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joseywhales

I always find it funny that same personalities that would have bullied a girl like the victim are the ones most likely to lead vigilantism apparently in her cause. Mob mentality disgusts me. Also boy b's solicitor must be the worst solicitor in the country, say nothing for 48 hours has to be your default when you are questioned. I don't believe he thought it would end in murder simply because I can barely believe it ended in murder. They were thirteen, it's mind boggling that a thirteen year old could kill in what likely took minutes and involved a struggle.

Neil3030

joseywhales wrote: »

I always find it funny that same personalities that would have bullied a girl like the victim are the ones most likely to lead vigilantism apparently in her cause. Mob mentality disgusts me. Also boy b's solicitor must be the worst solicitor in the country, say nothing for 48 hours has to be your default when you are questioned. I don't believe he thought it would end in murder simply because I can barely believe it ended in murder. They were thirteen, it's mind boggling that a thirteen year old could kill in what likely took minutes and involved a struggle.

This is a fantastic point. The callous, cowardly practice of mob bullying actively contributed to that poor girl's death. And it's a hell of a lot easier to retweet a name or photo, and feel like a hero, than it is to reach out to someone who might be shunned by their peer group, or talk to kids about doing the same, and actually make a difference.

Dave_The_Sheep

Happened across this article somewhere and remembered it was discussed here at the time last year, but the (former) resource officer who stayed outside during the time of the Parkland shooting in the school in Florida in February 2018 has been arrested on criminal charges, mainly of child neglect. This is the guy branded the "Coward of Broward" and shamed by his boss and Trump at the time.

Without having read too much into what has happened since that day, I can't help but feel this is a bit messed up. His attorney's description of this as "a thinly veiled attempt at politically motivated retribution against Mr. Peterson" isn't a million miles away from the mark.

Former Former

sydthebeat wrote: »

seriously???

have you not seen the absolute cliff-fall decline in church going?
have you not seen the over whelming ass kicking those conservative views have gotten in recent referendums?

there is a serious ground swell, in this country at least, against those conservative views... especially among the older age group that would be considered most conservative.

the church in its current guise is dying a death here in ireland

You omitted the next line of my question which was:

How many posters who are attacking Folau got married in a Catholic church? How many had their kids baptised? How many let their kids learn religion in school?

I'm sure like most people, I went to a massive spate of weddings in my late 20s to mid 30s. The only non-Church wedding I went to was my own. My son is, like 90%+ of kids, in a Catholic primary school. Out of 30 kids in his class, only two don't "learn" religion; my son and a Hindu.

If I asked most of my friends why they got married in a church, why they baptised their kids, why they don't excuse them from religion class, I'd get a range of answers from a bored shrug to "I didn't want to upset my mam" to "the communion will be a nice day out". None of them would say "because of my strong faith in Jesus".

However, by continuing to prop up the church, we're all complicit in keeping intolerance alive. Kudos! I'm genuinely surprised by the number of posters who think that all this stuff isn't part of church teachings any more but it absolutely is.

The mad thing is that, for all the people piling into me about Folau, no-one would be happier if the cushy protection that religion gets was removed in the morning.

As for overwhelming ass-kicking, I dunno. 62-38 was a nice margin for gay marriage but 38% is still a good chunk of people. It was a similar margin in Australia IIRC so Folau isn't that out of step with society. Still don't believe me? Head to Belfast and ask how you go about marrying your gay partner.

The church might be dying a death but we're all doing our best impression of Weekend at Bernie's to keep it going.

Eod100

Think this is going off specific subject. How many people actually have a choice in schools they send their kids to? Not like there's a lot of Educate Together schools and most secondary school have some religious ethos. It's a bit of a catch 22 with having to baptise their kids if they want them to attend the local school. There was always a degree of inconsistency with people attending Mass and the Church's views on divorce, abortion and same sex marriage and this is widening. But like I said think it's going off on a fairly big tangent

zambrotta11

Former Former wrote: »

You omitted the next line of my question which was:

I'm sure like most people, I went to a massive spate of weddings in my late 20s to mid 30s. The only non-Church wedding I went to was my own. My son is, like 90%+ of kids, in a Catholic primary school. Out of 30 kids in his class, only two don't "learn" religion; my son and a Hindu.

