Water Protest in Swords 13/03/2015

ps3man · 13-04-2015 09:07PM #1

So my Facebook is currently being bombarded with videos of some woman with her face all cut from glass falling on her after the glass door her and three other protestors were blocking was apparently broken by the Gardai trying to remove them. The usual anti water protestor pages are calling it police brutality etc. Now everyone is going to protest at the Garda station apparently.

Am I the only person who supports the Gardai in this position, what did the women expect? Fair enough they were weren't expecting the glass to break but at the same time did they expect the Gardai to bring them tea or to remove them from the door they were trespassing in? The usual Paul Murphy brigade is calling for anarchy in the street.

Videos are all on here
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Balbriggan-and-surrounding-areas-Against-Water-Charges/529293587202439

swpb · 13-04-2015 09:13PM

Sick of the lot of them . No doubt she was told to get out of the way and didn't . Her own fault IMO

Sheep Lover · 13-04-2015 09:13PM

That's a good turnout, did they all come from work on their lunch break?

Birneybau · 13-04-2015 09:16PM

Sheep Lover wrote: »

That's a good turnout, did they all come from work on their lunch break?

Annual leave obviously.

Fukuyama · 13-04-2015 09:16PM

Her own damn fault. It's safety glass anyways.

Very telling that the first response after the glass broke to the gardaí was "Right lads, you're in for a big suite now" :rolleyes:

Gardaí were being quite light handed. Only option is to drag them out if they won't use their legs.

mikemac1 · 13-04-2015 09:17PM

Everyone screaming for the gardai to call an ambulance in 1st and 2nd video

Can they not put down the video recording for a second and call an ambulance themselves

I came across a motor accident once, I dialed 999 and didn't need a garda to do it for me

Tornaxx · 13-04-2015 09:17PM

Bleedin', bleedin'!! (Literally.)

Or was it raspberry ripple?

kneemos · 13-04-2015 09:19PM

Little more than a scratch,head injuries tend to bleed.

cloud493 · 13-04-2015 09:22PM

I'm failing to see how the gardai are responsible for her being silly.

The_Valeyard · 13-04-2015 09:29PM

Why do these videos always start just after the 'incident' takes place?

Banjo String · 13-04-2015 09:30PM

Fukuyama wrote: »

Her own damn fault. It's safety glass anyways.

Very telling that the first response after the glass broke to the gardaí was "Right lads, you're in for a big suite now " :rolleyes:

Gardaí were being quite light handed. Only option is to drag them out if they won't use their legs.

Leather fabric, or honeymoon?

So many questions left unanswered.

cloud493 · 13-04-2015 09:31PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Why do these videos always start just after the 'incident' takes place?

Cos otherwise they'd have to show whose responsibility their getting injured/inconvenienced is, rather than blame 'gardai brutality'

mikemac1 · 13-04-2015 09:33PM

facebook comment about the disgrace of an unarmed woman being hurt

As opposed to a glock .38 carrying woman

Fentdog84 · 13-04-2015 09:40PM

Sheep Lover wrote: »

That's a good turnout, did they all come from work on their lunch break?

Thats it, make an assumption and fire a cheap shot at people who bother to get out and do something so the likes of you( and your children) wont spend your life paying for something that is a basic human right

BoJack Horseman · 13-04-2015 09:45PM

Fentdog84 wrote: »

Thats it, make an assumption and fire a cheap shot at people who bother to get out and do something so the likes of you( and your children) wont spend your life paying for something that is a basic human right

Patriots all.

(Its not like there are other worse taxes out there that warrant more opposition or anything).

Birneybau · 13-04-2015 09:46PM

Fentdog84 wrote: »

Thats it, make an assumption and fire a cheap shot at people who bother to get out and do something so the likes of you( and your children) wont spend your life paying for something that is a basic human right

They are not going to make one iota of difference and a lot are being seen as the thugs they are. Just because you chant 'peaceful protest' doesn't make it so.

Sheep Lover · 13-04-2015 09:47PM

Fentdog84 wrote: »

Thats it, make an assumption and fire a cheap shot at people who bother to get out and do something so the likes of you( and your children) wont spend your life paying for something that is a basic human right

How do you reckon they get the water into your house? It isn't magic.

