Liveline With Joe Duffy - Mod Note in OP

statto25

Kevin Penknife

Borderfox

He perforated his particulars with mathematical instrument

leath_dub

You can't be bringing a pen-knife to school, caller - and Joe with his "of course" as if it was the most natural thing in the world to bring a weapon to school

TinyMuffin

on the twitter you’d regularly see teachers in America getting the bejaysus beating out of them. Or shot. Have to find a middle ground.

Atlantic Dawn

I'd have doubts if even a missile strike on London by Vlad would change this topic.

Beechwoodspark

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122612156#Comment_122612156

Well yest morn on RTÉ the Taoiseach said some nonsense about “we are going through the harrowing of a national trauma” or some such phrase, and praised liveline.

National compensation scheme, worse story gets more money???

Atlantic Dawn

An orphan, wohoo, not heard one of those getting the sheite beaten out of them yet 🤔

Atlantic Dawn

There's no way these Hollywood movie script type actor portrayals ever came in to the show worded anywhere near how they are being read out.

leath_dub

"Hi Joe. I'm only 47 and I also suffered from corporal punishment"

Atlantic Dawn

The shows budget must not have extended to adding sound effects, that's all they are missing from those readings.

Kalimah

This is horrendous. I count myself lucky not to have experienced any of this. Why oh why did none of the kids tell their parents.

mountain

Duffy is a f ucking creep

johnbarrett35

I am 60 Joe and no one ever hit, slapped or humiliated me. Will I get a few bob for my lack of suffering, I wonder. I was deprived?

Atlantic Dawn

Did Joe declare whether he was ever at the hand of a beating during his schooling?

leath_dub

This guy, I 100% believe. The trauma is completely real. He should not be detailng this on the radio for entertainment purposes while talking to an unqualified buffoon.

Some of the other callers today I would be much more skeptical about.

Joe doesn't distinguish between them, however. He doesn't give a rat's ass.

Kalimah

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122612217#Comment_122612217

Actually I'm nearly 62, and my siblings are a similar age and none of us were ever abused in school. I don't know if it was just the school we were in, or just our parents would have come down like a ton of bricks on anyone who touched us.

I can quite understand how so many of my generation and older have so little confidence, and can't challenge "authority".

Denny61

This is what makes good radio. ..Real issues .and human issues..good job rte...

mountain

we all know that school Ireland in the 50/60/70s was at times violent, abusive,

Duffy is just picking at the scabs of people’s memories,

It’s low rent radio, and serves no purpose other than inflating the hosts ego

sligeach

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122611853#Comment_122611853

I definitely think Joe has a book in mind. I haven't been listening to this for the past few days, I've enough enough of this 80110X and this topic.

I heard Joe say "we" the survivors, so he considers himself a victim, though he did say he never endured anything like any of the callers went through.

Losty Dublin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122612226#Comment_122612226

Joe's well able to dish it out from his position of apunity on air, that's a fact.

johnbarrett35

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122612238#Comment_122612238

In fairness, I did see other's being slapped. In one memorable case, a brother in 3rd year bet the living daylights out of a lad in the corner of the classroom. The brother was soon after diagnosed with a brain tumour.

squonk

I like this sctor lady’s voice. She can beat me on a daily basis if she wants!

Atlantic Dawn

My school tales would be of teachers who got abused by pupils, lots of cases of it I can remember from secondary school.

Dan Jaman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122612137#Comment_122612137

It was more formalised in the UK system. Slaps, kicks and punches, and assaults with a variety of weapons, while not unknown, weren't common in most schools.

I've no doubt that prior to my time there, the above may have been more the norm, though.

The weapon of first resort in most Scottish schools was the leather belt, and in English schools, the cane.

I suspect the almost universal introduction of such appliances of corporal punishment was to regulate things a bit more steadily, and avoid teachers actually killing pupils.

Denny61

Joe is very respectful here . Letting the victims read out all their horrendous stories ..lifeline really showing why its top of the ratings and a good presenter

leath_dub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN5PoW7_kdA

She forced you to eat an orange? I can see why Joe called you back

Losty Dublin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122612274#Comment_122612274

You had me there for a minute!

johnbarrett35

Its own swap of horror, WTF!!

Atlantic Dawn

An arms decommissioning process of the toyme so to speak. 😁

johnbarrett35

Swear to god, time is going backwards listening to this stuff!