Occupy Limerick

phog

I dont know if this was mentioned elsewhere but I've just seen our very own "Occupy" site on Liddy St.

Is this new or have I missed out on it?

Kristopherus

Wasters will congregate anywhere nowadays:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

phog

Kristopherus wrote: »

Wasters will congregate anywhere nowadays:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Like in Dail Eireann.

The Snipe

Been there about 3 weeks now.. More like Occupy Dunnes - "WE WONT MOVE UNTIL HARRYS IS OPEN AGAIN! I WANT MY TOAST AND SAMMICH!"

TestTransmission

I like waking them up on my way to work :pac:

Brian Lighthouse

"Wasters will congregate anywhere nowadays"

What`s wrong with the occupy movement Kristopherus?
It is a leaderless democratic movement, and is the first time we have seen peers congregate without being led by a clear leader.
This is the purest form of democracy that has emerged "ever".
Our politicians tell us we live in a democracy, when the system we operate in is a plutocracy. We accept this as democracy, it`s difficult to fathom the reality.
Another interesting point is that the occupy movement took inspiration from the Arab Spring, that occurred in places without "democracy".
The occupy movement want to remind people that we are the 99% who are paying for the 1% who are habitually profiting from whichever economic cycle we happen to be going through.
Could you please explain how if someone who feels disillusioned with the current set up and spends a few hours discussing/learning about issues on their day off is a waster?
Perhaps someone is between jobs and wishes to escape the isolation that poverty can overwhelm one with, they decide to spend some time there, are they wasters?
Why don`t you go and have a chat with them?
You don`t have to believe. You don`t have to agree.
You might be surprised who you`d find there on their day off.

Phog: Thanks for the reminder.
Xiledsniper: Thanks for the location.

I`ll pop by tomorrow.

The Snipe

Exact location is the side of the old closed down Dunnnes on Sarsfield St. Across from the between the park and the Pharmacy.

celticcrash

Kristopherus wrote: »

Wasters will congregate anywhere nowadays:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Any one who has a different opinion to Kris is a waster.
Get a life Kris.

Mc Love

Its a joke - you'd think they would take up a more prominent position

celticcrash

Mc Love wrote: »

Its a joke - you'd think they would take up a more prominent position

And have it crushed before it even got started.
People of Ireland. do not protest in any way, because who better to knock anyone but the Irish them selves.
People of Ireland, bend over and dont complain.
People of Ireland dont speak your mind, because your fellow Irishman will ridicule you.

Insect Overlord

celticcrash wrote: »

People of Ireland dont speak your mind, because your fellow Irishman will ridicule you.

In fairness, sticking up two tents outside an abandoned shopping centre for the coldest month of the year is ridiculous.

baza1976

How many of these people are full time students?

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

XiledSniper wrote: »

Been there about 3 weeks now.. More like Occupy Dunnes - "WE WONT MOVE UNTIL HARRYS IS OPEN AGAIN! I WANT MY TOAST AND SAMMICH!"

don't forget the coleslaw!

Mc Love

celticcrash wrote: »

And have it crushed before it even got started.
People of Ireland. do not protest in any way, because who better to knock anyone but the Irish them selves.
People of Ireland, bend over and dont complain.
People of Ireland dont speak your mind, because your fellow Irishman will ridicule you.

If they set up on Bedford Row or Thomas St or Cruises St - maybe they would have gotten more support - but its down in the middle of nowhere in terms of foot traffic and you would only notice it if you were stopped at the traffic lights. They might as well go home - because they aint achieving a whole lot where they are at the moment!

Itsdacraic

Might go down and set up a tent.

Save me paying for taxi home from town tomorrow night after boozing.

washman3

Mc Love wrote: »

Its a joke - you'd think they would take up a more prominent position

where would you recommend??

cc4life

baza1976 wrote: »

How many of these people are full time students?

