Note to Diesel where ignorence is bliss tis folly to be wise, and I am sure Ard Mhacha meant GOMBEEN men in his appempted insult these were not in fact carpetbaggers but the paid thugs and agents of absentee landlords in either instance a forum is meant for discussion a place where different ideas and values should be explored and exchanged and not as these two erstwhile gentlemen would have it as a sounding board for their own personal agenda