If I asked most of my friends why they got married in a church, why they baptised their kids, why they don't excuse them from religion class, I'd get a range of answers from a bored shrug to "I didn't want to upset my mam" to "the communion will be a nice day out". None of them would say "because of my strong faith in Jesus".

However, by continuing to prop up the church, we're all complicit in keeping intolerance alive. Kudos! I'm genuinely surprised by the number of posters who think that all this stuff isn't part of church teachings any more but it absolutely is.

The mad thing is that, for all the people piling into me about Folau, no-one would be happier if the cushy protection that religion gets was removed in the morning.

As for overwhelming ass-kicking, I dunno. 62-38 was a nice margin for gay marriage but 38% is still a good chunk of people. It was a similar margin in Australia IIRC so Folau isn't that out of step with society. Still don't believe me? Head to Belfast and ask how you go about marrying your gay partner.

The church might be dying a death but we're all doing our best impression of Weekend at Bernie's to keep it going.

At least half of people in the north have no problem with gay marriage and the majority in Stormont voted for it to be legalised in 2015 only for the DUP to block the motion.

You can't take the view of the DUP as the view for everyone.

sydthebeat

Former Former wrote: »

You omitted the next line of my question which was:

I'm sure like most people, I went to a massive spate of weddings in my late 20s to mid 30s. The only non-Church wedding I went to was my own. My son is, like 90%+ of kids, in a Catholic primary school. Out of 30 kids in his class, only two don't "learn" religion; my son and a Hindu.

If I asked most of my friends why they got married in a church, why they baptised their kids, why they don't excuse them from religion class, I'd get a range of answers from a bored shrug to "I didn't want to upset my mam" to "the communion will be a nice day out". None of them would say "because of my strong faith in Jesus".

However, by continuing to prop up the church, we're all complicit in keeping intolerance alive. Kudos! I'm genuinely surprised by the number of posters who think that all this stuff isn't part of church teachings any more but it absolutely is.

The mad thing is that, for all the people piling into me about Folau, no-one would be happier if the cushy protection that religion gets was removed in the morning.

As for overwhelming ass-kicking, I dunno. 62-38 was a nice margin for gay marriage but 38% is still a good chunk of people. It was a similar margin in Australia IIRC so Folau isn't that out of step with society. Still don't believe me? Head to Belfast and ask how you go about marrying your gay partner.

The church might be dying a death but we're all doing our best impression of Weekend at Bernie's to keep it going.

i honestly dont see any of the above as being a defense of folau and a argument against how he is being treated.

You referred in an email post to

If you think Folau is an absolute c*nt, remember to look in the mirror, or (depending on your age) tell your parents and grandparents that they're c*nts too.

well im sorry but that is complete hogwash.
the bible and the christian church is absolutely full of contradictions, inaccuracies and downright stupidity.

are you saying you either have to accept EVERY aspect of EVERY tenet of the religion in order to be considered christian, or catholic??? thats absolute rubbish. Of course it is reasonable that you can accept certain aspects and disregard others... thats actually the very basis of the religion...

even folau in his fundamentism falls down on loads of aspects in how he lives.

when is the last time that a priest castigated you for wearing clothes made of two materials (Leviticus 19:19) or for trimming your beard (Leviticus 19:27)

there are many many aspects of the religion that the actual mainstays of the religions conveniently choose to ignore..... so dont think that just because a lay person ignores others aspects, that in some way invalidates their right to call themselves catholic.

Folau and his fundamentalist head bangers "choose" to take these tenets of the religion and preach them with vitriol..... so he shouldnt be surprised when he meets significant and proportionate counter actions to this hate speech.. such as not being allowed to work for or represent the ARU.

Neil3030

The current Pope wrote:

If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him? The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains this in a beautiful way, saying…: 'no one should marginalize these people for this, they must be integrated into society.

The current Pope wrote:

When a person (who is gay) arrives before Jesus, Jesus certainly will not say, 'Go away because you are homosexual.