I know for a fact that the majority of them are not. Not sure about one or two being part time students but the rest are just unemployed with no hope of a job

celticcrash

Insect Overlord wrote: »

In fairness, sticking up two tents outside an abandoned shopping centre for the coldest month of the year is ridiculous.

Maybe some of these people have lost their jobs homes pensions and are fighting to feed their kids.
Maybe some could not afford turkey for christmas dinner, toys for the children.
Maybe some had to go to SVTP for christmas dinner.
And than again some people will be stuffed like pigs after their christmas dinner. So stuffed that they will have to turn down the heating for half an hour.
People of Ireland dont complain, I have not digested my dinner yet.

Insect Overlord

celticcrash wrote: »

Maybe some of these people have lost their jobs homes pensions and are fighting to feed their kids.
Maybe some could not afford turkey for christmas dinner, toys for the chrildren.
Maybe some had to go to SVTP for christmas dinner.
And than again some people will be stuffed like pigs after their christmas dinner. So stuffed that they will have to turn down the heating for half an hour.
People of Ireland dont complain, I have not digested my dinner yet.

Says himself posting on the Internet at 01:17 in the morning. When did they get the wi-fi connection set up in those tents? Or are you too busy fighting the good fight from a comfortable chair somewhere?

celticcrash

cc4life wrote: »

I know for a fact that the majority of them are not. Not sure about one or two being part time students but the rest are just unemployed with no hope of a job

How do you know such facts?

Mc Love

washman3 wrote: »

where would you recommend??

Suggestions posted above :rolleyes:

washman3

why not start one so??
let us know how you get on...;)

baza1976

If there are any unemployed people with kids and morgatages to boot, I do sympathise. And if I was unlucky enough to be in such a position (which no one is to far from), I know how to better spend my time by looking for a job everyday be it packing shelfs, working in take aways, cleaning windows or even cutting grass while claming dole. I dont know what a family man hopes to gain camping outside an empty building. He be better off in the bookies, at least he has some chance of making money. IMHO must of those guys camping and protesting are conspiracy theorists or/are trying to create anarchy. And what will that bring us and our kids....That my two cents if you wanted it....I.m off to my bunker now, which has no wifi so I won't get your reply our be in a position to answer.

Mc Love

washman3 wrote: »

why not start one so??
let us know how you get on...;)

I have a job - if you are so keen on it, set one up yourself.

jbkenn

Simple really, I don't know who they are, but, they are doing something, the difference is, the rest of you smartarse's.... are not.

krudler

jbkenn wrote: »

Simple really, I don't know who they are, but, they are doing something, the difference is, the rest of you smartarse's.... are not.

yeah they're really showing the 1% alright, does anyone even walk down that area aside from winos going for a piss under the bridge?

jacksudan

Insect Overlord wrote: »

In fairness, sticking up two tents outside an abandoned shopping centre for the coldest month of the year is ridiculous.

Ridiculous you say! With a name like Insect Overlord you are comfortable with your comment? Hmmmm, no wonder you are a slave and don't know it!

jacksudan

Mc Love wrote: »

If they set up on Bedford Row or Thomas St or Cruises St - maybe they would have gotten more support - but its down in the middle of nowhere in terms of foot traffic and you would only notice it if you were stopped at the traffic lights. They might as well go home - because they aint achieving a whole lot where they are at the moment!

Maybe that's the point! Maybe we should wake up here, after all it is the military industrial complex and capitalism that put them there! Do we really need marketing a statement of intent on Cruises street to wake up or do we need to just wake up? Maybe if coca cola poured a billion into their cause then people might listen but i guess that's wont happen soon as there is no profit in people just products! on a lighter note urope sent the queen here last year to see if we would riot! they got their answer, no trouble from Ireland! Paddy is a fool!

MyKeyG

jbkenn wrote: »

Simple really, I don't know who they are, but, they are doing something, the difference is, the rest of you smartarse's.... are not.