Bother to get out?, I bothered to get out to work this morning so I could pay tax which in turn allows these folk to attend these midday parties. So in essence, I'm a fundamental part of the protest.

Fukuyama · 13-04-2015 09:48PM

Fentdog84 wrote: »

Thats it, make an assumption and fire a cheap shot at people who bother to get out and do something so the likes of you( and your children) wont spend your life paying for something that is a basic human right

Access to water is a human right.

Free water is not.

Fentdog84 · 13-04-2015 09:49PM

Birneybau wrote: »

They are not going to make one iota of difference and a lot are being seen as the thugs they are. Just because you chant 'peaceful protest' doesn't make it so.

I cudnt care less what they are being seen as or what the Denis O Brien media is portraying them as, as long as they are not giving up..the politicians are relying on people getting tired and disillusioned with the whole thing and then cave in, not one step back as Stalin said!

major bill · 13-04-2015 09:49PM

Not gonna watch the vid as it's same aul ****e,I don't agree with the water charges but I thought we moved away from Protesting??? It's pointless just don't pay the bill if you don't agree and let the Guards get back to their proper jobs!!

kneemos · 13-04-2015 09:51PM

Fentdog84 wrote: »

Thats it, make an assumption and fire a cheap shot at people who bother to get out and do something so the likes of you( and your children) wont spend your life paying for something that is a basic human right

Already paying for it?

Sheep Lover · 13-04-2015 09:52PM

Fentdog84 wrote: »

I cudnt care less what they are being seen as or what the Denis O Brien media is portraying them as, as long as they are not giving up..the politicians are relying on people getting tired and disillusioned with the whole thing and then cave in, not one step back as Stalin said!

O jaysus man, we've no hope with such a martyr attitude, its a tax on water consumption they aren't locking your granny in a gulag.

Where were these protestors for much worse tax such as the USC?...

Fentdog84 · 13-04-2015 09:52PM

Sheep Lover wrote: »

How do you reckon they get the water into your house? It isn't magic.

Bother to get out?, I bothered to get out to work this morning so I could pay tax which in turn allows these folk to attend these midday parties. So in essence, I'm a fundamental part of the protest.

ok so mr taxpayer, how do you feel about the money that was going into providing water services going into paying back German bondholders?

Sheep Lover · 13-04-2015 09:53PM

Fentdog84 wrote: »

ok so mr taxpayer, how do you feel about the money that was going into providing water services going into paying back German bondholders?

The same way I feel about all the rest of my taxes going to Germany I suppose?

Fentdog84 · 13-04-2015 09:54PM

Sheep Lover wrote: »

The same way I feel about all the rest of my taxes going to Germany I suppose?

the first part of your name is apt so

dmc17 · 13-04-2015 09:56PM

Sheep Lover wrote: »

That's a good turnout, did they all come from work on their lunch break?

What is this 'work' you speak of?

The Moldy Gowl · 13-04-2015 09:56PM

Actually. The one thing I hate in all these videos is their poor syntax and horrible accents.

Does my head in so it does.

So it does.

Fentdog84 · 13-04-2015 09:56PM

Calclor wrote: »

Water doesn't magically appear out of thin air, it's a precious resource, which is wasted everyday, it most certainly should be charged for.

ah yes, read that in a newspaper did u?

Sheep Lover · 13-04-2015 09:57PM

Fentdog84 wrote: »

the first part of your name is apt so

Yeah, think I'll give up the day job and stand on a street corner near Leinster House and start roaring at Enda every time he drives by, how you've opened my eyes.

The Moldy Gowl · 13-04-2015 09:57PM

Fentdog84 wrote: »

the first part of your name is apt so

Your so funny.

Sam Harts · 13-04-2015 09:57PM

Is this forum a garda forum or something? Everyone on here always seems to support police brutality and assume all civilians are scum. The video doesn't show the attack but the amount of witnesses to the attack seem shocked by what they saw! As my daughters friend is training to be a gardai, she asked her not to share it on Facebook, so I didn't either (shame on me).

TBH I actually thought the blood looked fake, but I like to keep an open mind. The gardai are just human after all, and are capable of doing bad things. Obviously they are not as corrupt as the law in other countries but it's still possible that the gardai can include some bad eggs.

It's strange how the Irish public on here are so anti-civilians.

Water Protest in Swords 13/03/2015

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