Travellers fighting at Belfast airport

timthumbni · 03-02-2019 10:36PM

NIMAN wrote: »

Police.

Surely if there is a public order issue at an airport, then the police would want to get involved?

Yes, the police of course would. My point was more about security guards. They are not bouncers and are not there to stop gypsy fights.

The cops should certainly have arrived quicker and beat the snot out of the whole group involved.

Wheres Me Jumper? · 03-02-2019 10:37PM

skooterblue2 wrote: »

You know if they thought them indestructible containers had lead in them, they would have them open in 20 minutes and the lead stripped out

Martin! Martin! it says they are active radios. them joggers wud love 'em.
we'll do a killin if we go house to house.

skooterblue2 · 03-02-2019 10:37PM

mikemac2 wrote: »

*checks John Connors twitter*
*checks pavee point website*

Ne’er a word

Well then Connors did tell all “settled”people in 2018 to explain the Hutch - Kinahan feud. Not being from central Dublin I’m not sure what I did wrong but apologies all

Yeah but John was hiding from social welfare because there was a jobspath course on next month

Yer Da sells Avon · 03-02-2019 10:37PM

mikemac2 wrote: »

Well then Connors did tell all “settled”people in 2018 to explain the Hutch - Kinahan feud. Not being from central Dublin I’m not sure what I did wrong but apologies all

I do wonder if he might have been making a not-so-subtle point there.

skooterblue2 · 03-02-2019 10:39PM

Wheres Me Jumper? wrote: »

Martin! Martin! it says they are active radios. them joggers wud love 'em.
we'll do a killin if we go house to house.

What do you mean house ta house? you men like general robbin' or just sellin'?

bucketybuck · 03-02-2019 10:39PM

NIMAN wrote: »

There are definitely armed security at Belfast International.
I see them everytime I'm at the airport.

I'm sure there are other unarmed security too.

You have to remember that every policeman in NI is armed. Its a heavily armed state.

Why does it matter if the PSNI are armed or not? Lets face it, its isn't Amercia, the police are not come to come in and start shooting people even if they are having a brawl in the middle of an airport.

pgj2015 · 03-02-2019 10:39PM

skooterblue2 wrote: »

Yeah but John was hiding from social welfare because there was a jobspath course on next month

is he on the dole now, the lazy git:)

Ken. · 03-02-2019 10:40PM

Mod-Locked for a little bit while I ban a sh!t load of people.

Ken. · 03-02-2019 11:03PM

Mod- The following people are thread banned.

The high horse brigade
skooterblue2
Omackeral
Mahogany Gaspipe
Wheres Me Jumper?

Any more traveller bashing or name calling will be dealt with.

Thread reopened.

Mongfinder General · 03-02-2019 11:08PM

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

You seem to have misunderstood my post. I wasn't congratulating anyone on behaving the way you're supposed to behave. I was suggesting that perhaps, contrary to the racist generalisations posted on here, maybe most Travellers don't behave like the people in that video. Odd how that suggestion really irks some people on here.

Travelers aren't a race of people.

corner of hells · 03-02-2019 11:09PM

N.S.A.Bot wrote: »

Mod-Locked for a little bit while I ban a sh!t load of people.

Priceless , when you check out the thanks.

Yer Da sells Avon · 03-02-2019 11:09PM

Mongfinder General wrote: »

Travelers aren't a race of people.

They're an ethnic minority, whether you like it or not.

tuxy · 03-02-2019 11:11PM

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

They're an ethnic minority, whether you like it or not.

Exactly, same race as the majority of the county but a different ethnic background.
It's fair to say there is some ethnic discrimination but it's not racism.

freshpopcorn · 03-02-2019 11:15PM

Regarding ethnicity is it only Irish travellers it mentions or is it English travellers as well/all nationalities?

Gimme A Pound · 03-02-2019 11:18PM

N.S.A.Bot wrote: »

Mod- The following people are thread banned.

The high horse brigade
skooterblue2
Omackeral
Mahogany Gaspipe
Wheres Me Jumper?

Any more traveller bashing or name calling will be dealt with.

Thread reopened.

What do you mean by traveller bashing? Because criticism of the negatives of traveller culture isn't unfair is it?

tuxy · 03-02-2019 11:18PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Regarding ethnicity is it only Irish travellers it mentions or is it English travellers as well/all nationalities?

My guess would be that they are included too. Travellers in England are still ethnically Irish Travellers. It only counts when they are in Ireland though as I don't think the UK recognises Irish Travellers as an ethnic minority.

The thing is, if they finished secondary school and got jobs, within a few generations they would be indistinguishable from the rest of the Irish population.
So does giving them ethnic status mean we want them to do neither of those things?

sligojoek · 03-02-2019 11:19PM

skooterblue2 wrote: »

I am not sure those Vans can fly?

Toyota Fly-Aces

jeremyj1968 wrote: »

It's actually pathetic that we live in a society where you cant call them for the animals that they are. Old people there waiting for flights and these hard men flinging sh1t around without any regard for the members of the public. At what stage do people stand up and say enough, do they actually have to call around to your house on Christmas Day and sh1t on your dinner table?

