Occupy Limerick

hightower1

jacksudan wrote: »

Ridiculous you say! With a name like Insect Overlord you are comfortable with your comment? Hmmmm, no wonder you are a slave and don't know it!

Im sorry but ANYONE using infalmitory and charged grammer like "military industrial complex" and "slave" just reeks of skinny hippys in their hemp hoodies who have become a little too jumped up on rage against the machine for their own good.

This occupy stuff has already proven itself to be nothing more than a footnote in the global media , no more important that the "light" end of the news report that was previously filled by a cutesy news story. Ether do something serious , make an impact or dont do anything at all.

puntosporting

jbkenn wrote: »

Simple really, I don't know who they are, but, they are doing something, the difference is, the rest of you smartarse's.... are not.

The thing is us smartarse's are making a difference by getting our heads down and working and paying our taxes to try and get this country back on its feet!

thesimpsons

jbkenn wrote: »

Simple really, I don't know who they are, but, they are doing something, the difference is, the rest of you smartarse's.... are not.

so what exactly are they doing to right the world's financial and economic difficulties ?

Kess73

XiledSniper wrote: »

City Hall..???

Yep would be a far more obvious location to be honest, and better than a location that is hidden away with no real chance of being noticed. Maybe that is the point though. Use a location that will attract no attention and require no effort from the protesters towards their supposed cause, rather than going somewhere that would see them forced to interact and explain what they are protesting against in a clear concise manner.

Seems to me that all they do is spit out garbled mash ups of phrases, some of which are not even applicable to the financial/Industrial/Political infrastructure of a country like Ireland.


Military Industrial Complex indeed. :D:D:D Talk about a total misuse of a pretty common phrase. If basic stuff like that cannot be got right, it does not bode well for anything else spouted by them being correct.

Poxyshamrock

MyKeyG wrote: »

I could walk around with my trousers on my head shouting 'I'm a chocolate biscuit' and call it a protest!

LOL!

ABEasy

jacksudan wrote: »

urope sent the queen here last year to see if we would riot! they got their answer, no trouble from Ireland! Paddy is a fool!

Really??? Europe sent the queen here??? And why would we riot???

Insect Overlord

jacksudan wrote: »

Ridiculous you say! With a name like Insect Overlord you are comfortable with your comment? Hmmmm, no wonder you are a slave and don't know it!

Perfectly comfortable, thanks. Comfortable on the couch with my laptop, hot mug of tea and wireless broadband too. If I want to make a difference, I'll do it it smartly. I won't set up camp on an empty side-street and get my buddies to wage war on the message-boards for me.

source

jacksudan wrote: »

Maybe that's the point! Maybe we should wake up here, after all it is the military industrial complex and capitalism that put them there! Do we really need marketing a statement of intent on Cruises street to wake up or do we need to just wake up? Maybe if coca cola poured a billion into their cause then people might listen but i guess that's wont happen soon as there is no profit in people just products! on a lighter note urope sent the queen here last year to see if we would riot! they got their answer, no trouble from Ireland! Paddy is a fool!

I think the forum you're looking for is here, That's the most off the wall claim I've heard on here in years, that's including arguing with "Freemen on the land" in the legal forum, and they're bloody nuts!!!

cc4life

celticcrash wrote: »

How do you know such facts?

because I know a lot of the people involved

cc4life

It's a real shame that people going out trying to do something just and showing solidarity with so many people in Ireland and around the world are getting ridiculed for doing it. Its fairly disgusting that someone could make fun of somebody else standing up for what they believe in. Maybe the media have done their job and indoctrinated people into thinking anything that goes against the grain is stupid and foolish. Makes me sad thinking that the people of Ireland have lost all sense of solidarity

juan.kerr

Are these guys not just a bunch of swampy / crusty types, happy to take from society (social welfare, free education) but unwilling to contribute anything constructive other than maybe their stink from not washing?

millold

Pity our socialist trade unions,many of whom have offices in Limerick,did'nt offer any support.Probably no photo opportunity,but if their was,you would see the rush.Occupy Limerick,more like occupy the strand,savoy etc for the overpriced annual "conferences"with expenses.

juan.kerr

millold wrote: »

Pity our socialist trade unions,many of whom have offices in Limerick,did'nt offer any support.Probably no photo opportunity,but if their was,you would see the rush.Occupy Limerick,more like occupy the strand,savoy etc for the overpriced annual "conferences"with expenses.

Trade unions are part of the problem not part of the solution - they had their snouts in the trough for long enough and are only interested in one thing - protecting the interests of their members to the detriment of the rest of society.

cc4life

juan.kerr wrote: »

Trade unions are part of the problem not part of the solution - they had their snouts in the trough for long enough and are only interested in one thing - protecting the interests of their members to the detriment of the rest of society.

You must be a troll

Itsdacraic

cc4life wrote: »

juan.kerr wrote: »

Trade unions are part of the problem not part of the solution - they had their snouts in the trough for long enough and are only interested in one thing - protecting the interests of their members to the detriment of the rest of society.

You must be a troll

I think a lot of people would have a similar opinion about the trade unions. SIPTU Slush Fund?

washman3

Mc Love wrote: »

I have a job - if you are so keen on it, set one up yourself.

Good man you are.!! hope you still have it at the end of 2012.

typical Irish smartarse attitude: im ok jack,f**k everyone else.

phog

Am I sorry I started this thread some of the posts are bordering on insulting, I never thought that a simple thread on a peaceful protest would bring out so much badness in people.

