Travellers want a state apology

padd b1975

They can go and fook themselves!

Fann Linn

padd b1975 wrote: »

They can go and fook themselves!

I think the poll results echo your views fairly resoundingly.

Eggs For Dinner

The number of anti-traveller threads on Boards is increasing week by week. I'm beginning to think the vast majority of Irish people have little or no sympathy for their predicament.

I am heartened by this positive development

salmocab

Eggs For Dinner wrote: »

The number of anti-traveller threads on Boards is increasing week by week. I'm beginning to think the vast majority of Irish people have little or no sympathy for their predicament.

I am heartened by this positive development

What predicament?

JohnMc1

Eggs For Dinner wrote: »

The number of anti-traveller threads on Boards is increasing week by week. I'm beginning to think the vast majority of Irish people have little or no sympathy for their predicament.

I am heartened by this positive development

I would feel bead for them if they were unfairly painted in a negative light. Unfortunately they earned that negative perception. They should be the ones apologizing. Until they're ready to take responsibility for their role in their negative perception they can do one.

All Seeing Eye

I work around the country a lot I could be in Kerry one week and Donegal the next. During the course of the job I would talk to a lot of farmers and i usually ask them what’s the area like, do you ever get any hassle etc. They all have the same stories about travellers. Most of them have had stuff robbed by the travellers or have had to run travellers off their land. They are basically the scourge of rural Ireland. They are constantly on the look out to rob portable machinery and tools that can be sold on quickly. Guards for the most part are useless in catching them. Travellers should be the ones apologising.

Niles Crane

B-D-P-- wrote: »

Aweful sorry to hear Travellers make up 0.6 per cent of the population yet account for 10 per cent of the male prisoner population and 22 per cent of the female prison population.

Racist.

freshpopcorn

Can we have another referendum on the 26th of October asking if the state should apologise to travellers? I'd love to see the result!

Wailin

F@#k em

All Seeing Eye

Niles Crane wrote: »

Racist.

How? They aren’t really a different race? Just inbreeding over the years has made them different.

wakka12

They should be writing a state apology, if anything, but in reality no entire group of people should unanimously apologise to another entire group because not everybody in either party is guilty or innocent or deserving of an apology or needs to apologise

FutureGuy

It should be the other way around. Criminal damage, robbery, failing to educate their children, child allowance fraud, social welfare fraud, animal cruelty.

It’s a fcuking joke at this stage.

TheDavester

wakka12 wrote: »

They should be writing a state apology, if anything, but in reality no entire group of people should unanimously apologise to another entire group because not everybody in either party is guilty or innocent or deserving of an apology or needs to apologise

lol as If they could write boss

All Seeing Eye

Apologising is beyond them. They have no manners what so ever. Did you ever see them in a shop or takeaway. They never say thanks or please etc. Just throw the money at the person behind the counter while their kids rob the place aswell!

AllForIt

Can anyone be surprised that they are asking the government to give them something.

FutureGuy

FutureGuy wrote: »

It should be the other way around. Criminal damage, robbery, failing to educate their children, child allowance fraud, social welfare fraud, animal cruelty.

It’s a fcuking joke at this stage.

The cousins are also fond of compo, break a headlight after a collision or send their children running in front of cyclists to extort the system.

NasserShammaz

sexmag wrote: »

Amazing

At least 11 travellers are on boards

A football team but they only play away matches;)

CinemaGuy45

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Admittedly, it has been a long time since I was a resident in Ireland but I recall there being a lot of state support for travellers. Their experience is nothing like that of the native people's of pre-colonial Australia and New Zealand, never mind apartheid. Those comparisons are frankly disgusting and I would have expected better from the Irish Times.

What total tosh.:rolleyes:

What experience has lead you to expect better from the Irish Times?
I can only assume since you have been out of Ireland for so long you are unaware what a useless rag the Irish Times is.:D

khaldrogo

Agricola wrote:

A young traveller woman walks in, head to toe in ripped denim, and heads over to the brochures. She was a dead ringer for Vicky Pollard from Little Britain. The salesman leaps out from behind his desk like the Pope had just walked in to peruse the latest models. He wasn't half as interested in me 5 minutes beforehand! She asks him had he got the new model Land Cruiser to view, so he grabs a set of keys and escorts her outside to the forecourt! Another happy customer in the making!

I saw it myself some years ago when working in a Toyota dealership in Lucan. A young traveller fella comes in and has a look at a new avensis and then a new cruiser......asks the salesman how much for both, salesman gives him a price and he's says 'ill be back with cash for the both of them'......and come back he did.

All Seeing Eye

Just look up the 1963 Commission on Itinerancy. It was a good solution on how to sort out travellers. It should be used again to shape government policy on travellers.

All Seeing Eye

Does anyone know of a traveller that has actually done anything meaningful for this country? For example I’ve never heard of a traveller being involved in the struggle for Irish independence.

NasserShammaz

All Seeing Eye wrote: »

Does anyone know of a traveller that has actually done anything meaningful for this country? For example I’ve never heard of a traveller being involved in the struggle for Irish independence.

Martin Collins continues the struggle by destroying the English language every day

touts

I once asked a member of the travelling community for an apology for his behaviour in our local village shop. I was told to **** off and had a stone thrown at my car as I drove off. I take it that's the traditional traveller way of apologising so if Pavee point want to call to see me I'll be happy to honour their traditions.

CinemaGuy45

All Seeing Eye wrote: »

Does anyone know of a traveller that has actually done anything meaningful for this country?

This is meant to be a discussion board so why are you asking a rhetorical question?:D

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

BrokenArrows wrote: »

Somewhat similar to the Roma gipsys are different genetically than to Romanians.

Well, of course they are different. There isn't really any connection between Roma people and Romanians. I don't know why Irish people associate them.

corks finest

For what?

All Seeing Eye

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

This is meant to be a discussion board so why are you asking a rhetorical question?:D

An innocent question!

CinemaGuy45

I think this is two or three people with multiple accounts.
There is no way 12 out of less than 400 are that bat**** crazy.

Sleeper12

I followed this on my phone so only realized now on pc that it's a pole.

I don't think ALL travellers are bad, crooks, scumbags etc. I've met many in Dublin that hold down real 9 to 5 jobs & some better educated then me & some with 3rd level degrees. I have met some travelers that I do trust.

I'm really not sure what the government would be apologizing for though

Alrigghtythen

"Somewhat similar to the Roma gipsys are different genetically than to Romanians."




Aren't the Roma mainly from the northern Indian region, not Romania?