why do people use 1m reasons to not protest instead of 1 decision to do it??

G Power · 09-02-2013 09:35PM #1

one analogy I've come up with from attending too many failed protests and hearing peoples excuses for not attending after is, it's a bit like the alcoholic who will use a multitude of reasons to keep drinking instead of making one decision to just do the right thing

Sh1tbag OToole · 09-02-2013 09:37PM

Apathy and an Irish culture of complaining behind closed doors but nobody wants to be seen "making a show of themselves" at a bloody protest. Also the weather will most likely be bad on the day of the protest further reducing the turnout

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 09-02-2013 09:38PM

Because on some level, the Irish move misery.

3ndahalfof6 · 09-02-2013 09:40PM

Its not far enough, do I win a prize, that is all.

Sh1tbag OToole · 09-02-2013 09:40PM

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Because on some level, the Irish move misery.

Its a pity they wouldn't start exporting it instead of just moving it around their own country

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 09-02-2013 09:41PM

If we have nothing to complain about, we won't be happy.

Shenshen · 09-02-2013 09:42PM

I'll attend a protest when I feel there is an issue that needs attention.

What's your point?

HTML5! · 09-02-2013 09:43PM

Protesting is for people who can't roll with the punches.

Madam_X · 09-02-2013 09:44PM

G Power wrote: »

one analogy I've come up with from attending too many failed protests and hearing peoples excuses for not attending after is, it's a bit like the alcoholic who will use a multitude of reasons to keep drinking instead of making one decision to just do the right thing

Their lives are ok overall so they don't feel angered enough to attend.

IM0 · 09-02-2013 09:46PM

they are being nice, you should hear the undertone of what they are saying as "Im not going to protest because its only the uninformed who know nothing about how economies work ect and those naieve to politics that go to these things"

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 09-02-2013 09:48PM

HTML5! wrote: »

Protesting is for people who can't roll with the punches.

Enda...?

G Power · 09-02-2013 09:48PM

Shenshen wrote: »

I'll attend a protest when I feel there is an issue that needs attention.

What's your point?

so there's not been one protest in ireland that you'd agree with??

cml387 · 09-02-2013 09:48PM

G Power wrote: »

one analogy I've come up with from attending too many failed protests and hearing peoples excuses for not attending after is, it's a bit like the alcoholic who will use a multitude of reasons to keep drinking instead of making one decision to just do the right thing

Insanity is defined doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Maybe it's...you

Death and Taxes · 09-02-2013 09:49PM

Protest for what? so the looney left Eirigi/ULA/PBP/SF can claim my support....Dafuq I will, they are a bigger threat to this country than all the bankers,politicans, and developers added together.

G Power · 09-02-2013 09:52PM

Madam_X wrote: »

Their lives are ok overall so they don't feel angered enough to attend.

but i regularly chat with a cross section of society who will tell me everything is ok for them at the moment yet a scary amount of times on closer inspection with the person most admit things aren't as great as they've been trying to convince themselves they are.

again, denial is not just a river in Egypt :eek::eek:

09-02-2013 09:54PM

G Power wrote: »

but i regularly chat with a cross section of society who will tell me everything is ok for them at the moment yet a scary amount of times on closer inspection with the person most admit things aren't as great as they've been trying to convince themselves they are.

again, denial is not just a river in Egypt :eek::eek:

I find the opposite funnily enough. In finance terms anyway.

Adyx · 09-02-2013 09:54PM

G Power wrote: »

one analogy I've come up with from attending too many failed protests and hearing peoples excuses for not attending after is, it's a bit like the alcoholic who will use a multitude of reasons to keep drinking instead of making one decision to just do the right thing

I only need one reason not to protest - I just don't fcuking care.

I actually attended a protest once organised by the WIT Students Union, I haven't a clue what it was about - I thought we were going drinking. :mad:

My name is URL · 09-02-2013 09:54PM

G Power wrote: »

one analogy I've come up with from attending too many failed protests and hearing peoples excuses for not attending after is, it's a bit like the alcoholic who will use a multitude of reasons to keep drinking instead of making one decision to just do the right thing

I think you're making the mistake of assuming that just because you feel angry and fed up; that everyone else must too.

The truth is that most people just aren't all that bothered with what happens outside of their own little bubbles.

