Protestor knocked down by ministers car

lisa_celtic

Bloody Sunday 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdwtn0Hsc_w

Shows how much respect they have for the voice of the people :mad:

Hande hoche!

Hope he is alright.

Heyes

he seemed okay on the clip i saw on telly earlier

starbelgrade

Bloody Sunday 2010

You're comparing someone being knocked down to 14 people being slaughtered at a GAA stadium?

Just a slight exaggeration, don't you think?

Degsy

Sinn Fein are the only people fighting this bastard government..dont hold with thier beliefs but at least they're doing something.

we'llallhavetea_old

well i doubt they wanted to run someone over

cursai

When did the car hit him? He caused an obstruction to traffic if you want to get technical about it......although i do support him in his cause.

Son Of A Vidic

Was that one of our wonderfully trained ministerial Garda drivers? Are they not trained to deal with angry protesters? Oh wait he did.....

Dartz

Degsy wrote: »

Sinn Fein are the only people fighting this bastard government..dont hold with thier beliefs but at least they're doing something.

Fighting the Government.... all fine and good.

Fighting 2 tonnes of Mercedes.... http://www.darwinawards.com.

TheZohanS

cursai wrote: »

When did the car hit him? He caused an obstruction to traffic if you want to get technical about it......although i do support him in his cause.

If you really want to get technical about it you should be aware that a pedestrian always has right of way, unfortunately.

easyeason3

I hope he's not seriously injured but generally speaking if you stand on a public road in front of a moving vehicle then there is a strong chance that vehicle will knock you down.

Mint Sauce

Did the driver stop, if not can he/she be reported for hit and run?

Cheap Thrills!

Anyone see it happen....did the car stop?

Seemingly it went over his leg and he's in hoppo gettin an X-ray now.

sixpack's little hat

He should sue the government for 100 billion euro! :cool:

Sardonicat

RTE news just now said a protestor was injured during a scuffle and taken to hospital in an ambulance. No mention that they were knocked down by a car, which the BBC report claimed.

DominoDub

http://www.fusioninvesting.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tiananmen-square.jpg

Hande hoche!

DominoDub wrote: »

http://www.fusioninvesting.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tiananmen-square.jpg

Won't happen here. We don't have any tanks.(MBTs as opposed to scorpions)

lisa_celtic

starbelgrade wrote: »

Bloody Sunday 2010

You're comparing someone being knocked down to 14 people being slaughtered at a GAA stadium?

Just a slight exaggeration, don't you think?

A few points for you..

Today Sunday 21st of November is 90 years since Bloody Sunday.

Sunday 21st of November 2010 The Irish government sell us out another day for the history books.

starbelgrade

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Won't happen here. We don't have any tanks.(MBTs as opposed to scorpions)

Yes we do.

Buford T Justice

Degsy wrote: »

Sinn Fein are the only people fighting this bastard government..dont hold with thier beliefs but at least they're doing something.

Really? Labout and FG are doing a good job of having a go at them for the last while

testicle

starbelgrade wrote: »

Bloody Sunday 2010

You're comparing someone being knocked down to 14 people being slaughtered at a GAA stadium?

Just a slight exaggeration, don't you think?

I suspect he was referring to the murder of 13 civilians in Derry in 1972?

Jake Rugby Walrus666

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

well i doubt they wanted to run someone over

Or did they ??

bmw535d

testicle wrote: »

I suspect he was referring to the murder of 13 civilians in Derry in 1972?

thats what i was thinking, since when was bloody Sunday not in Derry?

lisa_celtic

testicle wrote: »

I suspect he was referring to the murder of 13 civilians in Derry in 1972?

Bloody Sunday also refers to Sunday 21st of November 1920 When the brits opened fire on a gaa crowd Tipperary vs Dublin.

TheUsual

Kill the attention starved hippies.
We are not Greece, but 1 in a million wil behave like this. Not the drivers fault.

Hande hoche!

starbelgrade wrote: »

Yes we do.

When did we get them?

we'llallhavetea_old

Jake Rugby Walrus666 wrote: »

Or did they ??

*looks over shoulder, leans in*

eh?


:pac:

masseyno9

lisa_celtic wrote: »

Bloody Sunday also refers to Sunday 21st of November 1920 When the brits opened fire on a gaa crowd Tipperary vs Dublin.

And to be fair, this is probably more like "a bit bruised sunday," or maybe "fractured sunday."

Whoever said pedestrians always have right of way - this has been changing in the courts recently apparently.

karma_

masseyno9 wrote: »

And to be fair, this is probably more like "a bit bruised sunday," or maybe "fractured sunday."

Whoever said pedestrians always have right of way - this has been changing in the courts recently apparently.

Regardless of what the law says, every driver knows, or at least they should know, that if a pedestrian walks into the road, runs or jumps on the road and starts playing the tambourine, it is your duty to do everything in your power not to hit them. To hit a pedestrian is the cardinal sin of driving. (And yes I recognise accidents are sometimes unavoidable)

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

lisa_celtic wrote: »

Bloody Sunday also refers to Sunday 21st of November 1920 When the brits opened fire on a gaa crowd Tipperary vs Dublin.

It also refers to the DMP attack on striking workers in 1913 and the attacks on Catholics in Belfast during the war of independence. We're mad about our bloody sundays in this country.

phantom_lord

lisa_celtic wrote: »

Shows how much respect they have for the voice of the people :mad:

don't be ridiculous.

masseyno9

Regardless of what the law says, every driver knows, or at least they should know, that if a pedestrian walks into the road, runs or jumps on the road and starts playing the tambourine, it is your duty to do everything in your power not to hit them. To hit a pedestrian is the cardinal sin of driving. (And yes I recognise accidents are sometimes unavoidable)

To be honest, I've no idea what happened tonight, and I suspect most people posting here don't either. The way things were tonight, it's entirely possible the driver did everything by the book. A protester may have got too close to the car and have his foot run over. I'd imagine any car around the place would have been mobbed. On the flip side, the driver may be at fault. We don't know.

