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JONJO THE MISER · 10-01-2011 04:22PM #1

Reporting sensationlist ignorant anti-foreign anti-Irish rubbish.
This was talked about on Joe Duffy, the Irish embassy has already made a complaint.
Once again it shows how ignorant and racist the vast majority of australians are.
http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/investigations/8194474/street-fight-central

4zn76tysfajdxp · 10-01-2011 04:24PM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Once again it shows how ignorant and racist the vast majority of australians are.

And you are not any of those things, why...?

Jack Sheehan · 10-01-2011 04:29PM

This is pretty mild, nothing worse than you'd see in the Daily mail about Romanians or the like, and on top of that the comments on the site from Australians are calling out the news site for targeting Irish people.

prinz · 10-01-2011 04:30PM

Have they got a point? I have seen and heard plenty of similar stories from elsewhere.

southsiderosie · 10-01-2011 04:31PM

The biggest complainer on that report was an American.

Lumen · 10-01-2011 04:32PM

Australians suffering from obnoxious drunk foreigners.

Ha ha!

bonerm · 10-01-2011 04:32PM

Australia = The Western Worlds dumping ground 1770-2011.

ejmaztec · 10-01-2011 04:33PM

This has been in the Australian news for a while, some pissed up Irish back-packers making a name for themselves and embarassing the people at home.

Of course, if they ever wanted to go for residency there, they'll have a criminal record going against them when they apply.

u140acro3xs7dm · 10-01-2011 04:33PM

I have to say a lot of Irish Backpackers are a disgrace over there especially in Sydney.

Nelson Muntz · 10-01-2011 04:35PM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Reporting sensationlist ignorant anti-foreign anti-Irish rubbish.
This was talked about on Joe Duffy, the Irish embassy has already made a complaint.
Once again it shows how ignorant and racist the vast majority of australians are.
http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/investigations/8194474/street-fight-central

Sounds like you have some sort of agenda.

If you go to any place full of backpackers from any country & add loads of alcohol, you will get the same result.

I'm sure nothing would be said if temple bar was turned into a cage fight every weekend :rolleyes:

prinz · 10-01-2011 04:35PM

Of course on boards no one ever criticises foreigners, say Spanish students, for acting the bollix.

SeaFields · 10-01-2011 04:37PM

Gerardo Narrow Fullback wrote: »

I have to say a lot of Irish Backpackers are a disgrace over there especially in Sydney.

Have to agree. I was on hols there a few years back and Bondi Junction was well rough. The "Tea Gardens" seemed to be all celtic jerseys and black eyes.

chicken fingers · 10-01-2011 04:37PM

To be totally fair about this, Australia is half full of loutish sunburned drunken "backpackers" from Ireland.

The majority of whom are not "backpacking" but have just moved to a big city in Australia to hang out with, drink with (and yes fairly frequently fight with) other Irish "backpackers".

flas · 10-01-2011 04:38PM

is it just me or is the only thing in that video australian bouncers fighting on the streets with everyone?

u140acro3xs7dm · 10-01-2011 04:42PM

It so strange these people go to the other side of the world. When they get there they wear their county's GAA jersey and hang out mainly with people from their county. Rarely would they talk to a "foreigner". If you talk to a lot of them they say Ireland has too many foreigners and they say this without a hint of irony. Muppets

ejmaztec · 10-01-2011 04:42PM

flas wrote: »

is it just me or is the only thing in that video australian bouncers fighting on the streets with everyone?

They obviously didn't want anyone to feel left out, so attacked as many as they could, even passers-by.

The Waltzing Consumer · 10-01-2011 04:43PM

flas wrote: »

is it just me or is the only thing in that video australian bouncers fighting on the streets with everyone?

Yeah I noticed that. I also noticed the age of these guys fighting, these were not the student backpacker group, they look like adults in their late 20s/early 30s getting into fights.

I turned off video just before the end, but I was surprised there was no mention of the hotel owners or attempts to get a comment from the managers of these bars/hotels. Not the best journalism to be fair.

