Family of seven sleep in Garda station Mod note post one

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

I was a single mother (kids now adults, I’m now married) so I agree there is no shame. I don’t believe she is a single mother though. Just because her other half is now locked up doesn’t make her one. When he’s released, will he return to their family unit?

Called it 2 weeks ago.

dominatinMC wrote: »

Why not though? And this is the thing that I don't fully understand; is there not more of "us" (at the risk of generalisation here, but hard-working, tax-paying citizens who can see through the bull****) than there is of "them" (the bleeding-hearts PC brigade)?? Why are the media so insistent on appeasing "them", and not "us"? I know I am categorising and characterising a lot of groups in this statement but, ultimately, that's how I see it. All these liberal PC masses defending Margaret Cash, and the others who can see what she really is. Incredibly infuriating that the media (apart from Niall Boylan) won't represent "our" side.

I'd say that there a third group which are the ones who are also hardworking taxpayers but have simply stopped caring. They don't believe anything they do will change anything.

It's the reason I stopped voting in elections for Ireland... because all the parties are essentially the same once they get into power. Oh, they make various promises, and there are distinctive campaigns with different focuses, but once in power, they're all very much the same.

There is a growing part of the Irish population who feel powerless to change anything. Their opinions aren't relevant because it doesn't fit the liberal mindset that says we must cater to every weakness in society without any limitation... even to the point of encouraging those very weaknesses.

It's like here on boards. Just about every issue can be broken down into the four camps of Far right, right, left and Far left. The extremes being the "far", and usually the posters who accuse each other of horrible things, and the insults start flying so any reasonable discourse is submerged, or closed. The left/right are more reasonable but there is still the name calling and the shutting down of topics which don't match their viewpoints. Those in the middle who seek a more rational or logical debate tend to be drowned out by the emotional outbursts from the others. Along with the judgmental sentences cast down by people on their various ivory towers.

And you can see the same within the media or political commentary. The reasonable arguments are drowned out by the badly researched but emotional pleas for "humanity" or some other nonsense. The practical considerations are ignored in favor of a five minute feel good sensation that you've helped someone through a difficult period.

Cases like Cash are highlighted and later pushed into the background because they're relying on peoples short attention spans. That we will forget about them, now that their objectives have been met. The practical and realistic situation isn't important. It's simply about the short-term feel good sensation.

Doesn't help the population of Ireland who are earning slightly above welfare amounts, have mortgages with no relief, and are treated as if they're wealthy simply because they 'own' a house they're in no position to sell. Ahh Ireland. :rolleyes: