Comments on: Connacht Town on St Patrick’s Day 09 in KC http://irishkc.com/connacht-town-on-st-patricks-day-09-in-kc.htm Kansas City Irish Festivals, Music, Pubs, & Events by an Artist in Ireland Thu, 24 May 2012 00:50:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: martha http://irishkc.com/connacht-town-on-st-patricks-day-09-in-kc.htm#comment-235165 martha Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:10:06 +0000 http://irishkc.com/?p=4080#comment-235165 The first time I saw a "Car Bomb" advertised as a drink was on a huge banner at the Weston Irish Festival, where they should have known better. Does anyone besides me realize (or care) that the Irish are the last ethnic group left that it is not politically incorrect to denigrate? The first time I saw a “Car Bomb” advertised as a drink was on a huge banner at the Weston Irish Festival, where they should have known better.

Does anyone besides me realize (or care) that the Irish are the last ethnic group left that it is not politically incorrect to denigrate?

]]> By: Pete http://irishkc.com/connacht-town-on-st-patricks-day-09-in-kc.htm#comment-235103 Pete Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:10:42 +0000 http://irishkc.com/?p=4080#comment-235103 Is it "negativity" to remind people that this day is to HONOR the Irish and not mock them? Is it "negativity" to point out someone's absolute ignorance or insulting behavior? (Or would you be willing to sell "Watermelon Shots" on Martin Luther King Day?) Is it "negativity" to point out a few actual facts about the Irish to people who are absolutely raking in the bucks selling boatloads of their cheapest, green-colored beer during this holiday? Don't worry about this being any kind of "buzz kill" for anyone's "celebration." Because you certainly know that most of your compatriots don't give a rat's ass about ANYTHING Irish on St. Patrick's Day. They just want an excuse to get falling down drunk. Even as you celebrate your alcoholic binge, try to remember that this holiday actually MEANS something to (at least some) Irish and Irish-Americans. Which should mean something to you if you, as I suspect, make your living marketing the Irish culture. Is it “negativity” to remind people that this day is to HONOR the Irish and not mock them? Is it “negativity” to point out someone’s absolute ignorance or insulting behavior? (Or would you be willing to sell “Watermelon Shots” on Martin Luther King Day?)
Is it “negativity” to point out a few actual facts about the Irish to people who are absolutely raking in the bucks selling boatloads of their cheapest, green-colored beer during this holiday?
Don’t worry about this being any kind of “buzz kill” for anyone’s “celebration.” Because you certainly know that most of your compatriots don’t give a rat’s ass about ANYTHING Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. They just want an excuse to get falling down drunk.
Even as you celebrate your alcoholic binge, try to remember that this holiday actually MEANS something to (at least some) Irish and Irish-Americans.
Which should mean something to you if you, as I suspect, make your living marketing the Irish culture.

]]> By: Patrick http://irishkc.com/connacht-town-on-st-patricks-day-09-in-kc.htm#comment-235079 Patrick Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:40:55 +0000 http://irishkc.com/?p=4080#comment-235079 Thanks for the negativity, I certainly hope this doesn't make people not go to the venue above and have some fun on St. Patrick's Day. Thanks for the negativity, I certainly hope this doesn’t make people not go to the venue above and have some fun on St. Patrick’s Day.

]]> By: Pete http://irishkc.com/connacht-town-on-st-patricks-day-09-in-kc.htm#comment-235024 Pete Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:40:20 +0000 http://irishkc.com/?p=4080#comment-235024 "Irish Car Bombs." The only drink guaranteed to celebrate and insult the Irish in one fell swoop. For the uninitiated, or the ignorant, "car bombs" are not something most Irish men and women recall fondly. Somewhat akin to celebrating 9/11 with a "Smoking Tower" or a "Flying Stockbroker," a "car bomb" is not only a drinking game for novice alcoholics but incredibly insulting to all those innocents who lost their lives in a brutal clash of cultures. And you do not even want to get me started on the whole notion of dumping green food coloring into perfectly good beer .... “Irish Car Bombs.”
The only drink guaranteed to celebrate and insult the Irish in one fell swoop.
For the uninitiated, or the ignorant, “car bombs” are not something most Irish men and women recall fondly. Somewhat akin to celebrating 9/11 with a “Smoking Tower” or a “Flying Stockbroker,” a “car bomb” is not only a drinking game for novice alcoholics but incredibly insulting to all those innocents who lost their lives in a brutal clash of cultures.
And you do not even want to get me started on the whole notion of dumping green food coloring into perfectly good beer ….

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