guys they have good knoledge about the word “sex” but the word “Gay” hardly , rarely they knows.. that’s how the society is, in nepal.

]]> By: Minefield http://sillyoldtwit.com/2008/02/05/fairytale-of-kathmandu-neasa-ni-chainain-maira-mhac-an-tsaoi-cathal-osearcaigh-child-abuse-ireland-denial-and-the-poet/#comment-4044 Thu, 28 May 2009 12:32:42 +0000 http://sillyoldtwit.wordpress.com/?p=441#comment-4044 sorry i meant, we shouldnt assume people are acting out of evil or badness, its more realistic to look at how people act of out of hurt, that puts a more compassionate slant on things, gives you a more realistic view,

for example, if a person pays for sex, its easy to say they r pigs without soul, if a person considers that a child is repeayedly beaten, raped, bullied or treated badly in childhood.. and then grows up to pay for sex.. well you see where im going with this dude.. if forces you, i, society, the moral majority, everyone .. to take responsibility for what we create. peace. blessings x

]]> By: Minefield http://sillyoldtwit.com/2008/02/05/fairytale-of-kathmandu-neasa-ni-chainain-maira-mhac-an-tsaoi-cathal-osearcaigh-child-abuse-ireland-denial-and-the-poet/#comment-4043 Thu, 28 May 2009 12:28:40 +0000 http://sillyoldtwit.wordpress.com/?p=441#comment-4043 wow.. there is so much hate in these blogs.. its like a hate machine.. people spitting at people and all this.. i think im gonna jump over to something else online..

am i wrong but i thought sarcaigh was sleeping with men.. like age of consent?? people here are talking about children and paedophilia? is it not all a bit mixed up?

man sex tourism is ugly, but it happens every day? my brother goes on a lads holiday every year to thailand.. i know what they’re doing too.. but man, thats life, you can only be responsible for yourself, you can only send out good vibes and hope it has a positive effevt

whys everyone so hard on everyone. maybe neasa has her issues. maybe she’s been effected by something in her past. maybe cathal hasn’t grown up. maybe he’s scarred. maybe he’s been hurt and he can’t contemplate how his actions might hurt others

i think the thing is we shouldn’t assume that people are acting out of evil or hurt and there’s no point throwing around hate.

people have weaknesses, make mistakes, are misguided. i agree with sean pemnn and his ‘hand in your hate-card’ statement,.. where there’s people hurting.. be kind, the moral highground is a lonely path

]]> By: Anonymouse Nepali http://sillyoldtwit.com/2008/02/05/fairytale-of-kathmandu-neasa-ni-chainain-maira-mhac-an-tsaoi-cathal-osearcaigh-child-abuse-ireland-denial-and-the-poet/#comment-3397 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:51:15 +0000 http://sillyoldtwit.wordpress.com/?p=441#comment-3397 Well the behavior of the Irish man is unacceptable. I myself was brought up until the age of 15 in Nepal before I moved to the UK. I know 16 year olds don’t know that much about sex in Nepal (I didn’t at age of 16). Moreover, Gay sex is the worst thing that can take place in a country like Nepal. It cannot be compared to thailand where gay sex is practised. I feel sorry for the innocent little children in Nepal and honestly want to spit in the face of that stupid Irish bastard.

]]> By: Kristina http://sillyoldtwit.com/2008/02/05/fairytale-of-kathmandu-neasa-ni-chainain-maira-mhac-an-tsaoi-cathal-osearcaigh-child-abuse-ireland-denial-and-the-poet/#comment-3240 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:01:50 +0000 http://sillyoldtwit.wordpress.com/?p=441#comment-3240 I truly admire the strength of the film director Neasa Ni Chainain for making this documentary. She has a back bone and the artists community shall cherish her.
People, don’t look away, be responsible, speak out, don’t turn away because everything else is unacceptable!

]]> By: Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Cathal Ó Searcaigh - Remove his poetry from the syllabus http://sillyoldtwit.com/2008/02/05/fairytale-of-kathmandu-neasa-ni-chainain-maira-mhac-an-tsaoi-cathal-osearcaigh-child-abuse-ireland-denial-and-the-poet/#comment-3196 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:27:59 +0000 http://sillyoldtwit.wordpress.com/?p=441#comment-3196 [...] Damien.So now that more people have seen the documentary about Cathal Ó Searcaigh there’s a greater number of opinions out there than there were at first. Suzy has pointed out her thoughts on the [...]

]]> By: Anne http://sillyoldtwit.com/2008/02/05/fairytale-of-kathmandu-neasa-ni-chainain-maira-mhac-an-tsaoi-cathal-osearcaigh-child-abuse-ireland-denial-and-the-poet/#comment-3193 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:01:02 +0000 http://sillyoldtwit.wordpress.com/?p=441#comment-3193 I watched the documentary last night and it is obvious what this man was up too.When confronted he spluttered and stumbled and tried to defend his actions.Guilt was written all over him.If he was such a good person why didn’t he set up a school or some sort of charity for these kids instead of bringing them to his room and buying them presents.Why did he not help any girls? If a 50 year old man was bringing young girls to his hotel room and buying them gifts etc it would have been looked at straight away.Unfortunately because he is gay a lot of that community jump to defend him, they look at it with blinkers as if it was an attack on all gays.Come on people use your common sense and stop all this ridiculous liberal spouting crap.The director looked up to him and was in denial most of the time until the hotel owner said something to her.At least she had the courage to face the truth.I am disgusted at how many people are trying to defend this man.He himself stated that these boys didn’t even know what sex was and were very innocent, he even rather sickeningly warned them to watch out for tourists who would exploit their innocence.Again I say if he wanted to help these kids he could have set up a more formal way of doing it…It is glaringly obvious what was in it for this man and each of you that defend him need to look at your own reasons for doing so…It reminds me of the way some wives ignore if their child is being abused by a relative or if they have to face it they somehow blame the child…It means that they dont have to take any responsiblity or that if acknowledged then they have to do something about it…If ignored… then they dont…Wake up

]]> By: ellen http://sillyoldtwit.com/2008/02/05/fairytale-of-kathmandu-neasa-ni-chainain-maira-mhac-an-tsaoi-cathal-osearcaigh-child-abuse-ireland-denial-and-the-poet/#comment-3192 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:41:37 +0000 http://sillyoldtwit.wordpress.com/?p=441#comment-3192 I agree it most certainly an issue of morality.

]]> By: julianna kenny http://sillyoldtwit.com/2008/02/05/fairytale-of-kathmandu-neasa-ni-chainain-maira-mhac-an-tsaoi-cathal-osearcaigh-child-abuse-ireland-denial-and-the-poet/#comment-3180 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:23:56 +0000 http://sillyoldtwit.wordpress.com/?p=441#comment-3180 according to the hotelier who raised concerns one boy
had to be hospitolised following a sex act with cathal.
he claimed he had multiple partners all young boys – we would , even in our street savvy culture , call 16 year olds boys here too, those of us who are parents to them and we would not , any of us think it appropriate for a
50 yr old man to come as a guest in our home village or town to teach and preach and also screw all our young men sons brothers .Unless they were poor of course , then it seems to be a no contest. It was stated in the doc that he only solicited boys from poorer localities and schools etc. He loitered to solicit them.
Whether you can call him rich or not by celtic tiger standards he represented influence opportunity and
western ”charitable” funds . In the USA female teachers who have had affairs with male students of this age go on a sex offenders list and cannot teach again. As do male teachers.
Cathal O Searchaigh has not been charged with any offence yet so we cant demonise him but I think most intelligent people will see the anomaly in the persona he has constructed for himself between his art his sexuality and his charitable work.

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