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  • #3202
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    Stephen15 wrote: »
    Well for a start they have to be willing to make the effort to try and immigrate legally. The migrants in the Mediterranean are attempting to enter Europe illegally so they have already broken the law by the time they enter.
    A bit like many undocumented Irish in America or are they different?


  • #3203
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Stephen15 wrote: »
    Well for a start they have to be willing to make the effort to try and immigrate legally. The migrants in the Mediterranean are attempting to enter Europe illegally so they have already broken the law by the time they enter.

    As for direct provision one of the main complaints about direct provision is the wait times. The reason for these wait times is because once they have their asylum application rejected which it is in 95% of cases they appeal it again and again until they are allowed stay in the country.

    The majority that make the crossing are not migrants. They are refugees, people looking for international protection.

    Honest question.

    You're fleeing a war with your family, most of your extended family are dead.
    Do you:
    A: Wait around for your proper paperwork?
    B: Sell everything you own and get your family out of there as quick as possible?


    Direct provision:
    You can apply for asylum in Ireland if you arrive here and cannot return to your home country because you fear persecution. When you apply for asylum, you can also apply for a status called Subsidiary Protection. If your asylum application is refused, your application for Subsidiary Protection will then be considered
    From: http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/apply-for-asylum

    Nothing in there about arriving "illegally"

    You'll probably love this article (from 2016)
    https://amp.independent.ie/irish-news/ireland-refuses-asylum-to-90pc-of-applicants-35229842.html

    We take in the lowest number of people seeking international protection, and also have the highest refusal rate, 90%, not 95% as you erroneously stated.

    But again I ask, could you integrate on €19 a week? I know if I had a mate who was surviving on €19 a week, I'd be a bit sick of buying them coffee every week!


  • #3204
    Stephen15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,907 ✭✭✭Stephen15


    cookie1977 wrote: »
    A bit like many undocumented Irish in America or are they different?

    No they are illegal too. I'm not in a position to dictate what another country should do but America are fully entitled to deport those illegal Irish immigrants and I don't have a problem with that.


  • #3205
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    Stephen15 wrote: »
    No they are illegal too. I'm not in a position to dictate what another country should do but America are fully entitled to deport those illegal Irish immigrants and I don't have a problem with that.
    That's interesting because you post alot about Ireland and Europe when it comes to migrants but you dont talk much about America. Why? Based on the posts below you see things very differently. As in not all illegal migrants are equal...No?


    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=111065723&postcount=3190


    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=111065466&postcount=137


  • #3206
    Sweetemotion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭Sweetemotion


    How in the hell is being anti mass undocumented immigration racist?

    You lot just look like a pack of bullies at this stage with the constant ganging up on Stephen.


  • #3207
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    Sweetemotion wrote: »
    How in the hell is being anti mass undocumented immigration racist?

    You lot just look like a pack of bullies at this stage with the constant ganging up on Stephen.
    Go read the whole thread.


  • #3208
    batgoat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,423 ✭✭✭batgoat


    cookie1977 wrote: »
    That's interesting because you post alot about Ireland and Europe when it comes to migrants but you dont talk much about America. Why? Based on the posts below you see things very differently. As in not all illegal migrants are equal...No?


    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=111065723&postcount=3190


    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=111065466&postcount=137
    Wonder if he thinks a Nigerian could integrate in Ireland. Cause I've known some great people from there and worked with them.


  • #3209
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Sweetemotion wrote: »
    How in the hell is being anti mass undocumented immigration racist?

    You lot just look like a pack of bullies at this stage with the constant ganging up on Stephen.

    Can you point to anyone here that is pro mass undocumented immigrants?

    Anyone?

    Stephen is a racist, as are other people on this thread. That's a fact. If they think people can only move from one white country to another as it's easier to integrate, that is inherently racist.

    Why is much more interesting. We can only know why if they answer the questions posed to them, in order for us to understand how someone is racist in this day and age.

    And yes, I'll counter those answers as education and talking is the only cure for racism.

    And yes, judging someone by their race, colour or whatever you have no control of is never ok.


  • #3210
    Stephen15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,907 ✭✭✭Stephen15


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    The majority that make the crossing are not migrants. They are refugees, people looking for international protection.

    Honest question.

