Bank roof "occupied"...then Gardaí beat them up :D

Cheap Thrills! · 15-05-2010 04:06PM

jayteecork wrote: »

You trolling or what?

No, I haven't seen what actually happened. Can't find a link on the web.

Cheap Thrills! · 15-05-2010 04:20PM

jayteecork wrote: »

You trolling or what?

You won't mind of someone walks into your place of residence every night and hangs around the lounge waving flags?

I'd kick them in the face but I thought they were just on the porch roof of the bank......did they go inside it?

From the picures it just looked like they were waving their banner and burning a Sean Fitzpatrick effigy.

Big swing of a mickey.

Dionysus · 15-05-2010 04:43PM

davyjose wrote: »

for the last few years I've listened to nothing but internet warriors complaining about the state of the country and doing Fcuk all about it but whinging online.

now some people actually make an attempt to stand up for something, and we're dealt the above comments.

I really don't know what to fcukin think...... :rolleyes::mad:

I signed in just to thank this post. If you make a stand against anything in this society there is always some arsehole who condemns you. In almost every town and village of this country there are people taking action against things which they believe are wrong. It can be the lack of recycling facilities, the removal of footpaths, the danger posed to children - you name it, all across Ireland local groups are formed to campaign against things which affect them.

But some thick ignoramus will, sure enough, always stand up and tell them not to be challenging authority figures or institutions. Backward gobshítes who'd condemn as all to sub-standard treatment by authorities who are quick to ensure they themselves are well looked after. I detest the fúckers.

Nodin · 15-05-2010 04:48PM

darkman2 wrote: »

We should have a counter protest in support of the banks;)

We can't do it on Idi Amin day, Genghis Khan day or Vlad the Impaler day though, as those celebrations are just too much fun to miss.

Einhard · 15-05-2010 04:49PM

Dionysus wrote: »

I signed in just to thank this post. If you make a stand against anything in this society there is always some arsehole who condemns you. In almost every town and village of this country there are people taking action against things which they believe are wrong. It can be the lack of recycling facilities, the removal of footpaths, the danger posed to children - you name it, all across Ireland local groups are formed to campaign against things which affect them.

But some thick ignoramus will, sure enough, always stand up and tell them not to be challenging authority figures or institutions. Backward gobshítes who'd condemn as all to sub-standard treatment by authorities who are quick to ensure they themselves are well looked after. I detest the fúckers.

I have no problem with protesters, but what does p*ss me off is when people decide to take the law into their own hands, trespass on private property, try to force their way past the police into the Dail etc, and then react hysterically when they're manhandled in any way whatsoever.

Cheap Thrills! · 15-05-2010 04:54PM

Einhard wrote: »

I have no problem with protesters, but what does p*ss me off is when people decide to take the law into their own hands, trespass on private property, try to force their way past the police into the Dail etc, and then react hysterically when they're manhandled in any way whatsoever.

Anglo is not private property, belongs to the taxpayer.

Tresspass=impossible

TheInquisitor · 15-05-2010 04:59PM

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

Anglo is not private property, belongs to the taxpayer.

Tresspass=impossible

I'd love to see you try to get into an army barracks then...

Einhard · 15-05-2010 05:01PM

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

Anglo is not private property, belongs to the taxpayer.

Tresspass=impossible

Yeah, and so is the Aras. Try telling that to the arresting officer when you're being dragged kicking and screaming out of Mary's bedroom...:rolleyes:

aDeener · 15-05-2010 05:02PM

Executive Steve wrote: »

I'm a long haired...

il be honest, i stopped reading right there... :pac:

Cheap Thrills! · 15-05-2010 05:03PM

TheInquisitor wrote: »

I'd love to see you try to get into an army barracks then...

Why would I want to go into an army barracks?

Nodin · 15-05-2010 05:04PM

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

Why would I want to go into an army barracks?

men in uniform?

Mike 1972 · 15-05-2010 05:06PM

Einhard wrote: »

Yeah, and so is the Aras. Try telling that to the arresting officer when you're being dragged kicking and screaming out of Mary's bedroom...:rolleyes:

And then again.........:D

Cheap Thrills! · 15-05-2010 05:11PM

Einhard wrote: »

Yeah, and so is the Aras. Try telling that to the arresting officer when you're being dragged kicking and screaming out of Mary's bedroom...:rolleyes:

What are you on about?

I'm not a protestor, I've no interest in storming Mary whaternames bedroom...

All I'm saying is whats the story with the vitroil against protestors? Fair fcuks to 'em I say.

Am I happy to see civil disobedience?

Yes I am. If it produces a bead of sweat on a Fianna Fail brow then nice one.

Am I bothered about some Levellers fans standing on buildings even if they do belong to the taxpayer?

No, I don't give a sh!te.

Do I approve of violent protest?

No. Not whatsoever.

Cheap Thrills! · 15-05-2010 05:12PM

Nodin wrote: »

men in uniform?

Ugh, no thanks. Authority figures are deeply unsexy.

Einhard · 15-05-2010 05:21PM

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

What are you on about?

If you can't figure it out by yourself, it would probably be a waste of time trying to explain it to you.

Sir Gallagher · 15-05-2010 05:36PM

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

What are you on about?

