Easter Sunday, 4 April 2010, 1916 Commemoration at GPO Dublin - Time to Protest!

flynnlives

I think we should have an flashmob/protest at the GPO at noon on sunday to show Clowen and Co that we wont take this nonsense.
Cowen and the FF Hiearchy will be there, Cowen will have a speech.

If we get thousands to show up and shout them down, we might start a political ball rolling.
We want them out!!

The true patroits of 1916 would turn in their graves if they saw what FF have done to this country.
I beleive this is not only our right but our duty as irish citizens that we protest at the commeration. Show Cowen and his Fianna Fail thieves that it is us, the people, who run this country!

From the proclamation:

We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland, and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible.

WHAT SAY YOU!!! IT WILL BE FUN AND AT LEAST YOU CAN SAY IN THE YEARS TO COME THAT YOU DID TAKE TO THE STREETS INSTEAD OF MOANING ON THE SIDELINES!

C'MON IRELAND!! WAKE UP FFS!

Collie D

Mary Coughlan would probbably order the troops to open fire...I'm out

OutlawPete

I started a thread a few weeks back entitled:

Has Ireland lost it's self respect, it died a death for the same reason that there won't be a mass protest.

I think Irish people are punch drunk at this stage.

Hope I'm wrong and people do indeed show up in numbers that would make the government sit up and take note.

I don't think I am though, unfortunately.

narwog81

probably would be better to pick a day when there wont be a couple of hundred soldiers already there to stop anything getting going!

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Who's going to replace them?

Everybody is shouting for the government to leave office, but... who is going to replace them exactly? Labour? The greens? The other fiannas?

The chances are, enda kenny and his goons are going to screw the country up even further. Whoever is in power now, is going to get a right bollocking. Is it all really cowens fault?

4zn76tysfajdxp

Which GPO?

Cheap Thrills!

Let the insurrection commence !!!! :mad:

Ronan Keating

Conor Broad Menswear wrote: »

Which GPO?

You really don't need to ask that, do you?

4zn76tysfajdxp

Ronan Keating wrote: »

You really don't need to ask that, do you?

Need? No.

Xluna

OutlawPete wrote: »

I started a thread a few weeks back entitled:

Has Ireland lost it's self respect, it died a death for the same reason that there won't be a mass protest.

I think Irish people are punch drunk at this stage.

Hope I'm wrong and people do indeed show up in numbers that would make the government sit up and take note.

I don't think I am though, unfortunately.

Alcoholism,cynicism and cronnyism are Irelands trinity of evil.

minidazzler

Just 5 more minutes mam! *goes back to sleep*

sron

Someone tell the Irish-American republicans that Cowen's ushering in a new socialist order with NAMA. They'll be landing fully armed on Bana Strand by tomorrow.

flynnlives

Im sick of the FF spin that the other parties will be no good. I dont care. I want an election now so i can see all the parties manifestos for getting us out of this mess. I will then vote for the best option.
Then we can move forward.

This current gov. has no mandate in the current climate.

PeterIanStaker

Xluna wrote: »

Alcoholism,cynicism and cronnyism are Irelands trinity of evil.

You're forgetting the other great evil, Catholicism.

JuliusCaesar

flynnlives wrote: »

I think we should have an flashmob/protest at the GPO at noon on sunday to show Clowen and Co that we wont take this nonsense.
Cowen and the FF Hiearchy will be there, Cowen will have a speech.

WHAT SAY YOU!!! IT WILL BE FUN AND AT LEAST YOU CAN SAY IN THE YEARS TO COME THAT YOU DID TAKE TO THE STREETS INSTEAD OF MOANING ON THE SIDELINES!

C'MON IRELAND!! WAKE UP FFS!

Let's all practice our dancing.....

Ruu_Old

Alannah Miniature Hailstone wrote: »

Who's going to replace them?

Everybody is shouting for the government to leave office, but... who is going to replace them exactly? Labour? The greens? The other fiannas?

The chances are, enda kenny and his goons are going to screw the country up even further. Whoever is in power now, is going to get a right bollocking. Is it all really cowens fault?

Who cares? The current government had their chance and made a balls of it. This mentality of 'the other crowd wouldn't do any better' has to go.