What exactly are they doing? Honestly tell me what productivity is occurring from these protests? I could walk around with my trousers on my head shouting 'I'm a chocolate biscuit' and call it a protest! It doesn't make it so.

thesimpsons

MyKeyG wrote: »

What exactly are they doing? Honestly tell me what productivity is occurring from these protests? I could walk around with my trousers on my head shouting 'I'm a chocolate biscuit' and call it a protest! It doesn't make it so.

I was wondering exact same thing - what are they doing. setting up a camp in an obscure place where virtually no one knows where they are is hardly helping to set the country/world to rights. I saw them there few weeks before christmas and until I saw it on the paper yesterday, not a single other person knew what I was talking about. Big protest - ya right ! Get out and find a job and if you can 't find one do some voluntary work.

The Snipe

washman3 wrote: »

where would you recommend??

City Hall..???

hightower1

jacksudan wrote: »

Ridiculous you say! With a name like Insect Overlord you are comfortable with your comment? Hmmmm, no wonder you are a slave and don't know it!

Im sorry but ANYONE using infalmitory and charged grammer like "military industrial complex" and "slave" just reeks of skinny hippys in their hemp hoodies who have become a little too jumped up on rage against the machine for their own good.

This occupy stuff has already proven itself to be nothing more than a footnote in the global media , no more important that the "light" end of the news report that was previously filled by a cutesy news story. Ether do something serious , make an impact or dont do anything at all.

puntosporting

jbkenn wrote: »

Simple really, I don't know who they are, but, they are doing something, the difference is, the rest of you smartarse's.... are not.

The thing is us smartarse's are making a difference by getting our heads down and working and paying our taxes to try and get this country back on its feet!

thesimpsons

jbkenn wrote: »

Simple really, I don't know who they are, but, they are doing something, the difference is, the rest of you smartarse's.... are not.

so what exactly are they doing to right the world's financial and economic difficulties ?

Kess73

XiledSniper wrote: »

City Hall..???

Yep would be a far more obvious location to be honest, and better than a location that is hidden away with no real chance of being noticed. Maybe that is the point though. Use a location that will attract no attention and require no effort from the protesters towards their supposed cause, rather than going somewhere that would see them forced to interact and explain what they are protesting against in a clear concise manner.

Seems to me that all they do is spit out garbled mash ups of phrases, some of which are not even applicable to the financial/Industrial/Political infrastructure of a country like Ireland.


Military Industrial Complex indeed. :D:D:D Talk about a total misuse of a pretty common phrase. If basic stuff like that cannot be got right, it does not bode well for anything else spouted by them being correct.

Poxyshamrock

MyKeyG wrote: »

I could walk around with my trousers on my head shouting 'I'm a chocolate biscuit' and call it a protest!

LOL!

ABEasy

jacksudan wrote: »

urope sent the queen here last year to see if we would riot! they got their answer, no trouble from Ireland! Paddy is a fool!

Really??? Europe sent the queen here??? And why would we riot???

Insect Overlord

jacksudan wrote: »

Ridiculous you say! With a name like Insect Overlord you are comfortable with your comment? Hmmmm, no wonder you are a slave and don't know it!

Perfectly comfortable, thanks. Comfortable on the couch with my laptop, hot mug of tea and wireless broadband too. If I want to make a difference, I'll do it it smartly. I won't set up camp on an empty side-street and get my buddies to wage war on the message-boards for me.

source

jacksudan wrote: »

Maybe that's the point! Maybe we should wake up here, after all it is the military industrial complex and capitalism that put them there! Do we really need marketing a statement of intent on Cruises street to wake up or do we need to just wake up? Maybe if coca cola poured a billion into their cause then people might listen but i guess that's wont happen soon as there is no profit in people just products! on a lighter note urope sent the queen here last year to see if we would riot! they got their answer, no trouble from Ireland! Paddy is a fool!

