Students attack Leinster house with Mars Bars

Nodin · 03-11-2010 06:07PM

Where the hell is Degsy?

Is he out there dressed up as a Garda?

easyeason3 · 03-11-2010 06:08PM

RIGHT STOP THIS SH!T NOW!

This has turned into a thread about people running students, guards, dubs, culchies, mothers collecting kids from school into the ground. I'm not stupid enough to think everyone is perfect but ffs is there really a need for everyone to be at each others throats?
I'm sure there were students protesting in a normal fashion today. Just as I'm sure there were asshole students acting the maggot which meant the Guards had to be brought in.
Some people live in Dublin, some people live in the country.
Some people drop their kids to school in a car, others walk or get a bus.

Get over it. Not everyone is the same. But what this country needs at the moment is unity if anything is going to be achieved to better our lives at the moment & to better the lives of our children & grandchildren.

Bickering over ridiculous crap will get us nowhere, fast.

ntlbell · 03-11-2010 06:08PM

i need my lickle interwebz.

i have to eat.

I need to buy emo clothes.

i need to drink till i can't see two feet in front of me.

get off the f*cking stage!!!

wonderfulname · 03-11-2010 06:08PM

Xavi6 wrote: »

Answer for everything.

So if it did come in what would you do? Drop out or fond the extra twenty from your social life or other means?

You dont seem to be getting the picture, there is no magical twenty euro, every cent is spent on necessities. If it came to it Id be looking at working through half of my lectures and trying to make them up at home, which any student will tell you is really not a good idea, So I'd be paying more to have a lower chance of getting a first class degree, charming prospect really.

mikom · 03-11-2010 06:10PM

easyeason3 wrote: »

RIGHT STOP THIS SH!T NOW!

This has turned into a thread about people running students, guards, dubs, culchies, mothers collecting kids from school into the ground. I'm not stupid enough to think everyone is perfect but ffs is there really a need for everyone to be at each others throats?
I'm sure there were students protesting in a normal fashion today. Just as I'm sure there were asshole students acting the maggot which meant the Guards had to be brought in.
Some people live in Dublin, some people live in the country.
Some people drop their kids to school in a car, others walk or get a bus.

Get over it. Not everyone is the same. But what this country needs at the moment is unity if anything is going to be achieved to better our lives at the moment & to better the lives of our children & grandchildren.

Bickering over ridiculous crap will get us nowhere, fast.

People are the same wherever you go
There's good and bad in everyone
We learn to live, we learn to give each other
What we need to survive
Together alive

Ebony and Ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh Lord, why don't we ?

amacachi · 03-11-2010 06:11PM

Archimedes wrote: »

"Durka durka, entitlement, durka durka, its not fair"

You're not entitled to jack shít. You're only entitled to third level education if you can afford whatever the state charges for it. Some people have this crazy notion that third level education is a right. It's not.

Again I have to disagree, the state shouldn't be setting any price level for third-level education whatsoever. The more they interfere the more diluted everything gets.

mojesius · 03-11-2010 06:11PM

Archimedes wrote: »

"Durka durka, entitlement, durka durka, its not fair"

Kudos! Right there, you have the makings of a much catchier protest chant to the crap they were spouting today.

flyton5 · 03-11-2010 06:11PM

easyeason3 wrote: »

RIGHT STOP THIS SH!T NOW!

This has turned into a thread about people running students, guards, dubs, culchies, mothers collecting kids from school into the ground. I'm not stupid enough to think everyone is perfect but ffs is there really a need for everyone to be at each others throats?
I'm sure there were students protesting in a normal fashion today. Just as I'm sure there were asshole students acting the maggot which meant the Guards had to be brought in.
Some people live in Dublin, some people live in the country.
Some people drop their kids to school in a car, others walk or get a bus.

Get over it. Not everyone is the same. But what this country needs at the moment is unity if anything is going to be achieved to better our lives at the moment & to better the lives of our children & grandchildren.

Bickering over ridiculous crap will get us nowhere, fast.

Your point is noted and will be recorded in the minutes.

Now back to the bickering!! RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!!

FreudianSlippers · 03-11-2010 06:11PM

wonderfulname wrote: »

You dont seem to be getting the picture, there is no magical twenty euro, every cent is spent on necessities. If it came to it Id be looking at working through half of my lectures and trying to make them up at home, which any student will tell you is really not a good idea, So I'd be paying more to have a lower chance of getting a first class degree, charming prospect really.

