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Ruth Coppinger holds up thong in Dail

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  • #2
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    Comhra wrote: »
    Ruth Coppinger + thong. Not a pleasant thought by any stretch of the imagination.

    https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/td-ruth-coppinger-holds-up-13584968

    Not opening that


  • #3
    Wheeliebin30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,593 ✭✭✭Wheeliebin30


    Hopefully wasn’t hers.


  • #4
    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,502 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    Direct Link


  • #5
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    It was ln the news, and I'll be honest, I was waiting to see who would open a thread to get a cheap dig or laugh over what is ultimately a serious issue.


  • #6
    Hercule Poirot
    Registered Users Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    Comhra wrote: »
    Ruth Coppinger + thong. Not a pleasant thought by any stretch of the imagination.

    https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/td-ruth-coppinger-holds-up-13584968

    She has an extremely valid point - a person alleging rape should not be judged by their choice of underwear, and especially a thong which is fairly common place for girls/ladies these days


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  • #7
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,185 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    There was a very serious reason behind Ruth Coppinger's contribution in the Dail but it's not likely to be discussed on this thread.


  • #8
    Wheeliebin30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,593 ✭✭✭Wheeliebin30


    Why is she blaming the Taoiseach????


  • #9
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    I wouldn't like to be accused of a sexual offence and see that her on the jury. I know id be going down.


  • #10
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    At least it wasnt on her at the time. In all honesty though what a girl wears gives no man a right to be forceful.


  • #11
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 84,789 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Wheeliebin30 wrote: »
    Why is she blaming the Taoiseach????

    Was she?

    I thought her point was about consent, stop victim blaming and sex education etc.,
    https://forumofgames.com/




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  • #12
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    Wheeliebin30 wrote: »
    Why is she blaming the Taoiseach????

    Because she is a dope.

    A serious issue and she blames the Taoiseach for a court decision to allow it.


  • #13
    Wheeliebin30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,593 ✭✭✭Wheeliebin30


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Was she?

    I thought her point was about consent, stop victim blaming and sex education etc.,

    "How heroic do you have to be Taoiseach, to pursue a rape trial in this country?," she asked.


  • #14
    corner of hells
    Registered Users Posts: 8,354 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    I wouldn't like to be accused of a sexual offence and see that bit5h on the jury. I know id be going down.

    I don't think she could be on a jury.


  • #15
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,190 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    Wheeliebin30 wrote: »
    Why is she blaming the Taoiseach????

    Maybe he wore it better.

    Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!



  • #16
    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    Wheeliebin30 wrote: »
    Why is she blaming the Taoiseach????

    She was addressing a wholly valid issue through the Taoiseach, which isn't the same as blaming the Taoiseach.
    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    I wouldn't like to be accused of a sexual offence and see that bit5h on the jury. I know id be going down.

    You 'know' you'd be going down because of one person on the jury, despite the fact that the odds are already stacked very much in your favour? Are you planning on pleading guilty or something?


  • #17
    Hurrache
    Registered Users Posts: 10,146 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    And how we thought it was bizzare when an Italian judge said a woman could not be unwilling raped whilst wearing jeans as it was not possible for her attacker to remove her jeans without her aid.


  • #18
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »
    She was addressing a wholly valid issue through the Taoiseach, which isn't the same as blaming the Taoiseach.



    You 'know' you'd be going down because of one person on the jury, despite the fact that the odds are already stacked very much in your favour? Are you planning on pleading guilty or something?

    I'd be pleading for my life to be spared if she was on the jury.


  • #19
    DaintyDavy
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭DaintyDavy


    Id say it was hers, it was a poxy looking thing. Looked like it was pulled from the bottom of a wash basket.


  • #20
    professore
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    Wasn't it the defence that used the thong as evidence? Surely this is normal to do everything you can for the defendent?


  • #21
    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    I'd be pleading for my life to be spared if she was on the jury.

    Yeah, I hate when individual jury members take it upon themselves to reintroduce the death penalty.


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  • #22
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    professore wrote: »
    Wasn't it the defence that used the thong as evidence? Surely this is normal to do everything you can for the defendent?

    "Thankfully" it was a female Barrister who produced it


  • #23
    um7y1h83ge06nx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,029 ✭✭✭um7y1h83ge06nx


    "The Dail... After Dark"

    "Carry On Ruthing"

    There a good porn there somewhere.


  • #24
    Hercule Poirot
    Registered Users Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    professore wrote: »
    Wasn't it the defence that used the thong as evidence? Surely this is normal to do everything you can for the defendent?

    Yes, that is their job after all, I think she's pointing to the fact that she was allowed to do it in a court of law - if wearing a thong is "asking for it" as she seemed to imply then the majority of women are in trouble, and it sets a very dangerous precedent for future rape trials


  • #25
    Hurrache
    Registered Users Posts: 10,146 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    professore wrote: »
    Wasn't it the defence that used the thong as evidence? Surely this is normal to do everything you can for the defendent?

    That's the point. It was insinuated she was out looking for it because of the underwear she was wearing.


  • #26
    SEPT 23 1989
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    Was it covered in gowl grease?

    RIP The Bantam


  • #27
    [Deleted User]
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    Free advertising for a certain chain store. Classy. http://www.thejournal.ie/thong-dail-ruth-coppinger-4337275-Nov2018/


  • #28
    Outlaw Pete
    Registered Users Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    She's in no position to be citing an aspect of some rape trials which she feels is unfair given how she doesn't even show fairness to those found not guilty in such trials.




    https://twitter.com/RuthCoppingerTD/status/979725517946580998


  • #29
    Hurrache
    Registered Users Posts: 10,146 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Outlaw Pete wrote: »
    She's in no position to be citing an aspect of some rape trials which she feels is unfair given how she doesn't even show fairness to those found not guilty in such trials.

    ?!? This has nothing to do with the person found not guilty.


  • #30
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    DaintyDavy wrote: »
    Id say it was hers, it was a poxy looking thing. Looked like it was pulled from the bottom of a wash basket.

    I love those. Especially when they have crusty skid marks.


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  • #31
    Outlaw Pete
    Registered Users Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    Hurrache wrote: »
    ?!? This has nothing to do with the person found not guilty.

    I never said it did.

    My point is that she cited an aspect of rape trials which she feels is unfair to claimants, but yet she herself behaved in a manner which was unfair to the accused in such a trial, namely the Belfast one.

    If her sense of fairness was as strong as she would like us all to think it is, then she'd be extending it to everyone involved in such trials, no matter their gender. All this #ibelieveher bollox undermines her position, which is a shame, as she might have a point (in some trials at least).


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