Should Ireland follow Tunisia's example ?

lucozader

A popular revolt and punishing of the gangster politicans /

dory

They probably have someone they want instead of their current fella.

Whereas we have......

southsiderosie

Oh please.

The Irish people freely voted for Fianna Fail - multiple times. Comparing Ireland to Tunisia is an insult to those Tunisians who have risked their lives - and been killed - in order to demand the basic political rights that too many people in the West take for granted.

djpbarry

lucozader wrote: »

A popular revolt and punishing of the gangster politicans /

You're aware that Tunisia has been under the control of one of the most oppressive regimes in the Arab world since the mid 50's?

Count Dooku

lucozader wrote: »

A popular revolt and punishing of the gangster politicans /

Do you mean gang on streets lead by looneys from ULA and SF?

We don't have any proper political alternative to corrupted political elite

hallelujajordan

Death toll at 23 on Saturday . . probably continuing to rise. .

I think not !

Min

People in Tunisia were hungry, this is what underlies why people revolted.

Ireland is a paradise in comparison to Tunisia.

Min

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2042736,00.html

"Mohamed Bouazizi didn't set himself on fire because he couldn't blog or vote. People set themselves on fire because they can't stand seeing their family wither away slowly, not of sorrow, but of cold stark hunger."

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2042736,00.html#ixzz1BI9qCiZo

wes

Things are no where near as bad here, as they are in Tunisia. I don't think anyone is going hungry just yet.

Secondly, there will be an election here soon, where we can vote out the current shower, which is an option that Tunisian sadly didn't have. A revolution would be pointless, when we can just wait a little while and vote out our leaders.

Seloth

lucozader wrote: »

A popular revolt and punishing of the gangster politicans /

This honestly angers me.As said above he has called for an election within his own party and there are general elections coming soon.(Do you only read the headline and not the news?)


Honestly have you and idea how different the parts of the world are where they hold up-risings...This isn't 1916...This isn't the same cause and you are not Cathal Brugha,Michael Collins,Dev,Ché Guvara or bloody Washington!

sparkling sea

We voted Fianna Fail in time after time, despite Charley Haughey warning that Bertie Ahearn was and I quote "He's the most skilful, the most devious, the most cunning of them all."

We act like servants to our government - the British gave us our independence or we won it, but we seem to have remained a nation of serfs, the government are our masters and anything they want to do they can because we just moan, but very rarely hold them to account, we act like servants. We are cosy as whingers not doers. We see everything, we even see things happening before they actually happen, but we dont act - its to hard for us.

We just don't really want to take responsiblity for ourselves, not if it means we cant put the blame on someone else.

We don't need a reveloution, we just need as citizens to step up to the plate and we need to have the same expectations of our politicans.