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Should we protest against the pope's visit?

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  • #2042
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,750 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Only 82,000 are allowed in to Croke Park for health and safety reasons.


    A good chunk of this number was on the pitch.


    That is the reason for empty seats in the stands.

    #notrocketscience

    also those seats would have you looking at the back of his head


  • #2043
    Sweetemotion
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    Hitman3000 wrote: »
    That's alot of empty seats.



    A lot of full seats also

    IRISH%20Po%20417.jpg


  • #2044
    The high horse brigade
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    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    Are you sure that people protesting didn't order tickets & deliberately didn't turn up?

    My friends Ex & her mate have over 100 tickets for tomorrow's mass & will be binning them in protest. Another guy online claims to have 1000 tickets for tomorrow

    Nope, these tickets were not offered to the public


  • #2045
    Hitman3000
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    Sweetemotion wrote:
    A lot of full seats also

    Huh???


  • #2046
    Kermit.de.frog
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    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    My friends Ex & her mate have over 100 tickets for tomorrow's mass & will be binning them in protest.


    Why would anyone deny others the ability to attend any event they wish in such a way?

    They have 1,000 tickets so 1,000 people who might have wanted tickets are denied.

    Your friend's Ex and her mate are just assholes then in my opinion.


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  • #2047
    The high horse brigade
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Why would anyone deny others the ability to attend any event they wish in such a way?

    They have 1,000 tickets so 1,000 people who might have wanted tickets are denied.

    Your friend's Ex and her mate are just assholes then in my opinion.

    Nobody was denied a ticket. The window offering them closed, they were available right up to that for anyone that wanted them. they just did not get rid of the volume they were expecting


  • #2048
    Fighting Tao
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Why would anyone deny others the ability to attend any event they wish in such a way?

    They have 1,000 tickets so 1,000 people who might have wanted tickets are denied.

    Your friend's Ex and her mate are just assholes then in my opinion.

    Your question has been answered many times. No one was denied. There still were more than enough tickets for everyone who wanted to go. The window to apply for them closed and a some hadn’t bothered their arse alllying in time. If someone wants to get one now it is still possible via social media. However, throwing strops on the Internet is easier than finding out the real story.


  • #2049
    Strazdas
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    Sweetemotion wrote: »
    A lot of full seats also

    IRISH%20Po%20417.jpg

    Yes : I don't think tickets were actually distributed for those 'empty' seats at the back of the stadium in the pic further up, as many people had seats on the actual pitch instead. In other words, it was a full house.

    You see the exact same thing with concerts at Croke Park.


  • #2050
    Kermit.de.frog
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    The high horse brigade wrote: »
    Nobody was denied a ticket. The window offering them closed, they were available right up to that for anyone that wanted them. they just did not get rid of the volume they were expecting

    That still makes them assholes because even if that was true these purchasers were not to know - so the intention was to deny 1,000 people tickets to make a personal protest.


  • #2051
    Fighting Tao
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    That still makes them assholes because even if that was true these purchasers were not to know - so the intention was to deny 1,000 people tickets to make a personal protest.

    No one bought tickets either.


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  • #2052
    Kermit.de.frog
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    Fighting Tao wrote: »
    No one bought tickets either.

    I repeat...

    The intention was to deny 1,000 people tickets to make a personal protest.

    Simple.


  • #2053
    tylercheribini
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    Pretty easy fill a stadium with 80000 zealots from all corners of the globe, it was todays drive through the city which was the most telling.


  • #2054
    Fighting Tao
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    I repeat...

    The intention was to deny 1,000 people tickets to make a personal protest.

    Simple.

    It is a valid form of protest.


  • #2055
    Kermit.de.frog
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    Fighting Tao wrote: »
    It is a valid form of protest.

    Yeah, if your a special type of asshole.

    If you want to protest then protest but don't be a selfish prick to people who just want to enjoy a unique day out for themselves and their families.


  • #2056
    Fighting Tao
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    tylercheribini wrote: »
    Pretty easy fill a stadium with 80000 zealots from all corners of the globe, it was todays drive through the city which was the most telling.