G Power · 09-02-2013 09:55PM

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Protest for what? so the looney left Eirigi/ULA/PBP/SF can claim my support....Dafuq I will, they are a bigger threat to this country than all the bankers,politicans, and developers added together.

so have you been to any protest at all?? what about the abortion issue? women are left to die unnecessarily in front of doctors eyes here due to none of us caring enough in the last 20 years to force the government to legislate for abortion.

the list is endless as to why we should hit the streets but none of them are good enough for the majority to be bothered every single time

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 09-02-2013 09:56PM

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Its a pity they wouldn't start exporting it instead of just moving it around their own country

Think you need to ask these, eh, happy little campers...

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Protest for what? so the looney left Eirigi/ULA/PBP/SF can claim my support....Dafuq I will, they are a bigger threat to this country than all the bankers,politicans, and developers added together.

HTML5! wrote: »

Protesting is for people who can't roll with the punches.

Shenshen wrote: »

I'll attend a protest when I feel there is an issue that needs attention.

What's your point?

G Power · 09-02-2013 09:56PM

Adyx wrote: »

I only need one reason not to protest - I just don't fcuking care.

I actually attended a protest once organised by the WIT Students Union, I haven't a clue what it was about - I thought we were going drinking. :mad:

thanks a million for your input :rolleyes:

G Power · 09-02-2013 09:59PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I find the opposite funnily enough. In finance terms anyway.

so, how are every single one of your family, friends, neighbours etc doing?? be honest with yourself, write all their names down and really look at their situations. are you that selfish that you will watch so so many suffer and not give a **** simply because you yourself are one of the lucky ones??

Shenshen · 09-02-2013 10:01PM

G Power wrote: »

so there's not been one protest in ireland that you'd agree with??

I did attend one a while back to try and get abortion legalised.

Other than that, no.

09-02-2013 10:04PM

G Power wrote: »

so, how are every single one of your family, friends, neighbours etc doing?? be honest with yourself, write all their names down and really look at their situations. are you that selfish that you will watch so so many suffer and not give a **** simply because you yourself are one of the lucky ones??

Sorry, you're right, they're all just waiting on rope to be cheap in Aldi and Lidl again so they can afford to hang themselves. Everyone is completely ruined.
The reason there were so few protesting today is that for a large proportion of people things are pretty much fine. I know that that's not a popular narrative among a lot of people but it's true.

cml387 · 09-02-2013 10:04PM

G Power wrote: »

so, how are every single one of your family, friends, neighbours etc doing?? be honest with yourself, write all their names down and really look at their situations. are you that selfish that you will watch so so many suffer and not give a **** simply because you yourself are one of the lucky ones??

I know absolutely nobody who is suffering hardship as a result of the recession. I do know of people who are suffering because they can no longer take two holidays a year, or had to sell a car.

Adyx · 09-02-2013 10:04PM

G Power wrote: »

thanks a million for your input :rolleyes:

Thanks a million for the time-wasting, hand-wringing, rhetoric and traffic disruption.

Sh1tbag OToole · 09-02-2013 10:08PM

cml387 wrote: »

I know absolutely nobody who is suffering hardship as a result of the recession. I do know of people who are suffering because they can no longer take two holidays a year, or had to sell a car.

You should look harder because those people are definitely around.

Absolutezero · 09-02-2013 10:10PM

I didn't go today because Its my first day off in ages and I wanted to see Lincoln before it finished in the cinema. It would mean an hours travel to and back from a venue. That's just the practicality of it.

IM0 · 09-02-2013 10:11PM

is it called a continuation thread if the other one is still going..

Death and Taxes · 09-02-2013 10:12PM

G Power wrote: »

so have you been to any protest at all?? what about the abortion issue? women are left to die unnecessarily in front of doctors eyes here due to none of us caring enough in the last 20 years to force the government to legislate for abortion.

the list is endless as to why we should hit the streets but none of them are good enough for the majority to be bothered every single time

Show me your evidence that a protest has ever changed government policy in Ireland, answer never!
Hundreds of thousands marched in the late 70's over paye rates, wasted their time, over 100,000 marched in opposition to the Iraq war, fuq all affect on government policy.
Marches in this country are just an opportunity for extremists like Eirigi,SF,SIPTU and their likes to claim public support.

Fr_Dougal · 09-02-2013 10:15PM

25,000 Trade Union members marched in Dublin today. Be janey it looks as if they aren't going to be a pushover in these Croke Park negotiations.

why do people use 1m reasons to not protest instead of 1 decision to do it??

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