Collie D

Ruu wrote: »

Who cares? The current government had their chance and made a balls of it. This mentality of 'the other crowd wouldn't do any better' has to go.

Indeed...it's time for a change. I will be voting

1. Anyone but FF
2. Anyone but FF
3. See above....all the way down to
Last but 1. The Greens
Last FF

Amhran Nua

flynnlives wrote: »

C'MON IRELAND!! WAKE UP FFS!

Most people wouldn't mind marching, as long as its not the shinners organising it or one of the hydra-heads of the socialist workers party on yet another recruitment drive, like that No To Nama farce.

quicksilver 32

hahaha, you irish are funny.
your government robs you and laughs at you, you are the laughing stock of workers around the world.
Your education system is a joke.
your health system allows people to die needlessly.
your unions are leaders are on the take.
Your government feeds you **** and you take it!!!
Stand up for yourselves for **** sake!!!!...Have you's no shame??

OutlawPete

quicksilver 32 wrote: »

hahaha, you irish are funny.
your government robs you and laughs at you, you are the laughing stock of workers around the world.
Your education system is a joke.
your health system allows people to die needlessly.
your unions are leaders are on the take.
Your government feeds you **** and you take it!!!
Stand up for yourselves for **** sake!!!!...Have you's no shame??

dasdog

I went to an anti-NAMA march from Parnell Square to the Dail back in September with relatively high expectations which was the first march I had been on since I was a student. SF and socialists aside, the majority of the 500 weak crowd was comprised of public service workers chanting "no to cutbacks" following megaphone enthusiasts. I kind of lost a bit of faith in the people of this country that day.

flynnlives

well judging by the feedback so far im pretty disheartened. Looks like the rising in 1916 was pretty pointless if this is what has become of our republic and of the so called "fightin' irish"

I will check back tomorrow to see if there is more support but i doubt it.

littlefriend

Collie D wrote: »

Indeed...it's time for a change. I will be voting

1. Anyone but FF
2. Anyone but FF
3. See above....all the way down to
Last but 1. The Greens
Last FF

You are better off not putting anyone you don't want to vote for on the ballot at all - strike through or else leave it blank after you have filled in your actual preferences. Your vote is transferable so it is possible that it could end up being used for FF.

littlefriend

quicksilver 32 wrote: »

hahaha, you irish are funny.
your government robs you and laughs at you, you are the laughing stock of workers around the world.
Your education system is a joke.
your health system allows people to die needlessly.
your unions are leaders are on the take.
Your government feeds you **** and you take it!!!
Stand up for yourselves for **** sake!!!!...Have you's no shame??

That is all true - how depressing is that!

plein de force

i have chocolate to eat that day:(

Bonito

quicksilver 32 wrote: »

hahaha, you irish are funny.
your government robs you and laughs at you, you are the laughing stock of workers around the world.
Your education system is a joke.
your health system allows people to die needlessly.
your unions are leaders are on the take.
Your government feeds you **** and you take it!!!
Stand up for yourselves for **** sake!!!!...Have you's no shame??

Howeya Mr. Obama. If you could forward that to ;

ihavebetterluckgettingskinnythanbringingirelandoutoftherecession@couldntgiveaballs.biffo

We'd all be delighted.

DubMedic

flynnlives wrote: »

I think we should have an flashmob/protest at the GPO at noon on sunday to show Clowen and Co that we wont take this nonsense.
Cowen and the FF Hiearchy will be there, Cowen will have a speech.

If we get thousands to show up and shout them down, we might start a political ball rolling.
We want them out!!

I beleive this is not only our right but our duty as irish citizens that we protest at the commeration. Show Cowen and his Fianna Fail thieves that it is us, the people, who run this country!

From the proclamation:



WHAT SAY YOU!!! IT WILL BE FUN AND AT LEAST YOU CAN SAY IN THE YEARS TO COME THAT YOU DID TAKE TO THE STREETS INSTEAD OF MOANING ON THE SIDELINES!

C'MON IRELAND!! WAKE UP FFS!

You know if you were to do that, it will probably be the same as when the proclamation was read out for the first time in front of a small crowd.

Nobody apart from a small few, will know what the fcuk is going on.

Also, where do you suppose you are going to get thousands of people from?.

Are you reading the american declaration of independence there by any chance??.

.

enniscorthy

flynnlives wrote: »

I think we should have an flashmob/protest at the GPO at noon on sunday to show Clowen and Co that we wont take this nonsense.
Cowen and the FF Hiearchy will be there, Cowen will have a speech.

If we get thousands to show up and shout them down, we might start a political ball rolling.
We want them out!!

The true patroits of 1916 would turn in their graves if they saw what FF have done to this country.
I beleive this is not only our right but our duty as irish citizens that we protest at the commeration. Show Cowen and his Fianna Fail thieves that it is us, the people, who run this country!

From the proclamation:



WHAT SAY YOU!!! IT WILL BE FUN AND AT LEAST YOU CAN SAY IN THE YEARS TO COME THAT YOU DID TAKE TO THE STREETS INSTEAD OF MOANING ON THE SIDELINES!

C'MON IRELAND!! WAKE UP FFS!

GET A HAIRCUT YOU HIPPY :mad:

Mrmoe

Conor Broad Menswear wrote: »

Which GPO?

The one in town on O'Connell Street;)

Protests will not do anything, if a large enough group of people go out and protest the politicians will just pander to the what people want done and the following week everything will be back to the same situation as before. These guys are more greased up than a lap dancers pole. The only real power we have is the ballot box, bide your time, our moment will come.

Well

You'd need some serious publicity in the next 3 days, to get this going, id imagine. Sure, Lisbon was passed i thought that created jobs i seen it on the posters:rolleyes:

Nulty

Conor Broad Menswear wrote: »

Need? No.

Is it still going to be shut down and used as a theatre or whatever they were planning?

Nulty

Collie D wrote: »

Indeed...it's time for a change. I will be voting

1. Anyone but FF
2. Anyone but FF
3. See above....all the way down to
Last but 1. The Greens
Last FF

I see you've discovered my voting system.

THATS WHAT WE ALWAYS NEED TO DO!

Never RE-elect anyone....EVER

Degag

flynnlives wrote: »

well judging by the feedback so far im pretty disheartened. Looks like the rising in 1916 was pretty pointless if this is what has become of our republic and of the so called "fightin' irish"

I will check back tomorrow to see if there is more support but i doubt it.

You know, there is a time and place for everything. Doing something like this when we should be remembering those who died for our country is most certainly not the time. In fact, i'd be pretty disgusted if it happened.

Gavin "shels"

Do we have to bring our own Celtic tracksuits and jerseys or will these be given out?:rolleyes:

Nulty

Degag wrote: »

You know, there is a time and place for everything. Doing something like this when we should be remembering those who died for our country is most certainly not the time. In fact, i'd be pretty disgusted if it happened.

The religious nuts would have been pretty upset that the Resurrection of Christ was being over shadowed by people attacking political power in Ireland crica 1916.

It's all relative, as the man says, the people who died would encourage this.

Also, if the guy is serious, he picked a bad day to advertise it.

Degag

Nulty wrote: »

The religious nuts would have been pretty upset that the Resurrection of Christ was being over shadowed by people attacking political power in Ireland crica 1916.

It's all relative, as the man says, the people who died would encourage this.

Also, if the guy is serious, he picked a bad day to advertise it.

Was there not a reason for doing it over Easter though - that the british forces were short on man power or something? My Irish History is not what it used to be.

Anyhow, there is a huge difference between gaining independance for a nation and holding a few placards up and holding a protest just because it will garner national attention because of it's timing.

Dyr

Degag wrote: »

You know, there is a time and place for everything. Doing something like this when we should be remembering those who died for our country is most certainly not the time. In fact, i'd be pretty disgusted if it happened.

Given that this country generally remembers the people who died for it in 1916 with an embarrassed cough and an RTE radio piece on world war I I'd say a protest would be an improvement.

GrizzlyMan

flynnlives wrote: »

If we get thousands to show up and shout them down, we might start a political ball rolling.
We want them out!!

Count me in!!

quicksilver 32

Irish fools, Billions for banks while your workers, children and vulnerable suffer.
To say easter is not the day,is it not the day young men gave their lives so irish people can govern them selves? Is it not YOUR country? it seems to most you will take anything.
And i see some posts joking about your problem, shame on you. Have you no pride or even any sense of right and wrong?

