Shoes and Eggs pelted at Tony Blair in Dublin

wes

They shouldn't have thrown shoes, but I think it fair to say that launching a war of aggression that killed hundreds of thousands, is on altogether different scale of violence..........

IMHO, Blair, Bush and the rest behind the Iraq war should be spending the rest of there days behind bars, and not doing book signings and the like.

MDR

evercloserunion wrote: »

Is it possible to oppose Blair's unjustified war and these scumbags pelting him with shoes? Or is the middle ground banned here in AH?

Amen to that, these guys wave the Irish flag like they are patriots ...
They chant shame at Blair ... but bring shame to us all.

StompToWork

Wertz wrote: »

So why throw shoes then?

Convenient justification. I was not saying they weren't aware of the symbolism, just that in the dark recesses of their minds, which will never be expressed in public, the reason they were throwing the shoe was to simply hit him with something hard, and be able to justify it as a symbolic gesture.

Wertz

Ah all these poor Irish people simply queuing up to be embarassed.

Did you throw shoes or eggs? Did you stand around with placards in the rain? No?

Then what the f*ck are you embarrassed about?

"Ooh what ever will the nice british people think of us?"

"I'm fearful of the message this sends to foreign investors."

"I would never protest about anything and I'm mortified that any of my fellow countrymen would."

Some people worry too much about what others think...

starbelgrade

RobitTV wrote: »

MESSAGE: Guys you going off-topic And your fighting over nothing This is rediclious Fighting It ends now! stop now please!

What's the view like from the back seat?

Dotsie~tmp

Protester Pixie ni hEicht, from Dublin, criticised both the garda and the hundreds who had turned out for the book signing: "The police are west Brits who are protecting a British terrorist and the people queuing up over there should be ashamed of themselves. All these people buying the book are jackeens and traitors."

Sterotypical D4 wanna be anarchist cum socialist middle class scum. For the CIRA bootboys scum is a compliment.

MDR

wes wrote: »

They shouldn't have thrown shoes, but I think it fair to say that launching a war of aggression that killed hundreds of thousands, is on a altogether different scale of violence..........

Its funny because "that ilk", don't seem capable of peaceful protest.
I doubt they really give a stuff about the Afgans or Iraq's, they weren't protesting against the Taliban or Sadam before the various War's. I amn't defending Bush or Blair for the war, which was very wrong. I am just pointing out that protesters have a very limited world view.

MDR

Dotsie~tmp wrote: »

Sterotypical D4 wanna be anarchist cum socialist middle class scum. For the CIRA bootboys scum is a compliment.

sid waddell

The inferiority complex of some people in this country knows no bounds. Blair was a lapdog for the greatest war criminal of modern times and lied through his face repeatedly to participate in a war costing hundreds of thousands of innocent lives. And some people are more worried about a few eggs and a few shoes.

At least Hitler was honest about his reasons for going to war.

I'm delighted that this coont came to my city for what he thought would be weekend of ass kissing and instead was made a fool of.

Wicklowrider

Edit not worh it.

aDeener

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Shoes and eggs at a war criminal V's depleted uraniam cluster bombs on civilians

Yup its practically like for like :rolleyes:

i have to laugh, if anyone here ever condoned or talked about any act of violence against a convicted rapist/murderer you would be the first to give out about the barbarity of it.

yet you condone this. i dont care either way but this stance makes little sense

Nolanger

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Why?

Maybe they thought he was Axl Rose?

easyeason3

sid waddell wrote: »

The inferiority complex of some people in this country knows no bounds. Blair was a lapdog for the greatest war criminal of modern times and lied through his face repeatedly to participate in a war costing hundreds of thousands of innocent lives. And some people are more worried about a few eggs and a few shoes.

At least Hitler was honest about his reasons for going to war.

I'm delighted that this coont came to my city for what he thought would be weekend of ass kissing and instead was made a fool of.

I'm afraid the only ones made a fool of are the Irish. A handful of 'protestors' have acted like a crowd of knackers by throwing eggs & shoes.

It has nothing to do with whether you agree or disagree with Blair or anyone else for that matter.

