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Violence erupts at circus protest

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭stoplooklisten


    Joe Duffy aided and abetted this earlier in the week


  • Site Banned Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭XR3i


    what colour was the elephant


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 217 ✭✭MacauDragon


    Still remember the ass kicking I got from fighting the three legged man.

    talk about an unfair advantage.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,541 ✭✭✭Davei141


    Went on the FB page of one the lads attacked and it is all water protest stuff. Just your usual rent-a-mobs. Wouldn't be surprised if they thought the rent a mob were trying to release the animals and went beserk. Nice of one person to aggressively get in the face of the woman with a baby during their nice peaceful protest https://www.facebook.com/paul.kiernan.330/posts/10207319746064454


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭stoplooklisten


    Davei141 wrote: »
    Went on the FB page of one the lads attacked and it is all water protest stuff. Just your usual rent-a-mobs. Wouldn't be surprised if they thought the rent a mob were trying to release the animals and went beserk. Nice of one person to aggressively get in the face of the woman with a baby during their nice peaceful protest https://www.facebook.com/paul.kiernan.330/posts/10207319746064454

    Apart from the sidewards video, the animals looked grand
    Activists shout at woman holding baby. She says "slow down, I am alone..then tells someone to call the police"

    Pan away from th eguys running round the elephants
    I thought you said on the radio you'd allow activists in to have a look round




    Lots of running


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  • Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Apart from the sidewards video, the animals looked grand
    Activists shout at woman holding baby. She says "slow down, I am alone..then tells someone to call the police"

    Pan away from th eguys running round the elephants
    I thought you said on the radio you'd allow activists in to have a look round


    Lots of running

    Yeah, not sure the video as dramatic as he was hoping for.

    Shows a few healthy looking animals lazing around pens. Then, unsurprisingly, workers seem to come over and clearly object to his presence, but no assault is shown. In fact the only person who might use that video as evidence is the woman holding the baby, who had to put up with some hooded person approaching her...not that she seemed like a shrinking violet.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,921 ✭✭✭✭Snake Plisken


    Animals all look fine in that video, I guarantee you that some of those scobies own horses and mistreat them, fair play to the circus crowd beat the crap out of Murphy's rent a mob!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭FalconGirl


    Funny how this mob gets lumped in with the water protest movement by some. Absolutely nothing to do with one another.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭gctest50


    FalconGirl wrote: »
    Funny how this mob gets lumped in with the water protest movement by some. Absolutely nothing to do with one another.

    Tiger sh!t gets lumped in with duck sh!t - it's all sh!t

    .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    Seen posts of fb claiming multiple people suffered major head injuries including fractured skulls and what not ,

    These protesters are stupid and have no concerns for animal's welfare they went looking for trouble and got it .

    Whats funny there was 3 elephants feeding on grass across from the cuckoos nest pub no heavy chains and no mistreatment .


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,541 ✭✭✭Davei141


    FalconGirl wrote: »
    Funny how this mob gets lumped in with the water protest movement by some. Absolutely nothing to do with one another.

    Same people involved.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    Still remember the ass kicking I got from fighting the three legged man.

    talk about an unfair advantage.

    The middle leg is quite rough for an ass kicking alright :pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    I'll take the elephant and keep it nice and cosy and warm. No circus duties.
    Imagine though. That's my life goal.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    That video has made my day :D

    The horses looked a lot better kept than the ones in the housing estates in the area. I wonder do they run up and confront those teenagers about those horses?


  • Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    https://rsvpmagazine.ie/circuses-banned-in-the-netherlands-under-animal-cruelty-laws-on-tour-in-ireland/

    No wonder people are going nuts!

    I'm no water Meter warrior defender but if that article above is accurate this circus has no right whatsoever to be in Ireland...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    Fieldog wrote: »
    https://rsvpmagazine.ie/circuses-banned-in-the-netherlands-under-animal-cruelty-laws-on-tour-in-ireland/

    No wonder people are going nuts!

    I'm no water Meter warrior defender but if that article above is accurate this circus has no right whatsoever to be in Ireland...

    That's shocking if True, Little light on facts and proof though in the article unless I missed something.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭stoplooklisten


    The Netherlands banned all wild animals from performing, not just this circus in particular.

    http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/04/dutch-now-poised-to-ban-wild-animals-in-circuses/


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    The Netherlands banned all wild animals from performing, not just this circus in particular.

    http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/04/dutch-now-poised-to-ban-wild-animals-in-circuses/

    So not for abuse ?
    ‘There is a lot of fuss about a few circus animals but no vet has ever identified any animal suffering,’


  • Site Banned Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭XR3i


    disgusting beahaiour


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭stoplooklisten


    So not for abuse ?

    No, just in general


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 I Am Justice82


    This story about protesters being attacked by circus workers, I have always been a believer in there are always two sides/two versions to every story, all is been heard on social media is the protesters version of events, but what are the workers side of the story ? and who actually attacked who first ? is the real question , some of the so called protesters today, whatever version of events is correct, if what they say happened is true, then it is no different from what they did to people last month, people who were suspected of being Pegida supporters were attacked by some of the very same people who were these protesters today, + they all gloated social media when a man got attacked on public transport on his way to the Pegida protest, one of the girls mentioned by someone on facebook who was meant to of being attacked today, I have a screensave from her FB page an admission that she was present when someone was glassed in a pub last month , as a saying goes what goes around comes around .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 506 ✭✭✭Hotei


    Animals all look fine in that video, I guarantee you that some of those scobies own horses and mistreat them, fair play to the circus crowd beat the crap out of Murphy's rent a mob!

    You can guarantee that can you? I'd doubt it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,492 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    That's shocking if True, Little light on facts and proof though in the article unless I missed something.

    Not so much an article as an ISPCA press release being regurgitated.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    Not so much an article as an ISPCA press release being regurgitated.

    If there is evidence of Animal cruelty and being band they should be fecked out. But as usual very light on facts and presenting hearsay.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 I Am Justice82


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    Again, what madness has possessed you to think this is the same group of protesters?

    And for the people suggesting the wounds are faked, jesus. Fruit cakes, fruit cakes everywhere.

    I can,t post links as Im a new user, one of the girl protesters today ( Blonde girl ), was seen in photos + videos with a big gang going after suspected Pegida protesters , yes suspected protesters last month, where they all chased them down Grafton street and into a Euro shop + the same girl I have a screensave from her FB " we got thrown out of pub for glassing a fascist " I have also have screensave of one of the fellows from today where he was issuing threats to people online last month .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 I Am Justice82


    Remember the incident in Gorey hotel where a Gardai used his baton a few months back ? one of the fellows there today was also present at that occasion, trouble seems have a funny & odd way of following these people around don,t it .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 I Am Justice82


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    WTF, what water protestors that planned on turning up? And even if they were planning on turning up, by your own inference they weren't actually there so what the hell do they to do with anything?

    As I write this please note I am actually against water charges, one the fellows there today has been arrested a few times in the past year over meter installation protests, + he posted on his FB page " Tis a beautiful day for devilment " which some may Interpret they planned and set out on causing trouble .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭stoplooklisten


    As I write this please note I am actually against water charges, one the fellows there today has been arrested a few times in the past year over meter installation protests, + he posted on his FB page " Tis a beautiful day for devilment " which some may Interpret they planned and set out on causing trouble .

    Yep, lots of pictures of him being restrained by gardai at other protests


  • Site Banned Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭XR3i


    an elephant never forgets


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,671 ✭✭✭dav3


    All the people arrested were from the circus.

    Although this story has certain people on boards in a twist on what side to take. Tree hugging hippies or the central european migrants.

    What to do, what to do.


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