I'm not a protestor, I've no interest in storming Mary whaternames bedroom...

All I'm saying is whats the story with the vitroil against protestors? Fair fcuks to 'em I say.

Am I happy to see civil disobedience?

Yes I am. If it produces a bead of sweat on a Fianna Fail brow then nice one.

Am I bothered about some Levellers fans standing on buildings even if they do belong to the taxpayer?

No, I don't give a sh!te.

Do I approve of violent protest?

No. Not whatsoever.

Here's the point...................................................................................................................................................and here's you.

MagicSean · 15-05-2010 05:57PM

I wonder how many of those protesters actually had jobs before the bust. Or have mortgages to pay.

MagicSean · 15-05-2010 06:04PM

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

Wouldn't mind a link if you have one...?

Did they break into the bank really?

Why are there 6 vans there for that.....overkill surely. If I rang and reported a break in, they might drop around tomorrow....

Try indymedia. They describe the actions as an occupation of the bank.

DublinWriter · 15-05-2010 06:09PM

mike65 wrote: »

Davyjose I haven't firebombed any I admit, what should I do? Remove my savings? That'll show em.

I personally doused my Henry Hippo savings bank in lighter fuel and burnt it in my back garden today as a gesture of solidarity*

* I took my First Holy Communion money out first

davyjose · 15-05-2010 06:41PM

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Here's the point...................................................................................................................................................and here's you.

I don't think he's missing the point at all. Too many people here are condemning it simply because they are lefties or commies or whatever, without realising that this is the first significant stand against the banking crisis, by the public.

Was it done well? no. Was it effective? Clearly not (judging by the sudden loyalty to the banks on this thread). But if it makes the Banks, or Government think, even just for a moment, that maybe ... just maybe, they can't ride roughshod over the people of ireland, with impunity, then it was worth it IMO.

Cheap Thrills! · 15-05-2010 06:57PM

k_mac wrote: »

Try indymedia. They describe the actions as an occupation of the bank.

Just read it. They stood on the overhang over the door. Shocking stuff indeed, everythings going to hell in a handbasket. Eh. Ruffians.

One campaigner ......*blahdy blahdy blah*...... Afterwards I heard the cops saying it was a great bit of crack

So a great day out was had by all and no banks were harmed in the process thankfully, because that would be awful. I love banks. Down with Swampy.

PCPhoto · 15-05-2010 07:01PM

amacachi wrote: »

How exactly should the Gardaí remove someone who doesn't want to leave in a non-forceful manner?

set the alight !! ....fire is the answer !!!!

Offy · 15-05-2010 07:46PM

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

I'd kick them in the face but I thought they were just on the porch roof of the bank......did they go inside it?

From the picures it just looked like they were waving their banner and burning a Sean Fitzpatrick effigy.

Big swing of a mickey.

A gardai woke me up one morning as I slept in my bed to ask me if I committed suicide - true story.

Run_to_da_hills · 15-05-2010 08:01PM

More here on the subject.

7 arrested.

http://www.sovereignindependent.com/?p=3451

celtic Liger · 15-05-2010 08:33PM

if the credit union done atm's, i dont think i'd ever set foot in a bank again.

DublinWriter · 15-05-2010 10:42PM

celtic Liger wrote: »

if the credit union done atm's, i dont think i'd ever set foot in a bank again.

Oh, what a short memory we have. There were various 'financial scandals' in this country in the early part of this decade concerning certain credit unions over their director expenses and lack of due-diligence in providing loans that occurred way before the current banking crises ever happened.

Plus ca change, etc.

ascanbe · 15-05-2010 11:13PM

Glad to see all the vitriol directed towards the dasterdly indymedia on here; if there is one thing i've gleaned from all that has gone wrong with this country it's that indymedia are to blame for everything.
As Sinead O'Conner once said: Fight the real power!

boboirl · 15-05-2010 11:58PM

A lot of people are to arrogant to understand that fundamentally we need a viable banking system....

Of course everyone and me is pissed off we had to bail out the banks...

But ask these protesters what is their alternative?? And you'll be met with blank faces.

Without these banks, we'ld be much worse off than Greece!

squod · 16-05-2010 12:06AM

boboirl wrote: »

A lot of people are to arrogant to understand that fundamentally we need a viable banking system....

Of course everyone and me is pissed off we had to bail out the banks...

But ask these protesters what is their alternative?? And you'll be met with blank faces.

Without these banks, we'ld be much worse off than Greece!

There was no need to bail Anglo. Never. An extension of the guarantees could have been applied to it for a time to secure some of the deposits, but giving Anglo the full state guarantees? C'mon.

What's happen in the case of Anglo is criminal and that's the actual reality. The arrangements made to guarantee the banks needed only apply to a couple of them.

A Dub in Glasgo · 16-05-2010 12:20AM

boboirl wrote: »

A lot of people are to arrogant to understand that fundamentally we need a viable banking system....

Of course everyone and me is pissed off we had to bail out the banks...

But ask these protesters what is their alternative?? And you'll be met with blank faces.

Without these banks, we'ld be much worse off than Greece!

A naive deluded person you are

Bank roof "occupied"...then Gardaí beat them up :D

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