By all means have a protest, but to have it turn out the way it did makes me embarrassed & I for one do not want to be associated with childish behaviour like that.

starbelgrade

argonaut wrote: »

Not that I think the Iraq War was a good idea or anything, but this kind of thing is just plain embarassing.

But is it more or less embarassing than the line of people who turned out to welcome him & have their books signed?

Foxtrol

sid waddell wrote: »

I'm delighted that this coont came to my city for what he thought would be weekend of ass kissing and instead was made a fool of.

Im afraid as usual the only people the protesters made look like fools were themselves

tinkerbell

starbelgrade wrote: »

But is it more or less embarassing than the line of people who turned out to welcome him & have their books signed?

And what is wrong with turning up to have his book signed by him? How does that even come into the conversation, and what does that have to do with those idiot scumbag protestors?

kylith

I tell you, I was in the mood to throw stuff at him after having to walk from Smithfield in the rain cos the Luases weren't running past that.

FlutterinBantam

Wertz wrote: »

Ah all these poor Irish people simply queuing up to be embarassed.

Did you throw shoes or eggs? Did you stand around with placards in the rain? No?

Then what the f*ck are you embarrassed about?

"Ooh what ever will the nice british people think of us?"

"I'm fearful of the message this sends to foreign investors."

"I would never protest about anything and I'm mortified that any of my fellow countrymen would."

Some people worry too much about what others think...

I'll tell you pal,that a pack of idiots, who everybody knows don't give a flying fook about Iraq,couldn't find it on the map, had a fun day 'protesting' about issues which have been resolved, and will go to the pubs and regale their friends about how they' saved the world'

Don't make me laugh:rolleyes:

My name is URL

sid waddell wrote: »

The inferiority complex of some people in this country knows no bounds. Blair was a lapdog for the greatest war criminal of modern times and lied through his face repeatedly to participate in a war costing hundreds of thousands of innocent lives. And some people are more worried about a few eggs and a few shoes.

The people who care about all of that obviously know about it already.. What good does attacking him physically do? It doesn't draw attention to his actions, all it does is show those opposing him to be thuggish morons.. and that does a disservice to the cause for having him taken to account over his decisions.

I'm all for peaceful protestations and drawing attention to the misdeeds carried out by people in power, but the people involved in throwing shoes at him are misguided idiots if they think it's going to lead to anything being done against Blair

starbelgrade

tinkerbell wrote: »

^^ And what is wrong with turning up to have his book signed by him? How does that even come into the conversation, and what does that have to do with those idiot scumbag protestors?

There are two sides to every coin. You call the protestors "idiots". I would have the same opinion of the people who showed up to the book signing.

Wertz

starbelgrade wrote: »

But is it more or less embarassing than the line of people who turned out to welcome him & have their books signed?

If someone wants their book signed, what's wrong with that? They hold an opinion of the author that he's a great guy, and they're entitled to that opinion, to part with their money and get their squiggle on the fly leaf.
That's nothing for the rest of us to be embarassed about.

Ayrtonf7

Another great example of Irish Society at its best.

Wertz

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

I'll tell you pal,that a pack of idiots, who everybody knows don't give a flying fook about Iraq,couldn't find it on the map, had a fun day 'protesting' about issues which have been resolved, and will go to the pubs and regale their friends about how they' saved the world'

Don't make me laugh:rolleyes:

You're not my pal. Stick to trolling on politics or talking about sh*tes you once had somewhere, there's a good lad.

sid waddell

The type of people who are embarrassed about Blair being pelted with eggs and shoes are the same type of people who accepted the bull**** spouted by the politicians and their media lapdogs during the Celtic Tiger. Probably Sunday Indo readers.

The type of people who don't have the ability to think critically for themselves and who worry more about pleasing others and being liked by others than having any decent moral values. Forelock-tugging fools.

Donkey Oaty

starbelgrade wrote: »

There are two sides to every coin. You call the protestors "idiots". I would have the same opinion of the people who showed up to the book signing.

Were they necessarily supporting Blair and his policies though? One of them was on RTE Radio 1 talking about this, and said that quite a few of the buyers were serious political memorabilia collectors and would have gone to Gerry Adams' signing as well.

easyeason3

sid waddell wrote: »

The type of people who are embarrassed about Blair being pelted with eggs and shoes are the same type of people who accepted the bull**** spouted by the politicians and their media lapdogs during the Celtic Tiger. Probably Sunday Indo readers.

The type of people who don't have the ability to think critically for themselves and who worry more about pleasing others and being liked by others than having any decent moral values. Forelock-tugging fools.

I'd be interested to know if your IP address is registered to another username :rolleyes:

nanook

Have to say what a shower of gobshytes those lunatics were who started throwing.

I am no Fan of blair, but as mentioned before, he did more good than most with regard the process up north.
It seems nothing is safe on o'connell st but I would love to see these muppets throw eggs at the queen on her visit. The British ss will not stand for that. And it would be more than umbrellas used if any thing was thrown.

Egg throwing muppets.

Foxtrol

sid waddell wrote: »

The type of people who are embarrassed about Blair being pelted with eggs and shoes are the same type of people who accepted the bull**** spouted by the politicians and their media lapdogs during the Celtic Tiger. Probably Sunday Indo readers.

The type of people who don't have the ability to think critically for themselves and who worry more about pleasing others and being liked by others than having any decent moral values. Forelock-tugging fools.

Maybe they're just the type of people who would feel embarrassed to hear of anyone visiting our country being pelted with shoes and eggs by individuals who you believe have "decent moral values".

sid waddell

easyeason3 wrote: »

I'd be interested to know if your IP address is registered to another username :rolleyes:

Check away, mate. Why not contact a moderator? Are you flabbergasted that more people than you thought held opposing views to you?

paky

sid waddell wrote: »

The type of people who are embarrassed about Blair being pelted with eggs and shoes are the same type of people who accepted the bull**** spouted by the politicians and their media lapdogs during the Celtic Tiger. Probably Sunday Indo readers.

The type of people who don't have the ability to think critically for themselves and who worry more about pleasing others and being liked by others than having any decent moral values. Forelock-tugging fools.

nail on the head.

easyeason3

sid waddell wrote: »

Check away, mate. Why not contact a moderator? Are you flabbergasted that more people than you thought held opposing views to you?

I'm not your mate.
And no I'm not flabbergasted that people have different views to me.

Unlike some I can actually accept that not everyone has to agree with me.

RobitTV

I Think its time To bring a Moderator to this thread!

FlutterinBantam

Wertz wrote: »

You're not my pal. Stick to trolling on politics or talking about sh*tes you once had somewhere, there's a good lad.

Aaah... the usual response from a lightweight who throws in the grenade and then runs away.

Maybe you might give some thought to actually doing something constructive,akin to Mr Blair, instead of shooting your mouth off on an internet forum;)

Good man.

RobitTV

Wertz you have made Enough rediclious comments today! and were all sick of you now So i think its time you left the thread!

biko

Wertz, Robit and Flutter, chill it (please). It's too nice of a day to be fighting online.

Min

Decent people don't throw eggs and shoes at other people who only want to sign some books regardless of who he is.

I think most people prefer to live in a civilised society rather than one where people try to justify violence.

They could have had a civilised protest, there was no need to throw objects to have a protest.

FlutterinBantam

:eek:

Pissing rain here.


Only kiddin' message recd. and understood:D

RobitTV

biko wrote: »

Wertz, Robit and Flutter, chill it (please). It's too nice of a day to be fighting online.

Biko ive never been so happy to see a Moderator in my life. Can you please stay and make sure These fights stop!

JohnfromGalway

fcussen wrote: »

Because Tony Blair started an illegal war on false premises. No joke, it was in the papers and everything.

Every war that has ever been has been declared illegal, by one or more jurisdictions

Always rely on some individual idiot or more to find an excuse to protest in Dublin (or Galway for that matter.) We don't have as many neo-Marxist anti-British pro-cannabis-use demonstrations like we used to.

Great free publicity for Blair's book, which should ensure more will be sold - all proceeds go to British servicemen. You didn't think that one out. Did You?

baldbear

Min wrote: »

Decent people don't throw eggs and shoes at other people who only want to sign some books regardless of who he is.

I think most people prefer to live in a civilised society rather than one where people try to justify violence.

They could have had a civilised protest, there was no need to throw objects to have a protest.

Decent people don't decide to invade a country on the lies of there been WMD resulting in over 100k civilian deaths.

Ha ha someone tried to make a citizens arrest on Blair for war crimes!
Wait till he gets touring Britain. Then we will see proper protests.

sid waddell

Foxtrol wrote: »

Maybe they're just the type of people who would feel embarrassed to hear of anyone visiting our country being pelted with shoes and eggs by individuals who you believe have "decent moral values".

Blair is not "anyone".

I'm embarrassed and ashamed for this country that that Italian lad Guido Nasi was assaulted and left brain damaged and in a wheelchair for life. The same with that Swiss girl Manuela Riedo who was murdered after being in the country for two days.

Tony Blair getting pelted with eggs and shoes? I'm fooking delighted :pac:

tinkerbell

starbelgrade wrote: »

There are two sides to every coin. You call the protestors "idiots". I would have the same opinion of the people who showed up to the book signing.

The people getting their book signed were there to get their book SIGNED. Those protesting "idiots" were there to throw crap at Tony Blair. How does somebody acting violent by throwing sh!t come in the same league as someone who wants to get a book signed by someone they admire?

Wertz wrote: »

If someone wants their book signed, what's wrong with that? They hold an opinion of the author that he's a great guy, and they're entitled to that opinion, to part with their money and get their squiggle on the fly leaf.
That's nothing for the rest of us to be embarassed about.

Exactly. There is nothing wrong with it.

What is wrong with this picture is that those gobsh!tes out protesting are brainless fcukwits who have nothing better to do on a Saturday morning than stand around throwing stuff at one of the world's greatest leaders.

sid waddell wrote: »

The type of people who are embarrassed about Blair being pelted with eggs and shoes are the same type of people who accepted the bull**** spouted by the politicians and their media lapdogs during the Celtic Tiger. Probably Sunday Indo readers.

The type of people who don't have the ability to think critically for themselves and who worry more about pleasing others and being liked by others than having any decent moral values. Forelock-tugging fools.

Actually, I may be embarrassed about this whole incident because it is shameful and looks awful on Ireland. People need to get over themselves with this anti-British crap, I am so fed up of it. And for the record, I have never accepted the crap coming from our so-called "politicians", and I don't read the Sunday Indo either.

JohnfromGalway

The whole Irish nation should be embarrassed that not one egg fired today found it's intended target.

As a dry run for the queen's (I refuse to capitalise that word) visit, it failed miserably.

Mike 1972

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

Were they necessarily supporting Blair and his policies though? One of them was on RTE Radio 1 talking about this, and said that quite a few of the buyers were serious political memorabilia collectors and would have gone to Gerry Adams' signing as well.

By the same token some people would protest such an event too.

tinkerbell wrote: »

People need to get over themselves with this anti-British crap, I am so fed up of it. r.

If they were protesting a book signing by Bertie Ahern would you brand them Anti Irish ?

JohnfromGalway

Scumbag behaviour in Dublin's North inner city?

Good grief!

Chorcai

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056021602

some pics there

Min

baldbear wrote: »

Decent people don't decide to invade a country on the lies of there been WMD resulting in over 100k civilian deaths.

Ha ha someone tried to make a citizens arrest on Blair for war crimes!
Wait till he gets touring Britain. Then we will see proper protests.

I didn't support the invasion of Iraq, it still doesn't justify me into using violence against Tony Blair to say I disagreed with it.
Two wrongs doesn't make a right.

She looked very naive on Sky news. Did she really think she was going to make a citizen's arrest?

drkpower

Nodin wrote: »

Thats not all that he said. I'd suggest the one with the hearing impairment is yourself.

Yet you still fail to quote him or even attempt to paraphrase him, despite me asking you a few times. I wonder why?

speedboatchase

I just seen photos of the protestors - a bloody Palestinian and Socialist Party flag in them :rolleyes::rolleyes:

laugh

Chorcai wrote: »

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056021602

some pics there

Last pic looks like snyper, maybe he was on a date to Dr Quirkies and got caught up in the melee.