    It was nice of them to get people to gather at strategic points for the editing of the memorial dvd that will be released in a few weeks. The tell tale is the aerial shots.


  • #2057
    Sleeper12
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote:
    That still makes them assholes because even if that was true these purchasers were not to know - so the intention was to deny 1,000 people tickets to make a personal protest.

    I thought so too till I read this today
    "When free tickets for the mass to be celebrated by Pope Francis in Phoenix Park in Dublin were advertised, Mary Coll applied for two – one in her name and the other in the name of her birth mother, who gave her up for adoption in 1962.
    But Coll will not be using the tickets. “This is my protest, not to go,†she said. Instead, she will drive from her home in Limerick to Tuam, where a vigil will be held at the site of a mass grave discovered last year at a former Catholic church mother-and-baby home. It contained the remains of up to 800 infants."

    I've no doubt that some of the protesters getting these tickets my have had their babies stolen from them and sold by the church or raped by priests and then for the church to cover it up letting the priest rape again.
    It's a selfish way to protest I agree but some victims deserve to be selfish on this one imo


  • #2058
    Fighting Tao
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Yeah, if your a special type of asshole.

    If you want to protest then protest but don't be a selfish prick to people who just want to enjoy a unique day out for themselves and their families.

    Protestors today were getting quizzed by the cops and had names and addresses taken just because they had placards. None of the pope worshipping people with placards were approached by the cops. So I think applying for tickets that it was obvious from the first hour oils to be given away, is a safer method of protest.


  • #2059
    TCM
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    TCM wrote:
    Will I do gutters boss - a dead give away to close the door immediately.

    Fighting Tao wrote:
    It was nice of them to get people to gather at strategic points for the editing of the memorial dvd that will be released in a few weeks. The tell tale is the aerial shots.

    Fighting Tao wrote:
    It was nice of them to get people to gather at strategic points for the editing of the memorial dvd that will be released in a few weeks. The tell tale is the aerial shots.


    Huge crowds lining the streets today. Wonderful to see.


  • #2060
    Edgware
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    tylercheribini wrote: »
    Pretty easy fill a stadium with 80000 zealots from all corners of the globe, it was todays drive through the city which was the most telling.

    Oh was it? More of the usual from you


  • #2061
    Fighting Tao
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    TCM wrote: »
    Huge crowds lining the streets today. Wonderful to see.

    Have a look at those 24 hour news channels and watch for aerial footage. If you take your blinkers off you’ll see it was nowhere near what you think from being at street level.


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  • #2062
    tylercheribini
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    Edgware wrote: »
    Oh was it? More of the usual from you

    You know me so well.


  • #2063
    The high horse brigade
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    TCM wrote: »
    Huge crowds lining the streets today. Wonderful to see.

    You'd see more at the marathon, the Queen had a bigger crowd


  • #2064
    statesaver
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    The high horse brigade wrote: »
    You'd see more at the marathon, the Queen had a bigger crowd

    No she did not


  • #2065
    statesaver
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    Error


  • #2066
    uck51js9zml2yt
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    The high horse brigade wrote: »
    You'd see more at the marathon, the Queen had a bigger crowd

    The only public allowed near her was in cork.
    Dublins streets were cordened off.


  • #2067
    Strazdas
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    statesaver wrote: »
    No she did not

    Correct : security was intense in Dublin in 2011 with the city centre on lock down and virtually nobody got to see her.


  • #2068
    The high horse brigade
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    statesaver wrote: »
    No she did not

    Did you see the aerial shots. This is O'Connell Street

    459415.png


  • #2069
    [Deleted User]
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    There most certainly wasn't a St. Patricks day size crowd on the streets.


  • #2070
    The high horse brigade
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    Rivka Flat Handgun wrote: »
    The only public allowed near her was in cork.
    Dublins streets were cordened off.

    Sorry, bad example, compare it to a Paddy's Day then


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  • #2071
    Spanish Eyes
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    I wonder how many will trudge through the heavy rain tomorrow for many kms. And then sit there on their three legged stools in the rain to see IL Papa up there at the altar protected from the elements.

    Just wondered if they might get a plenary indulgence for their rainy sins.


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