    You're fleeing a war with your family, most of your extended family are dead.
    Do you:
    A: Wait around for your proper paperwork?
    B: Sell everything you own and get your family out of there as quick as possible?

    In most cases that is not the case even the mainstream media calls them migrants not refugees. What war zones are they fleeing from exactly most of the migrants crossing the Mediterranean are from Sub Saharan Africa from countries like Ivory Coast, Senegal and Nigeria none of which are exactly warzones.

    Where are the women and children as it is mostly young men of fighting age that are making the illegal crossing. So if there is a "war" in their home countries why are they not fighting in it why are they fleeing. Hint there is no war and they are here for economic reasons.
    Direct provision:
    You can apply for asylum in Ireland if you arrive here and cannot return to your home country because you fear persecution. When you apply for asylum, you can also apply for a status called Subsidiary Protection. If your asylum application is refused, your application for Subsidiary Protection will then be considered
    From: http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/apply-for-asylum

    Nothing in there about arriving "illegally"

    No they enter the country illegally then they claim asylum and are allowed to stay. I think if I was feeing a war zone or a dire situation which I was living in fear of my life or being brutally tortured the conditions in a direct provision centre would be the last my worries as I'd be so happy to be alive and safe I would not care.
    You'll probably love this article (from 2016)
    https://amp.independent.ie/irish-news/ireland-refuses-asylum-to-90pc-of-applicants-35229842.html

    We take in the lowest number of people seeking international protection, and also have the highest refusal rate, 90%, not 95% as you erroneously stated.

    And how many of them are actually sent home. They appeal, appeal and appeal until they are eventually allowed to remain here.


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  • #3211
    Stephen15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,907 ✭✭✭Stephen15


    cookie1977 wrote: »
    That's interesting because you post alot about Ireland and Europe when it comes to migrants but you dont talk much about America. Why? Based on the posts below you see things very differently. As in not all illegal migrants are equal...No?

    Em it might be something to with the fact that I live in Ireland which is in Europe. I don't know much about America becuase I do not live there and have not even been there I don't know enough about the situation there to really pass comment.


  • #3212
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    Stephen15 wrote: »
    I think if I was feeing a war zone or a dire situation which I was living in fear of my life or being brutally tortured the conditions in a direct provision centre would be the last my worries as I'd be so happy to be alive and safe I would not care.

    Well la de da. Arent you the trooper. :rolleyes:

    Stephen15 wrote: »
    And how many of them are actually sent home. They appeal, appeal and appeal until they are eventually allowed to remain here.


    And deportations:
    https://www.irishcentral.com/news/deportations-from-ireland-higher-than-irish-deportations-from-us


    https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/4000-to-be-deported-from-ireland-highest-number-in-6-years-757174.html


    https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/major-fall-in-number-of-people-deported-466782.html


  • #3213
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    Stephen15 wrote: »
    Em it might be something to with the fact that I live in Ireland which is in Europe. I don't know much about America becuase I do not live there and have even been there I don't know enough about the situation there to really pass comment.
    Yes I'm sure that's it exactly. Selective outrage is all I see.


  • #3214
    Stephen15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,907 ✭✭✭Stephen15


    cookie1977 wrote: »
    Yes I'm sure that's it exactly. Selective outrage is all I see.

    So it's selective outrage now to think about the issues which are happening in the country and the continent in which you are from and live in. I would regard that that as perfectly normal and rational to think about the issues which effect you before the issues of other countries. And if you want to read about selective outrage:

    https://www.conservapedia.com/Selective_outrage


  • #3215
    batgoat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,423 ✭✭✭batgoat


    Stephen15 wrote: »
    So it's selective outrage now to think about the issues which are happening in the country and the continent in which you are from and live in. I would regard that that as perfectly normal and rational to think about the issues which effect you before the issues of other countries. And if you want to read about selective outrage:

    https://www.conservapedia.com/Selective_outrage

    Do you think an Irish person can be black? Do you think non white Irish people "weakens Irish culture"? That's a term you've used.

    In terms of you raising issues in this country. I only tend to see posters such as yourself exaggerating incidents for the sake of propaganda. I would say the intolerance of people such as Torino is far greater of an issue than migrants.


  • #3216
    Stephen15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,907 ✭✭✭Stephen15


    batgoat wrote: »
    Do you think an Irish person can be black? Do you think non white Irish people "weakens Irish culture"? That's a term you've used.