The current Pope wrote:

You know, that does not matter. God made you like this. God loves you like this. The Pope loves you like this and you should love yourself and not worry about what people say.

Israel Folau wrote:

Warning: Drunks. Homosexuals. Adulterers. Liars. Fornicators. Thieves. Atheists. Idolaters. Hell awaits you.

You actually have to admire the kind of talent it takes to make the RCC seem like the good guys.

joseywhales

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Happened across this article somewhere and remembered it was discussed here at the time last year, but the (former) resource officer who stayed outside during the time of the Parkland shooting in the school in Florida in February 2018 has been arrested on criminal charges, mainly of child neglect. This is the guy branded the "Coward of Broward" and shamed by his boss and Trump at the time.

Without having read too much into what has happened since that day, I can't help but feel this is a bit messed up. His attorney's description of this as "a thinly veiled attempt at politically motivated retribution against Mr. Peterson" isn't a million miles away from the mark.

Yeah this was remarkable, that the fat rich dude who skipped the draft, never worked a minimum wage job even or played a competitive impact sport would have entered a building with an unknown number of gunmen on his own and engaged any would be attackers. Do you think he could jog 100 metres?

Surely you would always wait for backup in that scenario anyway.

Dave_The_Sheep

joseywhales wrote: »

Surely you would always wait for backup in that scenario anyway.

Apparently, part of the criticism (to put it mildly) he's copped is that when (local) backup arrived he ordered them to stay outside. It was only when another police organisation arrived and said **** that and went in that things were brought to a head, seemingly.

thomond2006

Cracker of a Munster final, Cork were incredibly wasteful and ill-disciplined and left that behind them. They left a good number of points go astray by glory hunting for goals.

[Deleted User]

joseywhales wrote: »

Yeah this was remarkable, that the fat rich dude who skipped the draft, never worked a minimum wage job even or played a competitive impact sport would have entered a building with an unknown number of gunmen on his own and engaged any would be attackers. Do you think he could jog 100 metres?

Surely you would always wait for backup in that scenario anyway.

Any American law maker not taking personal responsibility for their serious gun problem is either incredibly dim or more likely abusively greedy and incapable of doing the right thing.

The richest country in the world shouldn't have this problem. The mental hurdles they go through to justify it really highlights what money can buy. An entire platform of misinformation manages to keep any kind of gun control off the table despite the fact that everyone would genuinely benefit from it.

America is a write off at this stage. It will be the Rome of our times.

Stheno

On the subject of beer (And not politics:pac:) two of my locals in deepest North coubty Dublin sell Birra Moretti

Zzippy

Stheno wrote: »

On the subject of beer (And not politics:pac:) two of my locals in deepest North coubty Dublin sell Birra Moretti

Swords has always been a cosmopolitan place. We even had Moosehead beer when I worked in the Cock Tavern back in the 90s. AND we used freshly whipped cream for Irish coffees!

Stheno

Zzippy wrote: »

Swords has always been a cosmopolitan place. We even had Moosehead beer when I worked in the Cock Tavern back in the 90s. AND we used freshly whipped cream for Irish coffees!

You worked in the Cock? Upstairs there is my favourite place to watch rugby after the Forty Four.

Staff are fantastic and the food is good!

Buer

Stheno wrote: »

You worked in the Cock?

Don't do it, Venjur.

The ban isn't worth it.

[Deleted User]

Buer wrote: »

Don't do it, Venjur.

The ban isn't worth it.

Upstairs in Zzippy's cock is a great place to watch a game.

Stheno

Buer wrote: »

Don't do it, Venjur.

The ban isn't worth it.

Do it Venjur
Dammit too late

kuang1

Another change of topic...

Anyone out there who's planning to build, about to build, thinking about building, or extending...

After you settle on a builder, please don't blindly accept any price you get for services or materials.
I'm very fortunate. I've a 4 day working week. I have the time and inclination to research and shop around.