I think the forum you're looking for is here, That's the most off the wall claim I've heard on here in years, that's including arguing with "Freemen on the land" in the legal forum, and they're bloody nuts!!!

cc4life

celticcrash wrote: »

How do you know such facts?

because I know a lot of the people involved

cc4life

It's a real shame that people going out trying to do something just and showing solidarity with so many people in Ireland and around the world are getting ridiculed for doing it. Its fairly disgusting that someone could make fun of somebody else standing up for what they believe in. Maybe the media have done their job and indoctrinated people into thinking anything that goes against the grain is stupid and foolish. Makes me sad thinking that the people of Ireland have lost all sense of solidarity

juan.kerr

Are these guys not just a bunch of swampy / crusty types, happy to take from society (social welfare, free education) but unwilling to contribute anything constructive other than maybe their stink from not washing?

millold

Pity our socialist trade unions,many of whom have offices in Limerick,did'nt offer any support.Probably no photo opportunity,but if their was,you would see the rush.Occupy Limerick,more like occupy the strand,savoy etc for the overpriced annual "conferences"with expenses.

juan.kerr

millold wrote: »

Pity our socialist trade unions,many of whom have offices in Limerick,did'nt offer any support.Probably no photo opportunity,but if their was,you would see the rush.Occupy Limerick,more like occupy the strand,savoy etc for the overpriced annual "conferences"with expenses.

Trade unions are part of the problem not part of the solution - they had their snouts in the trough for long enough and are only interested in one thing - protecting the interests of their members to the detriment of the rest of society.

cc4life

juan.kerr wrote: »

Trade unions are part of the problem not part of the solution - they had their snouts in the trough for long enough and are only interested in one thing - protecting the interests of their members to the detriment of the rest of society.

You must be a troll

Itsdacraic

cc4life wrote: »

juan.kerr wrote: »

Trade unions are part of the problem not part of the solution - they had their snouts in the trough for long enough and are only interested in one thing - protecting the interests of their members to the detriment of the rest of society.

You must be a troll

I think a lot of people would have a similar opinion about the trade unions. SIPTU Slush Fund?

washman3

Mc Love wrote: »

I have a job - if you are so keen on it, set one up yourself.

Good man you are.!! hope you still have it at the end of 2012.

typical Irish smartarse attitude: im ok jack,f**k everyone else.

phog

Am I sorry I started this thread some of the posts are bordering on insulting, I never thought that a simple thread on a peaceful protest would bring out so much badness in people.

Happy New Year everyone and hopefully 2012 will be better to all of us.

counterlock

cc4life wrote: »

It's a real shame that people going out trying to do something just and showing solidarity with so many people in Ireland and around the world are getting ridiculed for doing it.

The irony is that you are showing solidarity with 1% of people. Not me, not anyone I know and not most of the posters on here.

cc4life wrote: »

Its fairly disgusting that someone could make fun of somebody else standing up for what they believe in.

Develop this point further and we can discuss. All we've got so far from your crew is tin-foil hat stuff.

cc4life wrote: »

Makes me sad thinking that the people of Ireland have lost all sense of solidarity

You're repeating yourself, so I will too. Solidarity with who? Each other? I still believe we have this and thats why you see so many people knuckling down. Its easy to questions people's solidarity with one another when you are one of a group of three sitting in a tent in the middle of winter.

Insect Overlord

phog wrote: »

Am I sorry I started this thread some of the posts are bordering on insulting, I never thought that a simple thread on a peaceful protest would bring out so much badness in people.

Happy New Year everyone and hopefully 2012 will be better to all of us.

I just want to clarify that I was ridiculing the method of the protest, rather than the message. Happy New Year to you, yours, and all others involved here.

Mc Love

washman3 wrote: »

Good man you are.!! hope you still have it at the end of 2012.

typical Irish smartarse attitude: im ok jack,f**k everyone else.

Even if I didnt have a job - I would be doing a lot more than freezing my arse off in a tent on a street where nobody walks past.

What in all honesty are they contributing to society?