    Again that would depend on if they are willing to intergrate or not.
    In terms of you raising issues in this country. I only tend to see posters such as yourself exaggerating incidents for the sake of propaganda. I would say the intolerance of people such as Torino is far greater of an issue than migrants.

    There are issues perhaps not major issues right now but they are coming down the tracks. There have been serious issues in other European countries with immigration and I do not think we are doing enough to prevent a repeat of those issues here in Ireland.


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  • #3217
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Stephen15 wrote: »
    Again that would depend on if they are willing to intergrate or not.



    There are issues perhaps not major issues right now but they are coming down the tracks. There have been serious issues in other European countries with immigration and I do not think we are doing enough to prevent a repeat of those issues here in Ireland.

    I just posted a link to an article that says we're one the toughest countries, if not the toughest on immigration.

    Do you actually read any links people send?

    Are you so entrenched in your views that no amount of proof whatsoever will change them?


  • #3218
    batgoat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,423 ✭✭✭batgoat


    Also I'd like to point out that my parent's home is about a mile from a direct provision center. The residents have caused zero problems since it started operating in the early 2000s. I do totally have a problem with how they're operated and support those who have raised the issue.

    They're literally designed to make it difficult to integrate to any normal degree. Want your kids to do have a sleep over? Nope, can't do that. Want to cook your own meals, that's a no. Want to begin to start to establish a life in your new home, can't do that. Your child gets high points in leaving cert? They're not gonna be able to go to college unless somebody is able to finance it for them. So I totally understand why residents complain.


  • #3219
    recedite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭recedite


    PeadarCo wrote: »
    Science is not my forte, nice projection. See a link to support my point that race has no basis in science.
    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/04/race-genetics-science-africa/
    Its a peculiar article in that it just gathers up a load of strawman arguments and then attempts to demolish them. Finally it concludes... "That race is a human construction doesn’t mean that we don’t fall into different groups or there’s no variation,” Foeman says. “But if we made racial categories up, maybe we can make new categories that function better.”
    Well, that's just another way of saying there are lots of different races, but you can't pigeonhole mixed race people into particular racial categories. Which is fine, I agree with that.
    PeadarCo wrote: »
    In terms of North Ireland there is so little difference(at a high level anyway) between nationalists and unionists that most people in England can't tell the difference between them as we have seen aptly demonstrated in the Brexit debate. Even in recent years the number of people identifying as either tribe in NI has declined. Which just further adds to my point that race is a social construct.
    I can't believe you would invent such a ridiculous strawman.

    Nobody ever says the NI situation is due to race. The NI unionists derive mostly from Scottish ancestry, and it is well known that the Irish and Scottish are closely related, even more so than Irish and English. Racially the two sides up there are identical.


    The situation in NI is due to an incompatibility of religion and culture, which we call "sectarianism".
    Its proof that multiculturalism does not work, even after hundreds of years.


    We are going to have huge problems in future due to the current wave of Islamic and African plantation going on all around the country, in almost every town and village. The second plantation of Ireland.


  • #3220
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,349 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I just posted a link to an article that says we're one the toughest countries, if not the toughest on immigration.

    Do you actually read any links people send?

    Are you so entrenched in your views that no amount of proof whatsoever will change them?

    Don't you know? If it's not on *snigger* conservapedia, it's not worth reading.


  • #3221
    batgoat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,423 ✭✭✭batgoat


    What do you think of people who fight for ethnostates such as Richard Spencer? Interested to hear Recedite and Stephen's position...


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  • #3222
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,104 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Sweetemotion wrote: »
    How in the hell is being anti mass undocumented immigration racist?

    You lot just look like a pack of bullies at this stage with the constant ganging up on Stephen.

    Thats a bit silly. We don dont have mass undocumented immigration.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #3223
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    Stephen15 wrote: »
    I don't see any racism, bigotry or homophobia coming from Justin Barrett unless your definition of racism is different to the dictionary's. As for homophobia I haven't seen any but he has said he is against Islam which is a very homophobic ideology.

    I still find this comment incredulous.


  • #3224
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    cookie1977 wrote: »
    I still find this comment incredulous.

    "There are none so blind as those who will not see"


  • #3225
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,038 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    The little lad claiming his party "is only for straight Irish people". Slagging off Leo Vs "gayness".