It's bordering on mind-boggling how quotes can vary. Few examples:

Fencing (just the materials, not erecting of)... 6 companies in Ireland I found who supplied what I wanted:
Cheapest quote €3,300. Dearest €9,050.
Now that's for the EXACT SAME product and quantity of.
Ended up shipping it in from the UK for €2,500 + €300 shipping.

A tiler that was recommended to me by a pal quoted me €11,000 for what I needed doing.
Has ended up costing me €3,200 in total; met with another tiler who encouraged me to go get the tiles I wanted meself, and that he'd only then have to charge for the labour involved. Tiles & adhesive etc €1200, labour €2,000.

Internal door handles: builders providers quote: €565.
Same stuff on ebay (from UK) : €270. (plus €3.50 parcel motel fee!)

Sockets and switches: via my electrician €1900. Via myself, ebay and the UK: €1200.

I've no problem paying for good quality materials and paying for the good quality service (if required) of installing said materials.
But my good gawd... There are some amount of vultures out there who seem to rely on people being in a rush and who are willing to write a blank check just to get the job finished ASAP...

Saddening.

Just thought I'd share.

Oh and as an after-thought... I should add that the tradesmen I've encountered on my build have been A1. Top class guys. Very accommodating, very easy to communicate with.
Notable exception were the plasterers. Bulls in China shops have more grace. (not every plasterer in the country is of the same ilk I'm sure)
Not only seemed to sh1t all over everything as they worked, but held the whole build to ransom by randomly taking days off on whims, with no notice given.
(I didn't build direct labour btw, builder drafted in guys he knew)
Tried to butter them up by delivering lunch to them a few times, sadly it resulted in no uptake in results.

Question everything. Politely! No need to be a pain in anyone's ass, but make your voice heard.
Be prepared to pay for a job well done, and prepare them for you planning to get what you pay for.

Moving in in 3 weeks.

Stheno

That's mental kuang

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Any American law maker not taking personal responsibility for their serious gun problem is either incredibly dim or more likely abusively greedy and incapable of doing the right thing.

The richest country in the world shouldn't have this problem. The mental hurdles they go through to justify it really highlights what money can buy. An entire platform of misinformation manages to keep any kind of gun control off the table despite the fact that everyone would genuinely benefit from it.

America is a write off at this stage. It will be the Rome of our times.

You're just jealous of their freedom

Neil3030

When I hear of Chinese families making $6.5m donations to get their kids into U.S. universities, I can't help but feel, "America is going to be just fine".

dregin

kuang1 wrote: »

Another change of topic...

Anyone out there who's planning to build, about to build, thinking about building, or extending...

After you settle on a builder, please don't blindly accept any price you get for services or materials.
I'm very fortunate. I've a 4 day working week. I have the time and inclination to research and shop around.

It's bordering on mind-boggling how quotes can vary. Few examples:

Fencing (just the materials, not erecting of)... 6 companies in Ireland I found who supplied what I wanted:
Cheapest quote €3,300. Dearest €9,050.
Now that's for the EXACT SAME product and quantity of.
Ended up shipping it in from the UK for €2,500 + €300 shipping.

A tiler that was recommended to me by a pal quoted me €11,000 for what I needed doing.
Has ended up costing me €3,200 in total; met with another tiler who encouraged me to go get the tiles I wanted meself, and that he'd only then have to charge for the labour involved. Tiles & adhesive etc €1200, labour €2,000.

Internal door handles: builders providers quote: €565.
Same stuff on ebay (from UK) : €270. (plus €3.50 parcel motel fee!)

Sockets and switches: via my electrician €1900. Via myself, ebay and the UK: €1200.

I've no problem paying for good quality materials and paying for the good quality service (if required) of installing said materials.
But my good gawd... There are some amount of vultures out there who seem to rely on people being in a rush and who are willing to write a blank check just to get the job finished ASAP...

Saddening.

Just thought I'd share.

Oh and as an after-thought... I should add that the tradesmen I've encountered on my build have been A1. Top class guys. Very accommodating, very easy to communicate with.
Notable exception were the plasterers. Bulls in China shops have more grace. (not every plasterer in the country is of the same ilk I'm sure)
Not only seemed to sh1t all over everything as they worked, but held the whole build to ransom by randomly taking days off on whims, with no notice given.
(I didn't build direct labour btw, builder drafted in guys he knew)
Tried to butter them up by delivering lunch to them a few times, sadly it resulted in no uptake in results.