Happy New Year everyone and hopefully 2012 will be better to all of us.

counterlock

cc4life wrote: »

It's a real shame that people going out trying to do something just and showing solidarity with so many people in Ireland and around the world are getting ridiculed for doing it.

The irony is that you are showing solidarity with 1% of people. Not me, not anyone I know and not most of the posters on here.

cc4life wrote: »

Its fairly disgusting that someone could make fun of somebody else standing up for what they believe in.

Develop this point further and we can discuss. All we've got so far from your crew is tin-foil hat stuff.

cc4life wrote: »

Makes me sad thinking that the people of Ireland have lost all sense of solidarity

You're repeating yourself, so I will too. Solidarity with who? Each other? I still believe we have this and thats why you see so many people knuckling down. Its easy to questions people's solidarity with one another when you are one of a group of three sitting in a tent in the middle of winter.

Insect Overlord

phog wrote: »

Am I sorry I started this thread some of the posts are bordering on insulting, I never thought that a simple thread on a peaceful protest would bring out so much badness in people.

Happy New Year everyone and hopefully 2012 will be better to all of us.

I just want to clarify that I was ridiculing the method of the protest, rather than the message. Happy New Year to you, yours, and all others involved here.

Mc Love

washman3 wrote: »

Good man you are.!! hope you still have it at the end of 2012.

typical Irish smartarse attitude: im ok jack,f**k everyone else.

Even if I didnt have a job - I would be doing a lot more than freezing my arse off in a tent on a street where nobody walks past.

What in all honesty are they contributing to society?

MyKeyG

phog wrote: »

Am I sorry I started this thread some of the posts are bordering on insulting, I never thought that a simple thread on a peaceful protest would bring out so much badness in people.

Happy New Year everyone and hopefully 2012 will be better to all of us.

I don't believe for an instant that you thought this thread would be easy going. The occupy protests have been a source of extreme worldwide controversy so please don't insult our intelligence by claiming to think it would not follow suit here.

ninty9er

cc4life wrote: »

Its fairly disgusting that someone could make fun of somebody else standing up for what they believe in.

What exactly is that? Are there even two people down there for the same reason?

celticcrash wrote: »

People of Ireland dont speak your mind, because your fellow Irishman will ridicule you.

Only if you have no plan, no goal, no purpose and no hope of having any effect.

cc4life wrote: »

....the rest are just unemployed with no hope of a job

Well no job is going to come and find them in that tent? Or anywhere for that matter. They certainly won't find one down there.

celticcrash wrote: »

And than again some people will be stuffed like pigs after their christmas dinner. So stuffed that they will have to turn down the heating for half an hour.
People of Ireland dont complain, I have not digested my dinner yet.

Have you not considered that these people are the 99%?

jbkenn wrote: »

Simple really, I don't know who they are, but, they are doing something, the difference is, the rest of you smartarse's.... are not.

Doing "something" is often seen to be a good thing. There's a qualification required with that; doing "something" is pointless unless you know what you are trying to achieve.

thesimpsons wrote: »

Get out and find a job and if you can 't find one do some voluntary work.

This!

jacksudan wrote: »

on a lighter note urope sent the queen here last year to see if we would riot! they got their answer, no trouble from Ireland! Paddy is a fool!

Why would we. And I believe Áras an Úachtarán invited the Queen, it's been a long time coming. You seem to be saying "something" without knowing why.

The occupy movement is ineffective because it is not a common purpose, in fact I cannot find its purpose. Can anyone give me a few bullet points?

Liam Byrne

ninety9er wrote:

Doing "something" is often seen to be a good thing. There's a qualification required with that; doing "something" is pointless unless you know what you are trying to achieve.

Interesting.........wasn't FF's excuse for their disasterous handling of things the exact opposite ? That they had to do "something" ?

The Snipe

Ninty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_movement#Goals

I read it, but I'm too tired to make sense of it right now! :P

Insect Overlord

XiledSniper wrote: »

Ninty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_movement#Goals

I read it, but I'm too tired to make sense of it right now! :P

Speaking of movements and goals...

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Interesting.........wasn't FF's excuse for their disasterous handling of things the exact opposite ? That they had to do "something" ?

NinjaK

Fair play to them.

betonit

If they really believe in what they are doing and want to get their point across why arent they outside the AIB in oconnell st, one of the institutions that caused all this, instead of being outside an empty building....that's not protesting, it a token jesture. Its like going on a 2 hour fast for trocaire. If they protesting PROTEST! they might be taken seriously then.

ninty9er

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Interesting.........wasn't FF's excuse for their disasterous handling of things the exact opposite ? That they had to do "something" ?

If you'd like to start a thread on that...

Avatarr

phog wrote: »

Am I sorry I started this thread some of the posts are bordering on insulting, I never thought that a simple thread on a peaceful protest would bring out so much badness in people.

Happy New Year everyone and hopefully 2012 will be better to all of us.

Any group, who have the courage to back up there convictions with actions should be supported. Instead of all the negative posts, why not provide some suggestions of how they could be more effective in there efforts (keep it positive, there's enough negativity out there already).

Fair play to them, I will be calling around today to support them.

ninty9er

Avatarr wrote: »

Any group, who have the courage to back up there convictions with actions should be supported. Instead of all the negative posts, why not provide some suggestions of how they could be more effective in there efforts (keep it positive, there's enough negativity out there already).

Fair play to them, I will be calling around today to support them.

To be able to decide whether or not to support this group I'd need to know what it is it is trying to achieve. Nobody has been forthcoming in telling me what the goal of Occupy Limerick is, which is my main criticism.