I'd say between the stories of them out on holidays and this, they will probably leave the phone off the hook in Pavey Point until it blows over, like they usually do.

I'd say it's off the hook more often than it's on these days.

freshpopcorn · 03-02-2019 11:19PM

Itzel Hissing Tremor wrote: »

What do you mean by traveller bashing? Because criticism of the negatives of traveller culture isn't unfair is it?

My advice is stop using slur words regarding travellers. Try and discuss it in more of a civil manner.

Yer Da sells Avon · 03-02-2019 11:34PM

tuxy wrote: »

My guess would be that they are included too. Travellers in England are still ethnically Irish Travellers. It only counts when they are in Ireland though as I don't think the UK recognises Irish Travellers as an ethnic minority.

The UK recognised them as a distinct ethnic minority long before Ireland ever did.

tuxy wrote:

The thing is, if they finished secondary school and got jobs, within a few generations they would be indistinguishable from the rest of the Irish population.
So does giving them ethnic status mean we want them to do neither of those things?

There are Travellers with full-time jobs, degrees and PhDs, who still very much identify as Travellers, and have great pride in their history (and yes, their culture, boss) and aren't indistinguishable from the rest of the population.

BorneTobyWilde · 03-02-2019 11:36PM

They missed their flight to Tír na nÓg as a result of the fighting.

Robert Wolfe · 03-02-2019 11:42PM

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

They're an ethnic minority, whether you like it or not.

Cool. We can talk about their racism towards settled people so.

Signore Fancy Pants · 03-02-2019 11:43PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

My advice is stop using slur words regarding travellers. Try and discuss it in more of a civil manner.

Those men were very naughty.

There seems to be a lot of those type of naughty men and women in the media lately for being very bold indeed.

The mind boggles when people defend these type of naughty men and women.

No doubt this will be forgotten about until next weeks lawlessness from other types of these naughty men and women.

corner of hells · 03-02-2019 11:44PM

Robert Wolfe wrote: »

Cool. We can talk about their racism towards settled people so.

Settled people are a race ?

Robert Wolfe · 03-02-2019 11:45PM

corner of hells wrote: »

Settled people are a race ?

We're different ethnic groups now. That time a knacker punched me in the head can now be considered a hate crime.

tuxy · 03-02-2019 11:46PM

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

There are Travellers with full-time jobs, degrees and PhDs, who still very much identify as Travellers, and have great pride in their history (and yes, their culture, boss) and aren't indistinguishable from the rest of the population.

About 1% have a degree and I only know of Siny Joyce that has a PHD. For the most part these people are the first to break the mold in their family by obtaining education and job. That is only one generation on, I'm talking about a few generations.
Fair play to them, this would have been very difficult as generally their parents don't want them mixing as once they stop the tradition of marrying their cousins and marry the general population their traditions will die out.

I just don't see a situation when they enter the work force and continue to only marry close relatives.

Mad_maxx · 03-02-2019 11:50PM

Mahogany Gaspipe wrote: »

A forced sterilisation programme would get my vote.

That's not remotely realistic.

It might however be worth considering offering incentives to travellers to have smaller families

Ninthlife · 03-02-2019 11:58PM

Another traveller thread..

Same people trying to defend them as usual

My view or opinion is they are a bunch of no good scumbags with zero respect for anyone outside their enclosed inbred circle.

Those who defend them just empower their constant deliberate lawless actions and they laugh at how they pull the wool over so many 'gougers' eyes

The sooner people wake up and call a ****in spade a spade the better society will be

looksee · 04-02-2019 12:01AM

There was something very unconvincing about the whole thing. I don't think a single blow landed and grown men looked like big eejits waving those lengths of bar around. There was a lot of shouting but not a lot else. They used wire shopping baskets to throw around - one of them got them from behind the edge of the duty free area - all that throwable stuff in duty free and they liberated a few wire baskets.

They reminded me of over boisterous young teens acting up to embarrass an ineffective teacher on a day trip - aware of just what they could do without actually causing damage. But these were supposed grown ups. Quite what the purpose was I have no idea, but they did a very good job of making themselves look like complete fools.

normanoffside · 04-02-2019 12:06AM

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

The UK recognised them as a distinct ethnic minority long before Ireland ever did.

Them? That sounds a bit racist.

brooke 2 · 04-02-2019 12:09AM

Berserker wrote: »

No, they'd monitor stuff like this from a distance. If it got really serious the police would jump in. If they went in there, all guns blazing, they could be accused of all sorts. Those lads are air side, so they can't escape. The police would be able to arrest time when things calm down.

I thought that female employee was very brave to come out and try to get them to stop the bedlam. It looked like she was out there alone for what I would consider too long a period for her own safety. Surely police/security should have moved in sooner if they were monitoring the situation?? :mad:

Travellers fighting at Belfast airport

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