Question everything. Politely! No need to be a pain in anyone's ass, but make your voice heard.
Be prepared to pay for a job well done, and prepare them for you planning to get what you pay for.

Moving in in 3 weeks.

I've only had one quote so far for 30m2 ground floor extension, replastering and rewiring of the whole house and loft extension. 200k. Absolute lunacy.

stephen_n

Former Former wrote: »

You omitted the next line of my question which was:

I'm sure like most people, I went to a massive spate of weddings in my late 20s to mid 30s. The only non-Church wedding I went to was my own. My son is, like 90%+ of kids, in a Catholic primary school. Out of 30 kids in his class, only two don't "learn" religion; my son and a Hindu.

If I asked most of my friends why they got married in a church, why they baptised their kids, why they don't excuse them from religion class, I'd get a range of answers from a bored shrug to "I didn't want to upset my mam" to "the communion will be a nice day out". None of them would say "because of my strong faith in Jesus".

However, by continuing to prop up the church, we're all complicit in keeping intolerance alive. Kudos! I'm genuinely surprised by the number of posters who think that all this stuff isn't part of church teachings any more but it absolutely is.

The mad thing is that, for all the people piling into me about Folau, no-one would be happier if the cushy protection that religion gets was removed in the morning.

As for overwhelming ass-kicking, I dunno. 62-38 was a nice margin for gay marriage but 38% is still a good chunk of people. It was a similar margin in Australia IIRC so Folau isn't that out of step with society. Still don't believe me? Head to Belfast and ask how you go about marrying your gay partner.

The church might be dying a death but we're all doing our best impression of Weekend at Bernie's to keep it going.

Well the schools part is almost unavoidable and with it comes the need for baptism. More marriages happen outside churches now than in them.

[Deleted User]

dregin wrote: »

I've only had one quote so far for 30m2 ground floor extension, replastering and rewiring of the whole house and loft extension. 200k. Absolute lunacy.

Wonder if it's one of those cases of them not really wanting/needing the job. That is absolutely mental.

sydthebeat

dregin wrote: »

I've only had one quote so far for 30m2 ground floor extension, replastering and rewiring of the whole house and loft extension. 200k. Absolute lunacy.

We're in a climate currently of very, very sparse trades.... So the guys out there can charge what they want.... Simple supply and demand.

[Deleted User]

That's a poor half of football. Not much composure from either team, poor discipline.

Buer

Deleted User wrote:

That's a poor half of football. Not much composure from either team, poor discipline.

Exhibition in the second half though. Given the conditions, that was excellent regardless of the opposition. Sticking some of those over the bar wouldn't be a given in an unopposed training exercise.

jr86

Buer wrote: »

Exhibition in the second half though. Given the conditions, that was excellent regardless of the opposition. Sticking some of those over the bar wouldn't be a given in an unopposed training exercise.

Looks like Dublin have Roscommon in super 8s plus two back door teams?

Would be surprised if anyone came within 10 points of Dublin till the final, where maybe Donegal might keep them honest enough for 45 minutes or so.

They'll cruise the All Ireland - outside of themselves I haven't seen a weaker field overall since the 1990s. Meath are arguably a top 8 side in Ireland on form that says it all

Buer

jr86 wrote:

They'll cruise the All Ireland - outside of themselves I haven't seen a weaker field overall since the 1990s. Meath are arguably a top 8 side in Ireland on form that says it all

I think it's an unfortunate time where other teams are in a rebuilding phase or trying to introduce new blood. Dublin are just a conveyor belt of talent where they can drip feed lads into championship football over 1-2 seasons before they're starting.

Dublin are in a position where they never have to rebuild. They have a luxury of continually phasing lads out. 6 of the lads who started last year's Leinster final didn't start today and the side is no weaker.

Whilst football overall isn't in a strong place I think it's necessary to acknowledge that this is probably the best team that has ever played the sport.