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Listed below are comments made by pwcorkonian between Wednesday, 3rd December 2008 and Friday, 12th December 2008.

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Lisbon deal taking shape 00:34am on 12 Dec 2008 "Irish neutrality, in an age of international terrorism is unacceptable."

Why? Because you say so?

The most notable thing about foreign reaction to the rejection of Lisbon is the tone that people take. Those who are "eurosceptic" are supportive of Ireland and hopeful that Irish voters will vote No again. Those who are "europhiles" are dismissive and angry.

If Ireland had voted Yes, all of this would have been forgotten long ago; instead we voted No and a real debate has opened up across Europe about the meaning of democracy and the questionable value of centralising sovereignty in Brussels... and some people hate that kind of debate. You know who you are.
Lisbon charm offensive 11:33pm on 03 Dec 2008 "As more and more young people become fully-fledged Europeans, the Anti-mob starts to shrink. To die off."

Incorrect. But very poetic.

Young people were more inclined to reject Lisbon than middle-aged people in the June 2008 referendum. This will likely be repeated at a second vote. If anything, this indicates that "euroscepticism" (try not to swoon at the sight of the word) is actually on the rise in Ireland.

The patronising attitudes of foreign pro-Lisbon observers/politicians actually helps the anti-Lisbon campaign in Ireland, so by all means, keep it up. The one thing that Irish people will take from foreign reaction to the Lisbon rejection is this: the pro-Lisbon crowd were critical and snide. The anti-Lisbon crowd, in the UK especially, were supportive of Irish voters. We won't forget that.

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