  • #3226
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,148 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Stephen15 wrote: »
    Seems like a dodgy link I'm not reading it in case I get a virus anyway seems like you playing whataboutery what has that article got to do with anything being discussed at the moment

    What a pathetic dodge :pac:

    Let's walk through this logic: I, a moderator, would blithely post links to malware?

    MediaITE is a media aggregator blog run by Dan Abrams. It's a Gizmodo of mainstream news. Calm your tits.


  • #3227
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,038 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Overheal wrote: »
    What a pathetic dodge :pac:

    Let's walk through this logic: I, a moderator, would blithely post links to malware?

    MediaITE is a media aggregator blog run by Dan Abrams. It's a Gizmodo of mainstream news. Calm your tits.

    It also contains fact though, so for him it's something to be avoided.


  • #3228
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    batgoat wrote: »
    Also I'd like to point out that my parent's home is about a mile from a direct provision center. The residents have caused zero problems since it started operating in the early 2000s. I do totally have a problem with how they're operated and support those who have raised the issue.

    They're literally designed to make it difficult to integrate to any normal degree. Want your kids to do have a sleep over? Nope, can't do that. Want to cook your own meals, that's a no. Want to begin to start to establish a life in your new home, can't do that. Your child gets high points in leaving cert? They're not gonna be able to go to college unless somebody is able to finance it for them. So I totally understand why residents complain.

    Have you considered taking them into your parents house. Now that you have left the nest there would be ample space and your parents will enjoy the company.

    Win win for everyone


  • #3229
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Overheal wrote: »
    What a pathetic dodge :pac:

    Let's walk through this logic: I, a moderator, would blithely post links to malware?

    MediaITE is a media aggregator blog run by Dan Abrams. It's a Gizmodo of mainstream news. Calm your tits.

    Never heard of it. Is it like Breitbart for leftys?


  • #3230
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Have you considered taking them into your parents house. Now that you have left the nest there would be ample space and your parents will enjoy the company.

    Win win for everyone

    Stopping acting like a fool this isn't Hobson's choice.


  • #3231
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,148 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Never heard of it. Is it like Breitbart for leftys?

    Google it.
    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Nobody is required to answer questions . Don't be silly


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  • #3232
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    cookie1977 wrote: »
    Stopping acting like a fool this isn't Hobson's choice.

    I doubt he even asked.
    Would you be up for it? Let's make a move away from direct provision. Refugees, asylum seekers and economic migrants can live with willing Irish families.
    Much better for them.


  • #3233
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,104 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    I doubt he even asked.
    Would you be up for it? Let's make a move away from direct provision. Refugees, asylum seekers and economic migrants can live with willing Irish families.
    Much better for them.

    Sure. You first.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #3234
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    Sure. You first.

    Me first what?


  • #3235
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,148 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Me first what?

    Your idea, your offer.
    Refugees, asylum seekers and economic migrants can live with willing Irish families.


  • #3236
    recedite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭recedite


    batgoat wrote: »
    They're literally designed to make it difficult to integrate to any normal degree. Want your kids to do have a sleep over? Nope, can't do that. Want to cook your own meals, that's a no. Want to begin to start to establish a life in your new home, can't do that. Your child gets high points in leaving cert? They're not gonna be able to go to college unless somebody is able to finance it for them. So I totally understand why residents complain.
    Fair point about the lack of integration in DP centres, but lets not forget that the concept was only ever meant to be a short term thing while illegal immigrants were having their cases for asylum examined. Which it is suitable for.


    It is a political failure that the DP system was allowed to become overwhelmed, and that when cases for asylum are denied, illegal immigrants stay on ad infinitum, going from one appeal to another.
    A system that is only suitable for short term stays has been shoehorned into a long stay industry which is earning huge money for lawyers and certain well connected property investors.


    And BTW, even if an asylum seeker student gets low points in the Leaving Cert, they're gonna be able to go to college because there is plenty of funding allocated to them, and scarce places are given out on "scholarships" at the expense of Irish students with higher points, who then miss out.


  • #3237
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,104 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    recedite wrote: »
    Fair point about the lack of integration in DP centres, but lets not forget that the concept was only ever meant to be a short term thing while illegal immigrants were having their cases for asylum examined. Which it is suitable for.


    It is a political failure that the DP system was allowed to become overwhelmed, and that when cases for asylum are denied, illegal immigrants stay on ad infinitum, going from one appeal to another.
    A system that is only suitable for short term stays has been shoehorned into a long stay industry which is earning huge money for lawyers and certain well connected property investors.


    And BTW, even if an asylum seeker student gets low points in the Leaving Cert, they're gonna be able to go to college because there is plenty of funding allocated to them, and scarce places are given out on "scholarships" at the expense of Irish students with higher points, who then miss out.

    How many Irish students missed out? Or is that more racist scaremongering?

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #3238
    recedite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭recedite


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    How many Irish students missed out? Or is that more racist scaremongering?
    Whatever number had higher points than the asylum seekers who got the scholarships.


  • #3239
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,104 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Me first what?

    Well you know you seem to think Irish people offering their homes to refugees/asylum seekers is a great idea.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #3240
    Stephen15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,907 ✭✭✭Stephen15


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    How many Irish students missed out? Or is that more racist scaremongering?

    What race are we talking about here Joey are asylum seekers an ethnicity now?


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  • #3241
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,104 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    recedite wrote: »
    Whatever number had higher points than the asylum seekers who got the scholarships.

    Do go on. Please provide some real evidence rather than mere racist scaremongering.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #3242
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,148 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Isn't CAO data pretty useful here


  • #3243
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    Well you know you seem to think Irish people offering their homes to refugees/asylum seekers is a great idea.

    Willing people. I'm not one of them. Are you?


  • #3244
    recedite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭recedite


    If you want the exact number, you'll have to ask one of the lefty professors in one of the colleges who organise this virtue signalling crap.


  • #3245
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,148 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Willing people. I'm not one of them. Are you?

    Why then do you have the right to lecture solutions to other people you will not do yourself? Far cry from leadership by example.


  • #3246
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,104 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Willing people. I'm not one of them. Are you?

    Oh right ok. So you don't think it's a great idea at all then.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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  • #3247
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,104 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    recedite wrote: »
    If you want the exact number, you'll have to ask one of the lefty professors in one of the colleges who organise this virtue signalling crap.

    Right yeah. Racist scaremongering as I indicated earlier.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #3248
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,148 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    recedite wrote: »
    If you want the exact number, you'll have to ask one of the lefty professors in one of the colleges who organise this virtue signalling crap.

    Which is a roundabout raspberrying way of saying No, there is no data to even remotely support your accusation:
    And BTW, even if an asylum seeker student gets low points in the Leaving Cert, they're gonna be able to go to college because there is plenty of funding allocated to them, and scarce places are given out on "scholarships" at the expense of Irish students with higher points, who then miss out.

    And you dare lecture ANYONE else on this forum about Defamation, Slander, or Libel? :eek: Here you are admitting point blank that you are typing out complete falsehoods with no substantiated or even alleged facts behind you, to take broad swipes at "lefty professors" who are "organizing" this fickle little conspiracy theory you've concocted - and yet you are presenting it as a matter of fact.


  • #3249
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    Oh right ok. So you don't think it's a great idea at all then.

    Do you not understand what "willing people" means?


  • #3250
    recedite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭recedite


    Overheal wrote: »
    Which is a roundabout raspberrying way of saying No, there is no data to even remotely support your accusation:
    And you dare lecture ANYONE else on this forum about Defamation, Slander, or Libel? :eek:
    Of course there is data. I'm not privy to it though, and I'm not even going to go searching for it because even if it was publicly available, it is likely to be hidden away, or disguised, or made inaccessible in some way.
    Do you not understand that allocating college places is a zero sum game? That is the whole purpose and function of the CAO - to decide who gets a place and who does not.

    Scholarships which artificially lower the points requirement for certain "preferred people" subvert this (otherwise merit-based) process.


  • #3251
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,104 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    recedite wrote: »
    Of course there is data. I'm not privy to it though, and I'm not even going to go searching for it because even if it was publicly available, it is likely to be hidden away, or disguised, or made inaccessible in some way.
    Do you not understand that allocating college places is a zero sum game? That is the whole purpose and function of the CAO - to decide who gets a place and who does not.

    Scholarships which artificially lower the points requirement for certain "preferred people" subvert this (otherwise merit-based) process.

    So you have no proof whatsoever of your claims and you refuse to provide it.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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