Riots in Iceland re financial crisis, why didnt we hear?

Donald-Duck · 24-01-2009 05:29PM

panda100 wrote: »

Theres been little media coverage over ALL the riots breaking out in Greece,Bulgaria,Latvia,Lithuania,Iceland etc.
There was a tiny snippet of news (2 sentences squashed on to the side of page 25) in The Irish Indo on how the EU is calling an emergency summit on how to deal with the recent waves of riots.

I presume the lack of media coverge is they dont want to encourage Irish people to do the same.If the mass of people rise up and revolt,then Murdoch,O'Reilly and the rest who get massively rich of an exploitative,capitalist system will be fu*cked.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169939/posts .

There was loads coverage on Greece, you make such stupid posts regularly.

The_Minister · 24-01-2009 05:32PM

jester77 wrote: »

PM called an election this week and is not running because of an illness he has been diagnosed with.

Oesophegul (sp?) cancer I believe.

The_Minister · 24-01-2009 05:37PM

Oh, and add me into the list of people who knew all about this and think that alot of the people in this thread just don't listen to current events.

Shiny · 24-01-2009 06:14PM

Why do I have a bad feeling about the Student Protest on Feb 4th, all of
a sudden....:(

Acacia · 24-01-2009 06:21PM

The_Minister wrote: »

Oh, and add me into the list of people who knew all about this and think that alot of the people in this thread just don't listen to current events.

I listen to the news or read the paper everyday, or check the online papers, and there really hasn't been that much coverage of these riots. IMO.

Dob74 · 24-01-2009 06:43PM

Shiny wrote: »

Why do I have a bad feeling about the Student Protest on Feb 4th, all of
a sudden....:(

This could be 1848 all over again. Look on the bright side there will be plenty of work in building barricades and taking them down again.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 24-01-2009 08:32PM

Rojomcdojo wrote: »

The riots in Riga were all over the news.. It seems what an awful lot of you mean by "HOW COME WE DIDNT HEAR ABOUT THIS OMG CONSPIRACY!!!11" is really "I don't really watch the news or read newspapers."

The sad fact is that the vast majority of people who don't think Enda Kenny is a better option just don't like the look of him. True I think he should have dropped out after the last election, but when you see FFers like Bev and co STILL trying to swindle us while at the same time expecting us mere peasants to take the hit financially, it really is sickening to see people refer to FG as "no better".

Don't have the luxary of sky news in Berlin. Was aware of Riga, not to what scale admittedly, but aware of what had happened.

Agree 100% with you about people's perception of Enda Kenny. Although if people like neither him nor FF, then GET UP OFF YOUR ARSES AND DEMONSTRATE.

Collie D · 24-01-2009 08:35PM

Shiny wrote: »

Why do I have a bad feeling about the Student Protest on Feb 4th, all of
a sudden....:(

Pfft, students! Bunch of pussies, the guards will make mincemeat of them if they try anything

Acacia · 24-01-2009 08:49PM

Collie D wrote: »

Pfft, students! Bunch of pussies, the guards will make mincemeat of them if they try anything

At least they're trying. :P

On a related note, y'know, traditionally it has been students who get involved in demonstrations, protests and the like, while everyone else watches on, simultaneously grumbling about 'lazy, smelly students, do they have nothing better to do?' and also 'the damn government, why doesn't anyone get up off their arses and do something?"

Collie D · 24-01-2009 09:00PM

Acacia wrote: »

At least they're trying. :P

On a related note, y'know, traditionally it has been students who get involved in demonstrations, protests and the like, while everyone else watches on, simultaneously grumbling about 'lazy, smelly students, do they have nothing better to do?' and also 'the damn government, why doesn't anyone get up off their arses and do something?"

Fair enough but I bet if you did a poll of protesting students on the day a large portion wouldn't know why they were there other than to skip lectures and have a few cans.

PrivateEye · 24-01-2009 09:01PM

You don't hear about 90% of the social unrest occuring around the world at any time.

In Greece in December/early January young people occupied 3 television stations protesting education cuts and in solidarity with the 15 year old who was shot by police. They also occupied the headquarters of the police, the trade unions, the journalists union, numerous government offices, several embassies and train stations. They damaged ticket machines at the occupied train stations and allowed all on for free.They organised fundraisers for small local businesses damaged during the rioting ,including an 80+ year old woman whos small stall was ruined. The countries largest uni's were occupied, as were hundreds of secondary schools.

In Ireland, the whole thing got about 5 minutes airtime, in the form of "kid shot. lots of other kids throwing bricks. what a ****in' disgrace"

Its just how the media works, its not a conspiracy. You never hear about this things. Whens the last time you heard on RTE news about dead kids in Afghanistan?

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And in relation to the comment about having a bad feeling about Feb4?
Don't.

The U.S.I is the first step on the ladder for many oppurtunistic 'When I grow up I want to be in the Labour Party/Fine Gael' types and the demos are tame affairs that go nowhere and normally involve large amounts of patting yourself on the back and chanting 'WHEN DO WE WANT IT? NOW'
It'll be a fairly predictable affair, probably ending with a Fine Gael speaker and with at least a dozen "DOWN WITH THIS SORT OF THING' signs there.

Acacia · 24-01-2009 09:18PM

PrivateEye wrote: »

You don't hear about 90% of the social unrest occuring around the world at any time.

In Greece in December/early January young people occupied 3 television stations protesting education cuts and in solidarity with the 15 year old who was shot by police. They also occupied the headquarters of the police, the trade unions, the journalists union, numerous government offices, several embassies and train stations. They damaged ticket machines at the occupied train stations and allowed all on for free.They organised fundraisers for small local businesses damaged during the rioting ,including an 80+ year old woman whos small stall was ruined. The countries largest uni's were occupied, as were hundreds of secondary schools.

In Ireland, the whole thing got about 5 minutes airtime, in the form of "kid shot. lots of other kids throwing bricks. what a ****in' disgrace"

Its just how the media works, its not a conspiracy. You never hear about this things. Whens the last time you heard on RTE news about dead kids in Afghanistan?

Yeah, exactly. Notice how they'll cling to some human interest story like Maddie McCann for ages as well, to distract people. They sure as hell don't want people knowing about civil unrest in other parts of the world. I wouldn't say it's a conspiracy, because I don't think there's any Evil Plan or anything. It's just not a good idea for governments to let their people 'get ideas' about protests, riots, etc. Imho.

Slutmonkey57b · 24-01-2009 09:43PM

PrivateEye wrote: »

The U.S.I is the first step on the ladder for many oppurtunistic 'When I grow up I want to be in the Labour Party/Fine Gael' types and the demos are tame affairs that go nowhere and normally involve large amounts of patting yourself on the back and chanting 'WHEN DO WE WANT IT? NOW'
It'll be a fairly predictable affair, probably ending with a Fine Gael speaker and with at least a dozen "DOWN WITH THIS SORT OF THING' signs there.

I've always wondered if they think nobody's noticed that they've never stopped using the same chant for every rally. All those intelligent arts students*, you'd think they'd be able to come up with something more creative.

*I am cognisant of the non sequiter.

Riots in Iceland re financial crisis, why didnt we hear?

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