Wheelchair user refused entry to Dublin Nightclub.

skimpydoo · 11-03-2013 01:29AM

Ruudi_Mentari wrote: »

fair enough but we can linger if somebody we're with is still inside... albeit slightly bitterly.

True but it seems he did more than just linger.

IM0 · 11-03-2013 01:30AM

Id say that this whole thing is a viral type thing

in b4 "yeah its sick!"

or something..

srm23 · 11-03-2013 01:33AM

hope someone tries this in coppers next week

darced · 11-03-2013 01:33AM

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fullgas · 11-03-2013 01:34AM

Ronan Leonard wrote: »

As I stated earlier Madison took the easy way out because of the mob mentality on social media especially from abroad as the story is now worldwide.

Have Madison in their statement admitted they discriminated based on disability and have now left themselves open to a lawsuit?

skimpydoo · 11-03-2013 01:37AM

fullgas wrote: »

Have Madison in their statement admitted they discriminated based on disability and have now left themselves open to a lawsuit?

I don't see that in their statement.

srm23 · 11-03-2013 01:38AM

darced wrote: »

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saw him walking down Grafton street last week not a bother on him.

Retrovertigo · 11-03-2013 01:39AM

IM0 wrote: »

Id say that this whole thing is a viral type thing

I'd say the same.

Minor incident, public outcry, thousands remember the club exists or learn about it.

mewithoutyou · 11-03-2013 01:44AM

Death to all bouncers, useless shower of morons

skimpydoo · 11-03-2013 01:46AM

I see

Systemic Risk · 11-03-2013 01:47AM

mewithoutyou wrote: »

Death to all bouncers, useless shower of morons

you seem nice

Alactric · 11-03-2013 01:57AM

Systemic Risk wrote: »

you seem nice

He read the title and posted. :P

The Road Runner · 11-03-2013 02:06AM

My name is URL wrote: »

Your man should claim that it was all part of an elaborate social experiment.

Right. A study into how easy it is to rouse a mob into action on a morally dubious situation. How he can get thousands of people biting at the bit to get offended on his behalf, baying for blood believing they have righteousness on their side.

A very dangerous situation to be creating. And I believe he is creating it. Seems very savvy with the internet and social media. It's not unheard of for someone to spend the night seething over being refused entry to a club. And everyones been on a night out with someone who was refused entry and they don't shut up about it all night. Now throw the aspect of a minority victim into the equation and you will have a few people in the room pricking up their ears and getting involved telling him he should do something about it. This day and age, doing something about it, is gathering a mob on the internet.

dx22 · 11-03-2013 02:06AM

Alactric wrote: »

He read the title and posted. :P

How do u know 'he' is a he ya bloody sexist!

Death to all sexists!

mewithoutyou · 11-03-2013 02:08AM

Alactric wrote: »

He read the title and posted. :P

Death to all internet psychologists. (and sexists)

giftgrub · 11-03-2013 03:30AM

two sides to every story...just because you're in a wheelchair, it doesn't mean you can't be an arsehole...

ScumLord · 11-03-2013 03:33AM

Andy-Pandy wrote: »

If on the off chance we ever did slip while carrying him it would be are fault. We are not c1nts and will take responsibility for are actions. Some of the attitudes on this thread are shocking.

I wonder would you accept responsibility? With mounting medical bills depending on the injury and the fact you can sue the establishment and more than likely win you'd really pay the thousands the injury might end up costing you?

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

One comment:Didn't the NAZI's use the self defence that they were just following orders from Hitler???

Experiments have shown that most people will do all kinds of unspeakable acts if their ordered to do so.

Deleted User wrote: »

Would this guy feel discriminated against because he couldn't enter a bus that wasn't wheelchair accessible? Nope, this is the same. Some places just aren't wheelchair accessible for various reasons.

I don't know about this particular guy but the only reason there are wheelchair accessible buses is because wheelchair users kicked up a fuss about it in the past. It is only right wheelchair users do make accessibility issues a public concern. If they don't the issues just get ignored for the trending public outcry.

