What's going through the mind of someone who does this?

laugh · 08-01-2014 6:14pm #1

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/video?vid=1.1648336

^ Musicians are on the hapenny bridge for the launch of a Trad music festival and a guy comes along and barges into one of them in a fairly dangerous / menacing way.

I put that guy in the same class as the guys who throw concrete blocks at the Luas near Bluebell, what do you think of this and what do you think of those people who only take from society and never give anything?

B_Rabbit · 08-01-2014 6:15pm

Who's yer wan with the harp?

SV · 08-01-2014 6:16pm

Probably just done what everyone else wanted to anyway. What a stupid place to stop and play music, the woman with the buggy could barely get through.

B_Rabbit · 08-01-2014 6:18pm

SV wrote: »

Probably just done what everyone else wanted to anyway. What a stupid place to stop and play music, the woman with the buggy could barely get through.

Nah, he was being a prick so he could get a giggle and tell his friends.

laugh · 08-01-2014 6:18pm

SV wrote: »

Probably just done what everyone else wanted to anyway. What a stupid place to stop and play music, the woman with the buggy could barely get through.

So partially blocking a foot bridge for a minute for the launch of an event that contributes something to society is reason enough to assault somebody?

fran38 · 08-01-2014 6:19pm

Was it an accident? I heard an apology straight away. Besides, there was little room for people to pass by.

Kenny Logins · 08-01-2014 6:20pm

I wanted to do that too. Not saying I would do it, but I would think about it.

SV · 08-01-2014 6:20pm

laugh wrote: »

So partially blocking a foot bridge for a minute for the launch of an event that contributes something to society is reason enough to assault somebody?

Did I say that? I said its a stupid place to stop and block people.

What is it with you people and twisting words when you have an agenda!?

Sky King · 08-01-2014 6:21pm

laugh wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/video?vid=1.1648336

^ Musicians are on the hapenny bridge for the launch of a Trad music festival and a guy comes along and barges into one of them in a fairly dangerous / menacing way.?

Maybe he was confusing it with the canal?

khmk · 08-01-2014 6:21pm

probably misses his old glasses.

Karl Stein · 08-01-2014 6:21pm

In all fairness they're blocking the whole bridge which is pretty rude itself. Hitler. Now I'm not saying that the shove was justified but Hitler HITLER HITLER .

Kenny Logins · 08-01-2014 6:22pm

BTW, maybe I'm too cynical, but that bump must be worth a lot of video views, possibly more than the... what was it about again?

john the one · 08-01-2014 6:22pm

Pondlife. I knew just from the thread title it was gonna be a pie ball in a white tracksuit.

laugh · 08-01-2014 6:22pm

SV wrote: »

Did I say that? I said its a stupid place to stop and block people.

What is it with you people and twisting words when you have an agenda!?

I quoted exactly what you said. the woman with the pram got by fine, it was the steps that caused her the inconvenience. It was an act of thuggery.

kneemos · 08-01-2014 6:23pm

Couldn't sing,looked awful.

He did right.

Fr_Dougal · 08-01-2014 6:23pm

It was all over Instagram earlier.

J_E · 08-01-2014 6:24pm

The bridge is nearly completely blocked up. There could have been a bit more sense by part of the group playing. It wasn't exactly what I'd call a 'vicious assault', a bit careless.

laugh wrote: »

I put that guy in the same class as the guys who throw concrete blocks at the Luas near Bluebell, what do you think of this and what do you think of those people who only take from society and never give anything?

Generalise more, why don't you

laugh · 08-01-2014 6:24pm

Sky King wrote: »

Maybe he was confusing it with the canal?

Maybe you are just trying to be funny. It also means to move aggressively and clumsily.

knucklehead6 · 08-01-2014 6:24pm

B_Rabbit wrote: »

Who's yer wan with the harp?

That's what I'd like to know too

Kenny Logins · 08-01-2014 6:25pm

B_Rabbit wrote: »

Who's yer wan with the harp?

Sally O'Brien.

dmc17 · 08-01-2014 6:26pm

He was probably thinking "I went to a lot of effort to get dressed well and look smart today so I may as well get noticed"

bumper234 · 08-01-2014 6:26pm

Idiots shouldn't have been blocking the bridge, looks like the guy put up his arm to get by but who knows maybe he did do it on purpose either way they shouldn't be blocking the bridge like that.

Agricola · 08-01-2014 6:26pm

He obviously shouldnt try to knock the bespeckled fella into the river, but why block up the walkway onto the bridge with a féckin band. Isnt there less annoying places for them to stand and play?

SV · 08-01-2014 6:27pm

laugh wrote: »

I quoted exactly what you said. the woman with the pram got by fine, it was the steps that caused her the inconvenience. It was an act of thuggery.

Where did I say that it was justified? I just said everyone else probably wanted to do it too. Right yeah, and everyone else having to stop and turn sideways and go in single file was the steps too.

Zascar · 08-01-2014 6:29pm

Got a good laugh out of that! The guy is a scumbag. Should be thrown off the bridge.

kneemos · 08-01-2014 6:30pm

Like people who stand talking in the middle of the path,you would just love to walk through them.

poundapunnet · 08-01-2014 6:30pm

fran38 wrote: »

Was it an accident? I heard an apology straight away. Besides, there was little room for people to pass by.

No I think the "ah jesus mister" is directed at him rather than coming from him.

Only a slight chance it wasn't deliberate but stupid place to stand, if I was behind that lad I'd probably give him a mental round of applause.

yawhat! · 08-01-2014 6:31pm

Musicians are idiots

Happyman42 · 08-01-2014 6:32pm

At least he stopped the racket!