Stinicker · 10-01-2011 04:43PM

Gerardo Narrow Fullback wrote: »

I have to say a lot of Irish Backpackers are a disgrace over there especially in Sydney.

Agreed 100% was over there last summer and the Cock and Bull as mentioned in the article was a real hole, Quickly got my coat and left after one drink, the entire area around Bondi Junction is a dumping ground for those Irish who's idea of a year in Australia revolves around drinking heavily, time on the beach and a phone call home for a bailout to keep them going.

A small minority of idiots, giving the rest of us a bad rep. It is just the pommies down there stirring crap at the same time against the Irish.

JONJO THE MISER · 10-01-2011 04:45PM

flas wrote: »

is it just me or is the only thing in that video australian bouncers fighting on the streets with everyone?

Yes and even the Police said 7/9 of the assaults reported were for bouncers fighting with the police, so why was the report not about this?
Oh no because that would take away from targeting foreigners like the Irish and the Lebanese.

u140acro3xs7dm · 10-01-2011 04:45PM

Stinicker wrote: »

Agreed 100% was over there last summer and the Cock and Bull as mentioned in the article was a real hole, Quickly got my coat and left after one drink, the entire area around Bondi Junction is a dumping ground for those Irish who's idea of a year in Australia revolves around drinking heavily, time on the beach and a phone call home for a bailout to keep them going.

A small minority of idiots, giving the rest of us a bad rep. It is just the pommies down there stirring crap at the same time against the Irish.

You had a coat in Australia?

AnonoBoy · 10-01-2011 04:45PM

I love the way they put music under it to sex up the violence.

TelePaul · 10-01-2011 04:46PM

Nelson Muntz wrote: »

I'm sure nothing would be said if temple bar was turned into a cage fight every weekend :rolleyes:

Ehh........

ButtersSuki · 10-01-2011 04:47PM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Reporting sensationlist ignorant anti-foreign anti-Irish rubbish.
This was talked about on Joe Duffy, the Irish embassy has already made a complaint.
Once again it shows how ignorant and racist the vast majority of australians are.
http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/investigations/8194474/street-fight-central

The male reporter who broke this SENSATIONAL, DISGUSTING and DISTURBING story was doing a fairly good impression of Joe Duffy himself.

Voodu Child · 10-01-2011 04:49PM

Australia should build an island and send all these foreign louts and criminals to it.

Hells Belle · 10-01-2011 04:50PM

At the side of that page there's an article about a lady in a burqa who wouldn't take it off for a policeman - have a look at the comments there, just goes to show the level of intelligence of the posters on that site.

u140acro3xs7dm · 10-01-2011 04:51PM

they have its called Christmas Island

Stinicker · 10-01-2011 04:51PM

Gerardo Narrow Fullback wrote: »

You had a coat in Australia?

I was there in July in their Mid-Winter and just a light evening jacket, I am a bit more refined than a T-Shirt and flip flops!

u140acro3xs7dm · 10-01-2011 04:53PM

Stinicker wrote: »

I was there in July in their Mid-Winter and just a light evening jacket, I am a bit more refined than a T-Shirt and flip flops!

It can get a little chilly alright

scientific1982 · 10-01-2011 04:55PM

Shock horror. People living beside a busy nightclub/bar, popular with tourists, may witness loutish behaviour. I used to live beside a nightclub and seen far worse things than what was reported in this video. Bunch of moanbags.

MrPoker · 10-01-2011 05:00PM

In all fairness this type of behavior is typical of most Irish towns at the weekend. Its a part of our culture that I find embarrassing. Having said that this video was out of line targeting the Irish as I doubt everyone involved in the scuffles were Irish.

prinz · 10-01-2011 05:02PM

scientific1982 wrote: »

Shock horror. People living beside a busy nightclub/bar, popular with tourists, may witness loutish behaviour. I used to live beside a nightclub and seen far worse things than what was reported in this video. Bunch of moanbags.

Perhaps if more people had spoken up you woudln't have to have seen "far worse things".

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