Paddy Samurai

Collie D wrote: »

Mary Coughlan would probbably order the troops to open fire...

Hope she does.........my nephew is in the Army and he says they can't wait to blow her brains out.
Eh might have to shoot her in the ass for that to happen.

Amhran Nua

quicksilver 32 wrote: »

Have you no pride or even any sense of right and wrong?

More sense than to be marching alongside the cult of the brainwashed Socialist Workers Party to be honest, which is probably what this is. Again.

flynnlives

No it has nothing do to with any political party.
Just sounding out is there any self respect and sense of self worth left in this country.

prinz

quicksilver 32 wrote: »

Irish fools.......

Do be a good chap and tell us where you are from.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Alannah Miniature Hailstone wrote: »

Who's going to replace them?

Everybody is shouting for the government to leave office, but... who is going to replace them exactly? Labour? The greens? The other fiannas?

The chances are, enda kenny and his goons are going to screw the country up even further. Whoever is in power now, is going to get a right bollocking. Is it all really cowens fault?

Sorry, Xavi, but spoken like a true Fianna Failer (not saying you are, but...)

Apathy is the greatest tool for a corrupt get be government. Of course, inefficient opposition helps, but in the words of the song: Things can only get better.

Hagar

Collie D wrote: »

Mary Coughlan would probbably order the troops to open fire...I'm out

What makes you think they wouldn't shoot Biffo?
Other than the "having no ammo with them" technicality that is.

The_Minister

Ruu wrote: »

Who cares? The current government had their chance and made a balls of it. This mentality of 'the other crowd wouldn't do any better' has to go.

The problem is the other crowd might do worse.

When Fitzgerald was Taoiseach, (although his Constitutional reforms were welcome), the economy largely went by the wayside because Fine Gael and Labour had huge ideological disagreements regarding the economy.
If a similar paralysis was to occur this time, we would be in a far worse position then under FF.

Personally, I don't think it would be too much of a problem (they'd work with NAMA and make one or two tweaks) but for people who lived through that era, the prospect of a FG-Lab government might be slightly worrying right now.

funk-you

Conor Broad Menswear wrote: »

Which GPO?

The only noteworthy one in the country, based in the capital who's centre is known to be referred to as 'town' by locals and this is known across the country.

General Post Office, O'Connell Street, Dublin 1
Phone: +353 1 705 7000

^^
In case you get lost and confused by the horseless carriages.

-Funk

orourkeda

flynnlives wrote: »

I think we should have an flashmob/protest at the GPO at noon on sunday to show Clowen and Co that we wont take this nonsense.
Cowen and the FF Hiearchy will be there, Cowen will have a speech.

If we get thousands to show up and shout them down, we might start a political ball rolling.
We want them out!!

The true patroits of 1916 would turn in their graves if they saw what FF have done to this country.
I beleive this is not only our right but our duty as irish citizens that we protest at the commeration. Show Cowen and his Fianna Fail thieves that it is us, the people, who run this country!

From the proclamation:



WHAT SAY YOU!!! IT WILL BE FUN AND AT LEAST YOU CAN SAY IN THE YEARS TO COME THAT YOU DID TAKE TO THE STREETS INSTEAD OF MOANING ON THE SIDELINES!

C'MON IRELAND!! WAKE UP FFS!

Is shouting at Brian Cowen going to bring down a Government? I dont think so.

Amhran Nua

funk-you wrote: »

The only noteworthy one in the country, based in the capital

Ah, everyone knows Galway is the real capital of Ireland.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

The_Minister wrote: »

The problem is the other crowd might do worse.

When Fitzgerald was Taoiseach, (although his Constitutional reforms were welcome), the economy largely went by the wayside because Fine Gael and Labour had huge ideological disagreements regarding the economy.
If a similar paralysis was to occur this time, we would be in a far worse position then under FF.

Personally, I don't think it would be too much of a problem (they'd work with NAMA and make one or two tweaks) but for people who lived through that era, the prospect of a FG-Lab government might be slightly worrying right now.

Well, that makes it one all then in terms of nearly bankrupting the country. And Fine Gael/Lab didn''t have a boom behind them.

Sir Oxman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EsMpeP_h9M