Bipolar Joe · 11-03-2013 03:37AM

If I didn't have arms, I might get upset that I couldn't play tennis, but I wouldn't try get Boris Becker banned and post on the Wimbledon tournament Facebook page crying discrimination. Guy's a douche.

neaideabh · 11-03-2013 04:00AM

This whole incident is probably working out in the nightclubs favour now....

Everybody know about Madison Nightclub now! Any publicity is good publicity!

hatrickpatrick · 11-03-2013 04:40AM

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

If I didn't have arms, I might get upset that I couldn't play tennis, but I wouldn't try get Boris Becker banned and post on the Wimbledon tournament Facebook page crying discrimination. Guy's a douche.

This post deserves an award for the biggest train wreck of an analogy in the history of analogies.
I suppose you get some karma for the fact that it was 2:30AM though

suicide_circus · 11-03-2013 04:47AM

There 's no justice like angry mob justice.

Dont know why the management didnt delete and turn off public comments on their FB page and then investigate properly.

Incidently, why did Wilde close?

P_1 · 11-03-2013 05:26AM

suicide_circus wrote: »

There 's no justice like angry mob justice.

Dont know why the management didnt delete and turn off public comments on their FB page and then investigate properly.

Incidently, why did Wilde close?

I think they marketed themselves as an upscale gay friendly venue but the demand for such a venue didn't materialise itself in the form of enough cash to make it a worthwhile investment

Ruudi_Mentari · 11-03-2013 05:50AM

giftgrub wrote: »

two sides to every story...just because you're in a wheelchair, it doesn't mean you can't be an arsehole...

oh, absolutely this is where we make a concession and you absolutely can be an arshole. To a degree...

I don't even know where we stand with this, should I rescind my thanks to the op? The logo mockup is kinda funny though, and I know marc is not biased. That's what we look for, in a friend to not be a friend regardless if you like... when it counts. An honest, unbiased, soberr point of view

DarkJager · 11-03-2013 06:02AM

The majority of people posting on the FB status strike me as being irrational and illiterate arseholes. You'd swear hitler himself had risen from the dead and was running the nightclub with the way some of them have been reacting.

Xavi6 · 11-03-2013 06:24AM

DarkJager wrote: »

The majority of people posting on the FB status strike me as being irrational and illiterate arseholes. You'd swear hitler himself had risen from the dead and was running the nightclub with the way some of them have been reacting.

Oh the nightclub is worse than Hitler. You wouldn't find Hitler playing jungle music at 3 o'clock in the morning.

suicide_circus · 11-03-2013 07:05AM

P_1 wrote: »

I think they marketed themselves as an upscale gay friendly venue but the demand for such a venue didn't materialise itself in the form of enough cash to make it a worthwhile investment

Not enough upmarket scenesters in Dublin? Petty, the cocktails were daycent.

Galwayguy35 · 11-03-2013 07:17AM

Some parts of this are very strange, how come someone just happened to be around to take a picture of him outside the club.

If I was refused entry the first thing to come into my head wouldn't be " let's take a picture of me looking sad outside the club".

And what was he doing that he had "45 minutes of embarrassment", sure it only takes a few minutes at most to be refused.

dddmac · 11-03-2013 07:25AM

Websites on, accessibility of venues, recommended by the Irish Wheelchair Association(IWA):

Disabled Go
lol this website has got pretty much zero info on venues for wheelchair users in Ireland even though the IWA recommends it under their general FAQs!
(IWA)

Smaller World
Hmm Don't see Madison there.

McBauer · 11-03-2013 08:42AM

Why should Graham be treated differently just because he's in a wheelchair? Hundreds or people are refused entry to clubs/pubs every weekend.

Disgraceful that he got a man sacked over something so petty. The bouncer is the real victim in all of this.

ringadingding · 11-03-2013 09:35AM

That's wheely bad

Wheelchair user refused entry to Dublin Nightclub.

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