Oh look....the Occupy crowd have something to say again.

blow69 · 30-05-2012 08:30PM #1

Approximately ten people from the Occupy Dame Street crowd have begun a protest in the offices of the Referendum Comission.

They are basically saying that there are anomalies in the referendum literature and that it is full of false statements in order to achieve a 'Yes' vote.

Story here: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0530/breaking37.html

Do these people think that by occupying buildings whenever they want to get their point across is an effective way to achieve this.

Once again, very lazy activism.

Blocking entrance to the building. F**k off like. Who do you think you are? Go back to your parents basement.

Mr. Manager · 30-05-2012 08:31PM

They need to get jobs and move on.

westendgirlie · 30-05-2012 08:31PM

Who is this Like that you speak of?

Bipolar Joe · 30-05-2012 08:31PM

What started as a fairly good demonstration technique devolved when asshats with no clue decided to join in, and of course they were the ones that had their voices heard. Gobsh!tes.

Forest Demon · 30-05-2012 08:33PM

blow69 wrote: »

Once again, very lazy activism

Its the ones who sit at home moaning but never do anything that are lazy. Fair play to them for doing something they believe in.

Nodin · 30-05-2012 08:34PM

blow69 wrote: »

Approximately ten people from the Occupy Dame Street crowd have begun a protest in the offices of the Referendum Comission.

They are basically saying that there are anomalies in the referendum literature and that it is full of false statements in order to achieve a 'Yes' vote.

Story here: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0530/breaking37.html

Do these people think that by occupying buildings whenever they want to get their point across is an effective way to achieve this.

Once again, very lazy activism.

Blocking entrance to the building. F**k off like. Who do you think you are? Go back to your parents basement.

Bit late in the day, considering.

blow69 · 30-05-2012 08:34PM

Forest Demon wrote: »

Its the ones who sit at home moaning but never do anything that are lazy. Fair play to them for doing something they believe in.

By blocking an entrance to a building? What does this achieve? Nothing.

Go occupy a job or an activity!

Jen Pigs Fly · 30-05-2012 08:35PM

Damn hippies

John Doe1 · 30-05-2012 08:38PM

At least they are doing something

30-05-2012 08:40PM

As usual, they have a point but they're going about getting it heard the wrong way.

In my mind, the referendum commission have lost all pretence of impartiality from the get go, by consistently referring to the treaty as the "stability treaty", which is not its actual name.

Nodin · 30-05-2012 08:40PM

John Doe1 wrote: »

At least they are doing something

True. Doing it the day before polling is a bit pointless though, I would have thought.

geeky · 30-05-2012 08:42PM

I'm a no voter making my decision for solid economic reasons (tying ourselves constitutionally to what is, in fact, quite a radical policy doesn't seem wise to me). I'm bloody spitting about this.

By doing this, and releasing such a profoundly stupid statement, they've added credence to the 'sure do you want to be seen with that shower in the no camp?' argument. The 'no' side may have a Nobel Prize winning economist in their corner, but now people who can't otherwise justify the treaty can happily point to the nutters campaigning for a no vote.

Muppets, absolute muppets.

If I was as paranoid as the #occupy shower seem to be, I'd suspect an agent provocateur in their midst.

brummytom · 30-05-2012 08:43PM

Yeah, it'd be much better if they were voicing their opposition online rather than actually doing something.

30-05-2012 08:43PM

occupy jobs

Forest Demon · 30-05-2012 08:46PM

blow69 wrote: »

By blocking an entrance to a building? What does this achieve? Nothing.

Go occupy a job or an activity!

I agree that this was ineffective as a single protest but as an ongoing campaign it may drum up support. Yes 10 people outside a building is no big deal but imagine 100,000 people turning up to protest in the same way.

Maybe the first person to be brought to court over the household charge as an example. If 10 people where outside the court then they would be ridiculed by people and the media and people on forums like this. If 100,000 turn up then its a different story.

These type of movements will only grow as democracy is eroded by the markets, banking institutions and unelected bureaucrats.

KKkitty · 30-05-2012 08:46PM

Occupying an entrance to a building isn't going to get you anywhere. It's too peaceful for a protest.

melekalikimaka · 30-05-2012 09:33PM

the people inside can just leave when they sign on surely

30-05-2012 10:32PM

Deleted User wrote: »

As usual, they have a point but they're going about getting it heard the wrong way.

In my mind, the referendum commission have lost all pretence of impartiality from the get go, by consistently referring to the treaty as the "stability treaty", which is not its actual name.

"The Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union" is a bit of a mouthful, don't you think? :rolleyes: And it would still have Stability in the name

Varied · 30-05-2012 10:34PM

Any kind of protest is frowned upon in this country.

WTF has happened to all of us.

mikemac1 · 30-05-2012 10:34PM

Oppose the State, fight the power, give me my dole money

Jesus Shaves · 30-05-2012 10:37PM

blow69 wrote: »

Do these people think that by occupying buildings whenever they want to get their point across is an effective way to achieve this.

Clearly it is when everyone is talking about it

Paco Rodriguez · 30-05-2012 10:42PM

Instead of voting no....theyre going to be in some building doing nothing? Twisted way of changing things me thinks

30-05-2012 10:48PM

28064212 wrote: »

Deleted User wrote: »

As usual, they have a point but they're going about getting it heard the wrong way.

In my mind, the referendum commission have lost all pretence of impartiality from the get go, by consistently referring to the treaty as the "stability treaty", which is not its actual name.

"The Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union" is a bit of a mouthful, don't you think? :rolleyes: And it would still have Stability in the name

Why not use the official short form title: fiscal compact?

Instead the yes commission decided to make up their own positive sounding title.

Don't get me wrong I am not hardcore anti treaty, but I have been less than impressed by the referendum commision.

Mr. Presentable · 30-05-2012 10:49PM

Occupy a shower for a while

Paparazzo · 30-05-2012 10:51PM

Weren't they protesting for the guy who got evicted from his €1.2m house and owned over 30 other properties? But they say "we are the 99%"?

They can fúck right off, their credibility was shakey before that, now is in minus figures.

Varied · 30-05-2012 11:13PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

Oppose the State, fight the power, give me my dole money

Yea, we should rely on the good people to support us when we protest.

The right to protest is a democratic right, the fact that you single out people struggling on welfare, speaks volumes about the type of person and thinker you are.

30-05-2012 11:28PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Why not use the official short form title: fiscal
compact?

There is no "official short form" title

Deleted User wrote: »

Instead the yes commission decided to make up their own positive sounding title.

Make up? By using three of the first four words in the full title?

melekalikimaka · 31-05-2012 12:24AM

Varied wrote: »

The right to protest is a democratic right, the fact that you single out people struggling on welfare, speaks volumes about the type of person and thinker you are.

i think that if they had jobs they would have trouble explaining their stupid waste of time to their employer, its a fairly logical conclusion that these fellas have no jobs and alot of free time to cause mischief for people who have jobs, thats the depressing part.

Logical Fallacy · 31-05-2012 01:17AM

blow69 wrote: »

Approximately ten people from the Occupy Dame Street crowd have begun a protest in the offices of the Referendum Comission.

They are basically saying that there are anomalies in the referendum literature and that it is full of false statements in order to achieve a 'Yes' vote.

Story here: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0530/breaking37.html

Do these people think that by occupying buildings whenever they want to get their point across is an effective way to achieve this.

Once again, very lazy activism.

Blocking entrance to the building. F**k off like. Who do you think you are? Go back to your parents basement.

We get it. You are superior to them.

Good for you.

Doc · 31-05-2012 01:31AM

blow69 wrote: »

By blocking an entrance to a building? What does this achieve? Nothing.

Go occupy a job or an activity!

So a group of 10 people had an issue and now you know about their protest and what they are protesting about but you think that they achieved nothing by blocking the entrance to a building?

How would you have brought an issue like theirs to the attention of the general public in a better way?

Gran Hermano · 31-05-2012 01:37AM

Mayo, please take your protestors back.

Oh look....the Occupy crowd have something to say again.

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