Topping off the day with a racist bus journey...

TelePaul

Some servile piece of scum started mouthing off to an elderly foreign lady just now. Not too sure how it kicked off, but I think the scumbag - young girl, maybe 16 at most - had her feet on the seat and the lady wanted her to move them. Called her everything under the sun, told her she was in '****in Ireland now', called her a 'foreign c**t', top of her voice, kids there and all. Kept up a steady torrent abuse until she got off a few stops later.

A couple of people turned to look but nobody intervened. I genuinely feel quite guilty about that now, it seems wrong to not have done something. Bah. Place is gone to the dogs

mauzo

I would have had to do something. No way would I stand by and listen to that.
The bystander effect bugs me big time.

I'd have had her kicked off the bus. Little bitch :mad:

Fr_Dougal

So you did nothing...you should start a Facebook page on it and get everyone to like it; that will save humanity.

Poor Uncle Tom

A backhand into the mouth, her parents should get........:mad:

TelePaul

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

So you did nothing...you should start a Facebook page on it and get everyone to like it; that will save humanity.

Yah I knew writing that post that it was a bit esoteric and would get this kind of response. I feel very down about it though.

Samich

Is calling someone a foreign **** racist now?

xzanti

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

So you did nothing...

What would you have done?

Wattle

Skanger youngwan mouths off having been challenged over feet on seats. Nasty but do you really expect anything different from these types? I'm sure she'll go on to be a fine upstanding lady.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

There's no way ANYBODY should have to put up with that kind of abuse, no matter what their race, religion or anything else. Thats vile and a sad indictment of the generation of self-entitled little shíts this country has produced.

mackg

Samich wrote: »

Is calling someone a foreign **** racist now?

Yes

antodeco

Sure if you did anything you'd probably be hopped on and kicked off the bus.

TelePaul

syndeyfife wrote: »

I would have had to do something. No way would I stand by and listen to that.
The bystander effect bugs me big time.

Makes ya a better man than me.

connundrum

Whatever way I glanced at the boards.ie homepage, I saw:

Bargain Alerts - Topping off the day with a racist bus journey...

was expecting a completely different conversation.

Bought popcorn and all

emo72

yah, if i had of been there i'd have slapped the face off her and then thrown her off the bus while everyone cheered. nah not really. but you'll get loads of heroes on here now.

dirtyden

I would not feel too bad OP, most people on a bus will do nothing, its called the bystander rule. There are many people on a bus and everyone although repulsed is waiting for action from someone else. Remember that next time and it will possibly inspire you to act.

xzanti

emo72 wrote: »

you'll get loads of heroes on here now.

I wonder do they bring their keyboards with them on the bus.

kfallon

She'll get her comuppance eventually, she'll mouth off to the wrong person some day and get a dig......and totally deserved!

stovelid

Flashing at them will shut them up.

Plus you get turned on.

Splendour

syndeyfife wrote: »

I would have had to do something. No way would I stand by and listen to that.
The bystander effect bugs me big time.

Me too.
Though I can sometimes understand people not wanting to interfere I couldn't stand by in a situation like that and not open my mouth.

Tym

A couple of people turned to look but nobody intervened. I genuinely feel quite guilty about that now, it seems wrong to not have done something. Bah. Place is gone to the dogs

Hmmm, how many women were on the bus? I don't think a man would be comfortable intervening unless she was a he.

mauzo

TelePaul wrote: »

Makes ya a better man than me.

Im a 20 year old girl and even I wouldnt let her publicly humiliate someone over their race.

I can hand on heart say I have never witnessed something bad and NOT done all I could to help. Ill admit sometimes its putting yourself at risk, but Ill never not do all I can.

Ive done it countless times, from small things, to big things. And I dont regret any of it, but I know if I didnt, Id always regret it....as you do now.

Splendour

Splendour wrote: »

Me too.
Though I can sometimes understand people not wanting to interfere I couldn't stand by in a situation like that and not open my mouth.

Fully understand it tbh. Some people don't deal well with confrontation. I gather from the OP that the woman herself sat by and took the abuse, whereas I would give someone like that a full on bollocking. People are different, that's life.

emo72

in fairness 20 year old girls are the scariest things on earth. i would never start an argument with one, they're just mad ted.

Gummy Panda

whoopsadaisydoodles wrote: »

I'd have had her kicked off the bus. Little bitch :mad:

I know.. bleedin fordiners :mad:

supernova84

So I hear your a racist now Ted. Didn't think you were into that sort of thing.

Chuck Stone

I hate those racist buses.

Gummy Panda

Gummy Panda wrote: »

I know.. bleedin fordiners :mad:

:eek:




:pac:

Fr_Dougal

xzanti wrote: »

What would you have done?

Honestly? I would have engaged with the woman that was getting the abuse and if the scumbag tried to shout I would have told her to shut up that adults were talking.

bernardo mac

The trollop will surely get her sour desserts sooner,hopefully,than later.Probably knows she's only a little **** anyway.

