Eve_Dublin wrote: » How stupid (I am in AH though). I don't remember saying anyone who does good should get a free cup of tea on their flight with Aer Lingus...or did I? Maybe you could find that quote... In my humble opinon, Mary Robinson has done exceptional work in her positions of power. The woman didn't demand a free cup of tea...but I think it'd be a nice gesture. Continue to put words in my mouth to suit your argument if ye like.
Pompey Magnus wrote: » Okay the problem must be with me so I'll just ask again, do you think Aer Lingus should expect an ordinary woman who does voluntary work for the elderly to pay for her cup of tea whilst 10 seconds later giving another woman who is richly paid for her good work a free cup?
HoneyRyder wrote: » Is it too much to ask to afford a little respect to a former president?
Pompey Magnus wrote: » I respect anyone who deserves it, I would show respect to a former president and I would show respect to my postman, I'm not going to fawn over one particular person just because they held a particular office or they get their photo on the front of magazines. If two people are good, genuine human beings then I'm not going to rank one as being more deserving of respect as the other, and if one of them takes offense at not being fawned over for being so great then f*ck them they don't deserve any respect at all (I'm not saying Mary Robinson took offense btw, but just if she did).
Eve_Dublin wrote: » Your equating Mary Robinson with your postman and your putting her in same bracket as Jordan.
Mary didn't take offence and I doubt she would, so quit filling in the gaps with your own made up crap. She neevr asked to be fawned over.
Pompey Magnus wrote: » I respect anyone who deserves it, I would show respect to a former president and I would show respect to my postman, I'm not going to fawn over one particular person just because they held a particular office or they get their photo on the front of magazines.
enfant terrible wrote: » Has she done anything useful?
enfant terrible wrote: » Couldn't find much there, found this thread talking about her achievementshttp://www.politics.ie/current-affairs/36972-achievements-mary-robinson.html Don't know why she's so popular, she was just another politician getting a crazy wage for not doing much.
enfant terrible wrote: » Ya she gets 2500 a week from the tax payers while also blaming the regular people of Ireland for the dept were in at the moment. What a bitch.
enfant terrible wrote: » There is not much to know.
enfant terrible wrote: » Ya but just remember all the great things Mary did for Ireland she earned her 2500 a week.
HoneyRyder wrote: » Who said anything about fawning?! This is exactly what I mean about people and their egos and inferiority complexes coming into play.
Pompey Magnus wrote: » Well if its an inferiority complex in me that causes me to consider the largely unseen and unpraised good done by ordinary people as being no less deserving of reward than the good done by those in the limelight then I guess its a complex I am happy to have.
Eve_Dublin wrote: » Pompey Magnus, to me this woman is exceptional and has done more than your average person doing a bit of volunteer work on the side. She stuck her neck out when others wouldn't and she didn't have to. There's not many people I look up to (I'm as begrudging as any Irish person) but she has a clean track record and I think she's great.
Eve_Dublin wrote: » So if you think everyone who is decent and has done a substantial amount of good should be rewarded (in our hypothetical world), why not start with Mary?
Pompey Magnus wrote: » She receives €187,000 a year from the citizens of Ireland. Is that not good enough reward? How much should we be giving her before she could be expected to pay her way like the rest of us? €250,000 perhaps?
Badgermonkey wrote: » So question is - free lunch out of respect for a former holder of the office or pay up like the rest of us schlubs?
The Waltzing Consumer wrote: » It is nothing to do with reward or is it the idea of Robinson paying her way. I think the basic idea is a bit of respect. If I was selling coffee or tea and met someone I really admired, Mary Robinson or whoever, I would be glad to give the person a free cup. It is not a big deal, they might want to pay anyway, but it is a gesture. So lighten up.
Eve_Dublin wrote: » It's a cup of tea ffs. A.cup.of.tea.
sponsoredwalk wrote: » Are you serious?
The Waltzing Consumer wrote: » Have to say, these comments are some of the most stupid and ignorant I have seen on this site. If you actually read any biography of Mary Robinson, you would not come to these conclusions at all. The only thing I can figure is that you just want to sound offensive for the sake of it so it makes you look pretty silly. Any informed person would disagree with the comments you have written. I don't exactly know how you are able to call a former president and public figure, who has contributed hugely to Ireland and internationally, a bitch and a mod does not give you a warning or removes that abuse. There is absolutely no need for it at all.