Get a loan then.

nommm · 03-11-2010 06:11PM

flyton5 wrote: »

Get off your arse and look. You heard from someone that it's hard to get a job these days and didnt bother looking.

I do have a job.

After months of applying for every job that was advertised. But there is plenty of people who are genuinely struggling to find work. If it's so easy to get a job, why are the dole queues so long?

MagicSean · 03-11-2010 06:12PM

nommm wrote: »

A job paying mininum wage won't provide for full college fees, bills, text books, rent etc.

I found that out too. So i looked for a better job.

Nodin · 03-11-2010 06:13PM

easyeason3 wrote: »

.............
Bickering over ridiculous crap will get us nowhere, fast.

Theres a reason there was only ever one king of all Ireland....

conorhal · 03-11-2010 06:13PM

Xavi6 wrote: »

Fookin leeches on society.

Most other countries don't let you freeload your way through education so shut up and pay the extra twenty quid a week if it helps secure your future.

Loike.... O...M...G... I'd totally have to give up my Mocha extra shot with a cinnamon twist! Seriously! How could I possibly be expected to function at a 10am lecture? You need to soooo get real!

Xavi6 · 03-11-2010 06:13PM

wonderfulname wrote: »

You dont seem to be getting the picture, there is no magical twenty euro, every cent is spent on necessities. If it came to it Id be looking at working through half of my lectures and trying to make them up at home, which any student will tell you is really not a good idea, So I'd be paying more to have a lower chance of getting a first class degree, charming prospect really.

How do you fund the little bit of a social life you have now? I'm sure it still costs even without alcohol.

See the problem I have is that Irish students are up there with the luckiest in the world when it comes to the cost of third level education. Would you prefer a similar system to that of Australia for example where you get a loan for the full cost of your course then you pay it back via your wages when you get a job afterwards? Would you like your salary raped for the next decade?

No, of course not. Instead everything you earn after college is your own.

If these increases are opposed then the above is the alternative, and I'm sure those on the streets today would love that.

arse..biscuits · 03-11-2010 06:13PM

Dont know if this has been posted already

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1103/education.html#video

Nodin · 03-11-2010 06:13PM

flyton5 wrote: »

Your point is noted and will be recorded in the minutes.

Now back to the bickering!! RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!!

Emo Hipster Geebaggery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

flyton5 · 03-11-2010 06:14PM

nommm wrote: »

I do have a job. After months of applying for every job that was advertised. But there is plenty of people who are genuinely struggling to find work. If it's so easy to get a job, why are the dole queues so long?

Because people are lazy and feel that certain jobs are beneath them. You work whatever job is available, be it McD's or whatever. Some people have too much "pride" and would rather stand in queues and get free money.

MagicSean · 03-11-2010 06:14PM

good video on RTE News website. Shows where the aggression was coming from. Pretty textbook performance from the Gardaí.

nommm · 03-11-2010 06:14PM

ntlbell wrote: »

i need my lickle interwebz.

i have to eat.

I need to buy emo clothes.

i need to drink till i can't see two feet in front of me.

get off the f*cking stage!!!

Nice generalisations.

k_mac wrote: »

I found that out too. So i looked for a better job.

Where do you suggest I find these brilliantly paid jobs?

Nodin · 03-11-2010 06:15PM

arse..biscuits wrote: »

Dont know if this has been posted already

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1103/education.html#video

A thread about protesting students is even more immune to facts than one about travellers or muslims, FYI.

entropi · 03-11-2010 06:15PM

easyeason3 wrote: »

RIGHT STOP THIS SH!T NOW!

This has turned into a thread about people running students, guards, dubs, culchies, mothers collecting kids from school into the ground. I'm not stupid enough to think everyone is perfect but ffs is there really a need for everyone to be at each others throats?
I'm sure there were students protesting in a normal fashion today. Just as I'm sure there were asshole students acting the maggot which meant the Guards had to be brought in.
Some people live in Dublin, some people live in the country.
Some people drop their kids to school in a car, others walk or get a bus.

Get over it. Not everyone is the same. But what this country needs at the moment is unity if anything is going to be achieved to better our lives at the moment & to better the lives of our children & grandchildren.

Bickering over ridiculous crap will get us nowhere, fast.