Bajer

Samich wrote: »

Is calling someone a foreign **** racist now?

Of course it is. Is calling someone who consistently makes idiotic comments a f&*#in retard bad form on boards?


Mod: Banned.

emo72

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Honestly? I would have engaged with the woman that was getting the abuse and if the scumbag tried to shout I would have told her to shut up that adults were talking.

yea then "Britney?" says "Wha tha phook u say? Ya phooking scumbag ya! Anto did ya hear wha he sayed to me?

"You think yer a hard man mate? talkin 2 me burd like that? stitch that ya cant!"

then we all hear about the poor unfortunate guy who was stabbed and left with his head smashed up.

theres feic all you can do about scumbags. they fear nothing.

Splendour

xzanti wrote: »

I wonder do they bring their keyboards with them on the bus.

Not just keyboard warriors. I was on a Dart one day and these young lads were kicking a can about, shouting and cursing and making a general nuisance of themselves running up and down annoying people.
The train was pretty packed and I couldn't help but say something to them. I didn't raise my voice but calmly asked them to respect other people on the train. When I was getting off a woman came up to me and thanked me for speaking out but at the time no one backed me up.

MaxSteele

OP .... This had to be either the 77 bus from Jobstown, the 76 from Ballyer or the 13 from Finglas to Clondalkin ?

mauzo

Or the 75 or 56a!

Samich

Bajer wrote: »

Of course it is. Is calling someone who consistently makes idiotic comments a f&*#in retard bad form on boards?

You on about me?

Bajer

Samich wrote: »

You on about me?

Yes. Amateur troll?

emo72

Samich wrote: »

You on about me?

"I don't see anyone else here so you must be talkin to me!":D

Samich

Bajer wrote: »

Yes. Amateur troll?

You're calling me a troll?

Why?

Ficheall

TelePaul wrote: »

Yah I knew writing that post that it was a bit esoteric and would get this kind of response. I feel very down about it though.

Care to explain what you mean here?

Bajer

Samich wrote: »

You're calling me a troll?

Why?

Because the majority of posts that I have seen you write seem to go against all reasonable definitions of common sense and seem more designed to elicit responses from other posters. You wait to see what the prevailing trend is and then adopt a contrary view. Classic troll behaviour.

Samich

Bajer wrote: »

Because the majority of posts that I have seen you write seem to go against all reasonable definitions of common sense and seem more designed to elicit responses from other posters. You wait to see what the prevailing trend is and then adopt a contrary view. Classic troll behaviour.

Eh quote me.

Tigger

Samich wrote: »

Is calling someone a foreign **** racist now?

mackg wrote: »

Yes

Xenophobic I would think

Tigger

Bajer wrote: »

Yes. Amateur troll?

It's against the charter to call someone a troll

It's also against the charter to back seat mod but im not telling you to stop just letting you know all friendly like

Bajer

Tigger wrote: »

It's against the charter to call someone a troll

It's also against the charter to back seat mod but im not telling you to stop just letting you know all friendly like

Thanks for the heads up. I'm not trying to mod - but if someone is taking a deliberately contrary view and seems to be thriving on it - it seems like classic troll behaviour to me. No one else seems to be pulling him up on it. Even though my account is old, I'm a bit of a noob here and I witnessed similar posts yesterday on the "stag night" thread.

mackg

Tigger wrote: »

Xenophobic I would think

Way I see that is it's calling them a cúnt because they are foreign, either way it's not very nice.

mauzo

Bajer wrote: »

Thanks for the heads up. I'm not trying to mod - but if someone is taking a deliberately contrary view and seems to be thriving on it - it seems like classic troll behaviour to me. No one else seems to be pulling him up on it. Even though my account is old, I'm a bit of a noob here and I witnessed similar posts yesterday on the "stag night" thread.

Why not just ignore it? Wait for a mod to sort it?

mackg

Bajer wrote: »

Thanks for the heads up. I'm not trying to mod - but if someone is taking a deliberately contrary view and seems to be thriving on it - it seems like classic troll behaviour to me. No one else seems to be pulling him up on it. Even though my account is old, I'm a bit of a noob here and I witnessed similar posts yesterday on the "stag night" thread.

That little red and white triangle in the bottom left of a post is for reporting it, do that and let the mods deal with it. that way threads don't get dragged off topic.

Tigger

mackg wrote: »

Way I see that is it's calling them a cúnt because they are foreign, either way it's not very nice.

Nope she called her wan a Cnut cos she's a piece of ****. She would have called me a big **** some one else a fat **** someone else a spells ****

She called yet wan a forgien **** cos she was forgien
Stupid little cunt

Chuck Stone

What she did was discriminatory and abusive. Let's not get bogged down in semantics.

Bajer

Good advice guys - thanks. Apologies for breaching protocol. Is there a way to ignore a user?