A Congressman's Spiel

Day 1,151, 13:51 • Published in Ireland Ireland • by Eamonn DeValera

Evenin' all,
So....A fairly turbulent two weeks have gone by in eIreland, admins may even go as far as saying, pornographic. A pretty crazy and from my own point of view, tiring and a lot of time, hurtful few weeks.
I want to clear up a few things with those of you who now think of me as a liar, cheater, a butthurt fool etc....*profanities* !
I do not and never wished to make enemies on here, especially since I came back. I came back after a long absence a few months ago for one reason, to share the poetry of my deceased girlfriend.
Now some of you ask, why not publish it in real life? Or get a blog? etc.. That’s all well and good for you to say that but let me explain.

This is the reason why I post her poetry here on erep and share it with you.

I don’t know any of you personally, you don’t know me. Nobody in my RL, that I know has seen these poems, other than those mentioned in my poems. Only Maria and I and you have ever read all of them. Why? Because, they are the type of thing that is so personal and dear to you that you find it hard and even embarrassing to show your friends or family. Maria did read one to both our families around the dinner table one day but she never let on to the family that she actually wrote it.
These poems are extremely personal and let’s face it, showing them to family and friends would be a bit embarrassing and even mortifying, however, sharing them with you, total strangers to me is somewhat easier. You dont know me and you didn’t know Maria, so you can take her poetry in your own way. When I read them, the first thing I wanted to do was share them, to show how amazing and wonderful she was but I couldn’t. I didn’t know what reaction I'd get from friends and family. So, I thought of erepublik, a community of strangers.
I new by posting them on here that some of you would understand why and you do, but some do not.
I hope you can understand now.

Orangejuicemmm, I have no problem with you or anyone here for that matter. Sure I dislike some but I have learned to forgive and forget. I respect you for you no bull approach and your constant will to go against every aspect of the law. 😛 I must admit, the maddog thing was actually funny, saying that at the time would have pretty stupid move from a sitting T.D. I hope you can see how important these poems are to me and respect that, I have 4 left to publish, I'd like to be able to do that...

Marcus Suridius, the way you spoke to and about me was fairly shocking. I did not think for one second you were like that. However, we got on pretty well before this and I'd like to go back to that. You’re a trojan worker and I have tonnes of respect for your IDF work but dont turn into a rogue, you’re too good for it. Bury the hatchet?

Maddog Jones, we had a good time in South Africa if you remember the South African Legion? I grew to like you a lot then and we chatted a fair bit. I’m not sure why you seem hell bent on making things here as hard as you can for me but come on, I’ve no argument with you.

Padraig Pearse, what can I say, I think your a gas man but please stop reporting the poems if your doing it man, I have only 4 left to publish. Try reading them maybe, you might understand then. How about it?

And to all the rest of you who report and slate Maria's poetry, I do hope now that you can see why I post them on erep and I hope you can respect that for the sake of 4 poems.



The Celtic Tiger affair.

Ach, I am so sick of this.
Here is what happened in a few bullet points.
- I received a screenshot from a friend showing CT and Padraig Pearse talking about Maria.
- The screenie upset me a lot, I wanted you all to see the true CT, the man you would soon have as your leader. I felt it was my responsibility to make this public. It was not about a stupid election, I was sticking up for a dead loved one, nothing else.
- CT PM'd me with a heartfelt and genuine apology which I accepted and we moved on.
- Certain people (you know who you are) blew it out of all proportions. I received some disgusting hate mail, was spoken about in ways I cannot repeat and could not believe. There was no need for it.
- I was portrayed as a liar and mudslinger. Some of you seemed to think it was a last minute attempt at sabotaging the election for the IUP. I cannot believe how small minded you are. I assure you, this had nothing to do with the IUP in fact in a poll the day before the election, I stated my support for Celtic Tiger on the IUP forums, and my fellow party members will confirm this.

I now wish to make peace with you all. I am not asking for apologies but merely to be respected as a human being who has been deeply hurt by all of this.
I ask you all to respect the poems I publish as well, I hope you understand why.

Thank you,

Bryan