5 thoughts on “Beam Me Up

  1. Daisy Chainsaw

    You probably get the same person answering regardless of what button you press. So many differently named antichoice groups featuring the same few people. It’s all rather incestuous.

  2. nellyb

    I always wonder how IONA got ‘institute’ status. Found this piece about the very question:
    http://bocktherobber.com/2013/06/what-exactly-is-the-iona-institute/
    “This being Ireland, we have no controls over what words people use to describe the companies they set up, by contrast with, for instance, the UK, where they’re very fussy indeed about who can and cannot describe themselves as an Institute. The guidance page at Companies House defines sensitive words and expressions as those which could, among other things, suggest business pre-eminence, a particular status, or a specific function.
    They even publish a list of sensitive words, including Institute. Institutes, they say, are organisations that typically undertake research at the highest level or are professional bodies of the highest standing.
    Since Iona isn’t a professional body, the only other criterion it might possibly meet would be research at the highest level, but after its disastrously misconceived submission to the Constitutional Convention, I think we can safely discount that too.”

    1. nellyb

      Hence, a dog grooming parlor in some victorian basement with no windows can potentially be named ‘Canine Trichology Institute of Ireland’. Nice one! I already have a spur of names – need one? Gimme a shout!

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