BrokenArrows · 08-01-2014 6:32pm

Ah jaesus mister...

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 08-01-2014 6:33pm

laugh wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/video?vid=1.1648336

^ Musicians are on the hapenny bridge for the launch of a Trad music festival and a guy comes along and barges into one of them in a fairly dangerous / menacing way.

I put that guy in the same class as the guys who throw concrete blocks at the Luas near Bluebell, what do you think of this and what do you think of those people who only take from society and never give anything?

Dublin is full of people who hate creative people and can;t contain their jealously - one of the reasons I left.

Happyman42 · 08-01-2014 6:34pm

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Dublin is full of people who hate creative people and can;t contain their jealously - one of the reasons I left.

Yeh, they where 'creating' a nuisance.

Sunnyisland · 08-01-2014 6:34pm

There is no need to push anyone violently like that,end of.

D1stant · 08-01-2014 6:34pm

It was clearly deliberate. What a d1ckhead.

Ficheall · 08-01-2014 6:35pm

kneemos wrote: »

Couldn't sing,looked awful.

He did right.

Couldn't sing?? :eek:
That woman wrote and sang A Woman's Heart, you philistine!!

Stupid, ignorant place to be playing, aye - yon cellist could have taken the passing cub's eye out with his bow.

J_E · 08-01-2014 6:35pm

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Dublin is full of people who hate creative people and can;t contain their jealously - one of the reasons I left.

That's a bit much. You can get away with a lot more in Dublin than you can most places in the country.

bumper234 · 08-01-2014 6:37pm

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Dublin is full of people who hate creative people and can;t contain their jealously - one of the reasons I left.

When the creative few decide to block access and egress to one of the busiest bridges in the capital then maybe the creative people need to wonder why these things happen. They could have stood to one side of the bridge, they could have used one of the newer wider bridges, they could have used the middle of O'connell bridge or street but no they chose to almost block one side of the ha'penny bridge all in the name of "creativity" :rolleyes:

catallus · 08-01-2014 6:37pm

This kind of thing happens to everyone all over the world every day; the polite and civilised thing is to avoid any contact what-so-ever. The guy is obviously a lout. Strange that so many on here are defending him....

Sunnyisland · 08-01-2014 6:38pm

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Dublin is full of people who hate creative people and can;t contain their jealously - one of the reasons I left.

And most of them that hate it are not from Dublin :-) that's why they leave..

billie1b · 08-01-2014 6:40pm

He probably did it to shut them up! They were out of key and tune

P_1 · 08-01-2014 6:40pm

Two dicks don't make a...

Blocking a busy bridge for a publicity stunt is quite dickish

Yer man shoulder charging the musician is quite dickish

dmc17 · 08-01-2014 6:41pm

bumper234 wrote: »

When the creative few decide to block access and egress to one of the busiest bridges in the capital then maybe the creative people need to wonder why these things happen. They could have stood to one side of the bridge, they could have used one of the newer wider bridges, they could have used the middle of O'connell bridge or street but no they chose to almost block one side of the ha'penny bridge all in the name of "creativity" :rolleyes:

How did everyone else manage to get by without confrontation except for the bum in the cheap tracksuit. It's called being civilised

mikom · 08-01-2014 6:41pm

Nowt as queer as folk.

kumate_champ07 · 08-01-2014 6:41pm

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Dublin is full of people who hate creative people and can;t contain their jealously - one of the reasons I left.

not really

youre in Berlin now is it?

Im a creative person/musician, and those people in the video are a nuisance.

Call Me Jimmy · 08-01-2014 6:41pm

I cannot come to a conclusion on the issue except to say that Harp Beoir should get some headshots done.

Boskowski · 08-01-2014 6:41pm

Thought it was funny. Not a nice thing to do and you'd have to wonder why would anyone do it, but funny all the same.

Kenny Logins · 08-01-2014 6:41pm

dmc17 wrote: »

How did everyone else manage to get by without confrontation except for the bum* in the cheap tracksuit. It's called being civilised

*out of work athlete

Ben Shekelberg · 08-01-2014 6:42pm

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Dublin is full of people who hate creative people and can;t contain their jealously - one of the reasons I left.

Being 'creative' doesn't give you a right block a busy footbridge.

poundapunnet · 08-01-2014 6:42pm

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Dublin is full of people who hate creative people and can;t contain their jealously - one of the reasons I left.

Do you really think your man pushed him because he was jealous? I hate that attitude "Oh people don't think what I do is important, they must be jealous".

The "creative" scene, be it music, or art or theatre, has a tendency to turn into an insular circle jerk, especially in a city the size of Dublin, and that can be an annoying scene to come in contact with, speaking from experience. Some people just really don't give a sh1t about the fact that someone else is an artist or think that makes them any better than other people. Doesn't mean they're jealous. Seriously, if you have to resort to the Justin Bieber haters gon' hate line of defence, maybe reconsider the situation.

dmc17 · 08-01-2014 6:42pm

Kenny Logins wrote: »

*out of work athlete

*never actually in work athlete I'd say

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 08-01-2014 6:45pm

came into thread expecting to do some scumbag hating but that guy did what a few people were thinking in their walter mitty heads.

what gives them the fcuking right to nearly block off the exit of a very busy bridge with their ****e? there was a small gap for people to leave the bridge but what about people on the cameramans side trying to get onto the bridge? i find the beggars on the bridge clog it up a bit

What's going through the mind of someone who does this?

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