A few cases I've heard of recently have involved pedestrians being complete thicko's, and drivers acting with reasonable caution, and the case being found in favour of the driver. Things like darting out from in front of a stopped bus or between parked cars. Situations where you have zero chance to react. Something like this could have happened, but it might not have.

Back to AH mode - government better get the money to pay for yer man's hospital bill. Add that on there Lenihan.

Degsy

The arrogance of the ministers and the stupidity of the guards in defending thier right to cut thier pay is staggering.

Those bastards should've been hauled from thier(taxpayer-funded) mercedes and kicked to death.

orourkeda

They can use the bailout to pay the inevitable PI claim

orourkeda

Degsy wrote: »

The arrogance of the ministers and the stupidity of the guards in defending thier right to cut thier pay is staggering.

Those bastards should've been hauled from thier(taxpayer-funded) mercedes and kicked to death.

The gardai appear to have been a little heavy handed in their approach to protesters from what i've seen

Buceph

Degsy wrote: »

The arrogance of the ministers and the stupidity of the guards in defending thier right to cut thier pay is staggering.

Do you seriously think there shouldn't be pay cuts?

Those bastards should've been hauled from thier(taxpayer-funded) mercedes and kicked to death.

Ok. Now I see the problem.

:rolleyes:

Orion

orourkeda wrote: »

They can use the bailout to pay the inevitable PI claim

What have the PI mods done now?

Overheal

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

well i doubt they wanted to run someone over

Yeah, I I I don't accept that, tea, I certainly wouldn't accept that at all, no.

TeddyTedson

To be honest i'd say the protester brought it on their self. On the news you always see them asking for it by walking out in front of cars.

Degsy

Buceph wrote: »

Do you seriously think there shouldn't be pay cuts?

Why should there be pay cuts?

The hole in the finances is largely due to propping up the banks and ipso facto the developers who caused this mess.

The "investors" in anglo have fled the party so why should the men an women with mortages and children who dont have the option to flee..why should they have thier pay cut in order to allow the criminals to escape unharmed?

ejmaztec

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

well i doubt they wanted to run someone over

Well, they've run everything else down.:(

Buceph

Degsy wrote: »

Why should there be pay cuts?

The hole in the finances is largely due to propping up the banks and ipso facto the developers who caused this mess.

The "investors" in anglo have fled the party so why should the men an women with mortages and children who dont have the option to flee..why should they have thier pay cut in order to allow the criminals to escape unharmed?

Because otherwise the country will go broke. Then there will be no money to pay anyone.

And the men and women with 100% mortgages and an extra €5,000 to buy furniture have to take a share of the blame themselves.

Sharkey 10

starbelgrade wrote: »

Bloody Sunday 2010

You're comparing someone being knocked down to 14 people being slaughtered at a GAA stadium?

Just a slight exaggeration, don't you think?

There are three bloody sundays by my count maybe more , so maybe this can be one too , there are no criteria afaik

Degsy

Buceph wrote: »

Because otherwise the country will go broke. Then there will be no money to pay anyone.

The country IS broke and all because the govt decided to set up NAMA to protect thier friends who had gambled(and lost) with the country's finances.

The cops and other people paying tax whilst working to pay off this gambling debt should not be hit any further...besides the economy cannot take any further cuts..the private sector is dependant on the 350,000 workers in the public sector to avail of thier services.

Buceph

Degsy wrote: »

The country IS broke and all because the govt decided to set up NAMA to protect thier friends who had gambled(and lost) with the country's finances.

The cops and other people paying tax whilst working to pay off this gambling debt should not be hit any further...besides the economy cannot take any further cuts..the private sector is dependant on the 350,000 workers in the public sector to avail of thier services.

You can get out the printer and start printing some mo... Oh no, we can't even do that.

K-9

Degsy wrote: »

The country IS broke and all because the govt decided to set up NAMA to protect thier friends who had gambled(and lost) with the country's finances.

The cops and other people paying tax whilst working to pay off this gambling debt should not be hit any further...besides the economy cannot take any further cuts..the private sector is dependant on the 350,000 workers in the public sector to avail of thier services.

You do realise without the bail out, the Govt. wouldn't be able to borrow next year to pay Public Sector pay, Welfare, operations in hospitals, running schools, important stuff like that?

The Banks are part of the problem, the deficit the other part.

Lando Griffin

Dartz wrote: »

Fighting the Government.... all fine and good.

Fighting 2 tonnes of Mercedes.... http://www.darwinawards.com.

He should have chosen to fight John Gormley on his bicycle instead.

prinz

After seeing the other muppet jump in front of the cars pulling in yesterday evening I am not suprised. Sounds like a publicity stunt to me tbh.

Zebra3

Degsy wrote: »

Those bastards should've been hauled from thier(taxpayer-funded) mercedes and kicked to death.

Wish I could thank you more than once.

Mark200

TheZohan wrote: »

If you really want to get technical about it you should be aware that a pedestrian always has right of way, unfortunately.

So what is the point of a zebra crossing, if they always have the right of way?

gurramok

prinz wrote: »

After seeing the other muppet jump in front of the cars pulling in yesterday evening I am not suprised. Sounds like a publicity stunt to me tbh.

Publicity stunt?..LOL

Yeh, the guy wanted to be run over:rolleyes: