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What will it take to get you out on the street protesting?

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  • #92
    N17er
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85 ✭✭N17er


    Sorry im too busy in march. April maybe?


  • #93
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    Why does the protest have to be in Dublin?


  • #94
    Hardonraging
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,641 ✭✭✭Hardonraging


    Super-Rush wrote: »
    Why does the protest have to be in Dublin?


    I've been to carlow ... that is all !


  • #95
    The Irish Riddler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭The Irish Riddler


    Super-Rush wrote: »
    Why does the protest have to be in Dublin?
    its where the head of government is located and the obvious focal point of the march.

    Little point marching on the county council in Mayo.


  • #96
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    The Irish Riddler wrote: »
    get off our asses

    Wait. You have an ass??

    Fecking Mexicans with their free fecken donkeys from the social. No wonder the country is in a mess.
    /mumble


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  • #97
    hairyprincess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,300 ✭✭✭hairyprincess


    Where To wrote: »
    I want free cake

    I suppose you'll be wanting to eat it too.....pfft


  • #98
    N17er
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85 ✭✭N17er


    Super-Rush wrote: »
    Why does the protest have to be in Dublin?
    Because protests outside of Dublin generally involve lots of slowly moving tractors and people with buckets collecting money for multi millionaires. embarrassing stuff really.


  • #99
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    Jesus, these E numbers sound cancerous!


  • #100
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    On a Saturday morning you see small badly organised protests that amount to little more than a minor traffic disruption.

    That's an early house not a protest.


  • #101
    The Irish Riddler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭The Irish Riddler


    If the quinns can get 4,000 to show up to a march to stop them being jailed from hiding E500m from taxpayers surely boards can organise a larger march to have more (or some at least) income after mortgage/rent & bills.


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  • #102
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    alphabeat wrote: »
    * opens fine wine and polishes monocle *
    *brandy at the ready for swirling*


  • #103
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    The Irish Riddler wrote: »
    its where the head of government is located and the obvious focal point of the march.

    Little point marching on the county council in Mayo.

    I'd sooner march to a ministers house than the Dail.

    He/she's more likely to be at home than doing their actual job.


  • #104
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    The Irish Riddler wrote: »
    What organisation would you respect enough to support their march?

    This one. It's an excellent march. Clap along.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHFf7NIwOHQ


  • #105
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    The Irish Riddler wrote: »
    There is a lot of talk about protesting against the austerity measures/increased tax and new stealth taxes/paying E62bn to foreign bondholders/mick wallace getting E42k expenses on top of a E92k salary/household and water charges/welfare tourism ect ect ect.

    When Enda Kenny was on the cover of Time magazine (a well respected internationally distributed publication) he was asked why the Irish people were not protesting.

    On a Saturday morning you see small badly organised protests that amount to little more than a minor traffic disruption.

    There are a lot of people who read boards and this is an ideal place to organise a mass protest that would get the governments attention and make them realise that they can't keep pushing us closer to the edge with each subsequent budget.

    We have to stop giving out about all the cuts and get off our asses and make our out of touch public representatives aware of how difficult they have made things for us by bowing to EU (German) pressure.

    Are YOU willing to show up to a protest march in Dublin?

    What organisation would you respect enough to support their march?

    Besides a march what else would YOU be willing to do in order to make the government aware they have bled us dry and there is no more to give?

    Everyone has to pitch in or it will be too easy to ignore the minority who do speak up.
    Best of luck with that.

    Bitterly yours,
    Someone who tried this before and ended up being the subject of ridicule in a national newspaper. And FF were still in power at the time.

    Eat more bacon. It tastes really good.


  • #106
    A Primal Nut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭A Primal Nut


    I'm not a recipient of social welfare and don't depend on the government for anything. Should I care about the cuts? pacman


  • #107
    The Irish Riddler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭The Irish Riddler


    We can organise it for a weekday to get ye out of school for the day. Obviously not the place for a proper discussion.


  • #108
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,392 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh2sWSVRrmo

    Bet this guy is thinking of the Children, also bet it's very hot where he is.



  • #109
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    A Primal Nut wrote: »
    I'm not a recipient of social welfare and don't depend on the government for anything. Should I care about the cuts? pacman
    Minimum PRSI should be 29%.
    I'm not joking.


  • #110
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    The Irish Riddler wrote: »
    We can organise it for a weekday to get ye out of school for the day. Obviously not the place for a proper discussion.


    After Hours not place for sensible discussion revelation shocker!

    Careful where you throw those toys, that one nearly hit me.


  • #111
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,392 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    A Primal Nut wrote: »
    I'm not a recipient of social welfare and don't depend on the government for anything. Should I care about the cuts? pacman

    No but you should damn well care about the cuts to hospital services, transport, etc and the lack of cuts to funding for dead banks and wanker politicans.


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  • #112
    Boombastic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,496 ✭✭✭Boombastic


    A Primal Nut wrote: »
    I'm not a recipient of social welfare and don't depend on the government for anything. Should I care about the cuts? pacman

    Cuts are so bad for the smiley face family now, never mind not having a 'pot to p1ss in', these aren't even left with a colon:mad:


  • #113
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    OK - on a serious note. Can I ask did you march the night the debate and decision was made about the Bank Guarantee? I did. And I didn't see too many there. And it made fck all difference.

    Now you want to march after all the bondholders have been paid and the banks bailed out and the country is screwed.

    Well done, too late for me, done and outta here. Screw paying for apathy.


  • #114
    The Irish Riddler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭The Irish Riddler


    I agree marching has a limited use but it gives people a way to vent and basically make the policians think of the consequences at the next general election.

    Besides marching what can we do?


  • #115
    Am Chile
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,025 ✭✭✭Am Chile


    The Irish Riddler wrote: »
    There is a lot of talk about protesting against the austerity measures/increased tax and new stealth taxes/paying E62bn to foreign bondholders/mick wallace getting E42k expenses on top of a E92k salary/household and water charges/welfare tourism ect ect ect.

    When Enda Kenny was on the cover of Time magazine (a well respected internationally distributed publication) he was asked why the Irish people were not protesting.

    On a Saturday morning you see small badly organised protests that amount to little more than a minor traffic disruption.

    There are a lot of people who read boards and this is an ideal place to organise a mass protest that would get the governments attention and make them realise that they can't keep pushing us closer to the edge with each subsequent budget.

    We have to stop giving out about all the cuts and get off our asses and make our out of touch public representatives aware of how difficult they have made things for us by bowing to EU (German) pressure.

    Are YOU willing to show up to a protest march in Dublin?

    What organisation would you respect enough to support their march?

    Besides a march what else would YOU be willing to do in order to make the government aware they have bled us dry and there is no more to give?

    Everyone has to pitch in or it will be too easy to ignore the minority who do speak up.

    There is already a planned national anti austerity protest set for the 24 of November which Il be attending.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=81108423&postcount=9424


  • #116
    The Irish Riddler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭The Irish Riddler


    Am Chile wrote: »
    There is already a planned national anti austerity protest set for the 24 of November which Il be attending.

    http://m.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=81108423&postcount=9424
    I wasnt aware of that. See you there.


  • #117
    Pride Fighter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,729 ✭✭✭Pride Fighter


    I'd be up for this. Pints afterwards in Dr.Bollocko's house? ;)


  • #118
    Am Chile
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,025 ✭✭✭Am Chile


    The Irish Riddler wrote: »
    I agree marching has a limited use but it gives people a way to vent and basically make the policians think of the consequences at the next general election.

    Besides marching what can we do?

    All depends a route of a march and the numbers-my thoughts would be march down some of the busiest streets-march down o connel street,walk as slowly as possible, march over across the on connel bridge, march down the quay to the train station go around the other side and march back up blocking up the some of the busiest roads, march over the connel bridge again, march up to the dail then.


  • #119
    Boombastic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,496 ✭✭✭Boombastic


    Am Chile wrote: »
    All depends a route of a march and the numbers-my thoughts would be march down some of the busiest streets-march down o connel street,walk as slowly as possible, march over across the on connel bridge, march down the quay to the train station go around the other side and march back up blocking up the some of the busiest roads, march over the connel bridge again, march up to the dail then.

    Orange is a power color. It is one of the healing colors. It is said to increase the craving for food. It also stimulates enthusiasm and creativity. Orange means vitality with endurance. People who like orange are usually thoughtful and sincere. Lady luck's color is orange.

    We could wear orange for lady luck and to show we are thoughtful and sincere.We could bang drums so the politicians are sure to hear us.


  • #120
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    the problem with protesting in this country is the ULA or some other group of troublemakers get involved and what starts out as a peaceful march for whatever cause ends up having it's message corrupted and a load of scummers looking to cause trouble.


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  • #121
    MistyCheese
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭MistyCheese


    Marching's been done and it didn't work. We need something new!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3TS_UyGYAE


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