I couldnt agree more with that post. I was one of those students at the march, but we were the ones singing out chants, most serious but tasteful, some humorous but just there to create a bit of craic (which worked). Most of us only went there to have a voice and let it be known that many of us will be seriously affected if this goes through legislation.

If all of this fugging sniping and bull between people in this thread, as hinted at by you, were to stop so AH could probably have another serious thread discussion...maybe something good could at least come from it.

nommm · 03-11-2010 06:15PM

flyton5 wrote: »

Because people are lazy and feel that certain jobs are beneath them. You work whatever job is available, be it McD's or whatever. Some people have too much "pride" and would rather stand in queues and get free money.

McD's and other complanies like that don't employ people who are over qualified.

mikom · 03-11-2010 06:15PM

Xavi6 wrote: »

Would you like your salary raped for the next decade?

In fairness that what going to happen here in Ireland for the foreseeable future.

FreudianSlippers · 03-11-2010 06:16PM

flyton5 wrote: »

Because people are lazy and feel that certain jobs are beneath them. You work whatever job is available, be it McD's or whatever. Some people have too much "pride" and would rather stand in queues and get free money.

That's the problem with social welfare - people (all people) would take free money over working a job for the same amount of money.

If they paid what I make on the dole, I'd **** off on the dole tomorrow morning.
Stand in a queue once a week or work my ass off 5 days a week? I'll queue.

amacachi · 03-11-2010 06:16PM

wonderfulname wrote: »

You dont seem to be getting the picture, there is no magical twenty euro, every cent is spent on necessities. If it came to it Id be looking at working through half of my lectures and trying to make them up at home, which any student will tell you is really not a good idea, So I'd be paying more to have a lower chance of getting a first class degree, charming prospect really.

What age are you? If your parents are earning enough to stop you getting a grant meaning that you have to pay the registration fee then I'm sure they can find a financial institution somewhere to get the lend of the money.

johngalway · 03-11-2010 06:17PM

flyton5 wrote: »

If they were warned by the guards to move back when the batons came out and they didnt then it is right...

I'm not here to defend or get a dig into the Gardai.

Students organized the protest, the onus on them is to manage it and know who's involved.

blackstairsboy · 03-11-2010 06:17PM

Why do people have this great belief that all students spend most of there time and money drinking and going to nightclubs. You would swear some of the people posting have never gone to a pub the way they talk. True I do go out once a week in college but I have to have some sort of social life. I spend the rest of the week in the library or at my lectures. I work at the weekends so I can offord my extravagent lifestyle that consists of a drafty bedroom with peeling wallpaper and microwave dinners. Alot of other students I know are in the same boat as me. Why do people object so much to the government paying for part of my degree. When I qualify I will hopefully work in Ireland I will pay tax to the irish government which will pay for pensions and hospital beds. Its a circle and we all will contribute and benifit from it at certain times during our lives.

Fukuyama · 03-11-2010 06:18PM

As a student who attended the march I can say it was maybe 150 to 200 people involved AT MAX in the rioting. BBC and RTE are extimating over 30,000 turned out in the rain to march peacefully.

We're all going to get tarred with the brush those dutch gold drinking, tri coluor disgracing idiots have dipped for us.

As such, a budget, unlike no other in the history of this state, will be passed in December that will seriously hinder the rate at which this country will recover from this recession due to an unskilled youth population.

Dole queues will rise next year.

Cheers scum bags. You're a bunch of ****ing wasters who would have either dropped out anyway or never been looked at twice by an employer. That criminal record you got today by getting arrested for rioting will only be the cherry on top.

Students: Prepare for the onslaught of this...

MagicSean · 03-11-2010 06:18PM

nommm wrote: »

Nice generalisations.

Where do you suggest I find these brilliantly paid jobs?

I found mine in different places. I worked first year in a shop, second year in a fast food restaurant and third and fourth in a call centre. Didn't have much of a social life because I had to work evenings and weekends to make up the money for college.

FreudianSlippers · 03-11-2010 06:18PM

amacachi wrote: »

What age are you? If your parents are earning enough to stop you getting a grant meaning that you have to pay the registration fee then I'm sure they can find a financial institution somewhere to get the lend of the money.

This is the point that everyone is overlooking. It's not being able to see the wood for the trees that is the problem with a large majority of people in this country.

Students attack Leinster house with Mars Bars

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