John Connors is a bit of a wanker

Foxhound38 wrote: »

Cardboard Gangsters is a decent film though in fairness.

AllForIt wrote: »

I live in the center of a town with a population of 12k inducing the wider area. In past months the newspapers have been reporting about all the thieving that's been ongoing on in the town. There was a public meeting where the guards announced there were ramping up police numbers on the street and I've noticed a lot of premises are sticking up signs on their front that saying they have a right to refuse admission and that the shop is under police surveillance.

The newspapers don't say but it's clear the majority of this thieving is done by travellers. Every day they hang around the town , you can't go out to the shops without seeing them somewhere. Just the other day in Mr Price there were 2 teenager travellers arguing with the duty manager and one of them with a raised voice saying "...this isn't yoouur shop". So they do understand the concept of employment.

Last week I was casually walking down the high-street when someone hit me in the arm as I passed them taking me by complete surprised. I turned around to see the usual all female traveller trio waking speedily away - so fast I hadn't a chance to give her a mouthfull. Only a few days later the same woman was in Dealz as I was leaving and stood in the doorway blocking it as I stood behind her. I couldn't help but barge through her nudging her out of the way. Gottcha.
I don't forget.

I was telling this to my sis who recently bought a house in the outskirs of the town. I was telling her about this and she reported seeing a male traveller with 2 kids harassing and intimidating a very small Vietnamese man with a severe limp, must be some kind of refugee, where they were calling him a wonka something or other. Thankfully some other passers by saw this and told him of eff-off. He was with his own kids like - training them up I suppose.

This town has grown a lot over the last dozen years and a lot of new estates have popped up. My sis who looks after disabled kids knows the town like the back of her hand. She has to drive around to all the estates to pick them up and in doing so she knows where the housed travellers live and used this knowledge to great advantage in buying her own place . She says you just have to note all the junk thrown out in their front lawns to know what kind of ppl they are. What a sorry state of affairs that when one is buying a house one has to take into consideration whether there are any travellers in the area.

I find all of this really depressing and I can't believe it has been allowed to happen whatever the complex reasons for it are. They bring down the whole tone of the area and it's no wonder ppl can't stand them. I wish they would all just disappear.

FTA69 wrote: »

Did Connors say all the Guards are scum or just the ones involved in a certain action out of curiosity?

Before labeling the Gardaí involved as "scum", he claimed that they were assisting ex-loyalist paramilitaries, saying: "What happened at North Fredericks Street with the guards, aiding and helping these ex-loyalist paramilitaries was a low-blow I think."

Tubridy sharply interrupted by saying: "We don't know that they were that, so we need to hold back."

Connors replied: "Either way they were scum. I think they were scum, and so were the guards that were involved. I think it's a new low."

He offered a silver lining to the incident that took place during the week, saying: "A bunch of people got together and protested, and every day that group is getting bigger."

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

So just the Gardai doing their jobs and upholding a court order are scum?

I hope people have done a few stretches before bending over backwards to defend this...

Wheety wrote: »

Emma?