protestors sitting on o connell bridge.

Timberrrrrrrr

Scannal wrote: »

I've just explained why the videos start being recorded when they are, I wasn't expecting follow up questions.

You claimed it was to record incidents of excessive force, surely then you have evidence of these incidents of excessive force right? Or are you proving my point that the gardai are doing a great job by not using excessive force?

My name is URL

moxin wrote: »

Not the same thing, barriers at concerts are used to separate crowds for public safety due to the sheer numbers. In this case they are used to keep people back from getting at Enda.

And what pray tell do you think would happen if they did get close to him?

Would Gardai be expected to just stand idly by and watch as he or his driver gets lynched? No, they'd have no choice but to use force, thus endangering both themselves and the protesters and running the risk of things escalating and public or private property getting damaged.

So yes, barriers are designed to protect everyone.

Scannal

Mountainlad wrote: »

OR, they need to contrive 'examples' of Gardaí behaving as you say, to try and play the victim in the hope that they will somehow garner more support from this.

Well first of all they should be supported anyway but no one is forcing the Gardaí to attack them, you'll have to ask them why they're attacking peaceful protests.

HeidiHeidi

Scannal wrote: »

Obviously because they weren't expecting the Gardaí to attack. Why would they when they are protesting peacfully?

After posting what must be hundreds of these videos of the Gardai (allegedly) assaulting peaceful protestors for no reason whatsoever, it never occurred to one of these media-savvy videographers to capture the peaceful events leading up to the unprovoked attack by Gardai?

Seriously?

Timberrrrrrrr

TheZohan wrote: »

Wooooosh....

Ya got me

ThisRegard

TheZohan wrote: »

Wooooosh....

To be fair, going by some posts around here lately it wouldn't be surprising for someone to post what you did seriously!

GoldFour4

There was massive uproar when gardai apparently blocked a housing estate thus preventing a dad from taking his child to the hospital a few weeks back. Yet when these morons block off the city centre nothing like that is taken into account. The hypocrisy of these video camera wielding protestors is just ridiculous. I'd hate to be a guard trying to deal with it, any move at all is considered assault.

GarIT

Scannal wrote: »

Obviously because they weren't expecting the Gardaí to attack. Why would they when they are protesting peacfully?

What I say was anytime a member of the force turned their back they were pushed and pushed hard, when turning to confront the assailants they are confronted by two or three aggressive thugs, the gardai separate this groups and then get accused of violence, which leads to a guard being pushed, repeat infinitely.

Scannal

GarIT wrote: »

I love this idea, so 'the poor' are out to get 'the rich' so say they managed it, and they either drive 'the rich' out of the country or kill them all off what will the country do with 90% of it's tax base gone? More loans? Have fun with that!

Actually I'll know what they will do, burn the bondholders, burn them forever like the bondholders are a renewable source of income.

What? You're going overboard there, no one mentioned killing or driving them out. Your money will be taken but you will be let live.

For Forks Sake

Berserker wrote: »

Don't be ridiculous. They'll just pick more money from the money trees that they will grow when they take control from the 'rich'.

Doubting the Magic Money Tree? That's a paddlin'.

Penny Tration

Scannal wrote: »

What? You're going overboard there, no one mentioned killing or driving them out. Your money will be taken but you will be let live.

You're doing the protesters no favours posting rubbish like that.

Scannal

Phoebas wrote: »

M&S or Lidl?

Lidl. You can have one of there 35 cent bars if you behave.

GarIT

Scannal wrote: »

What? You're going overboard there, no one mentioned killing or driving them out. Your money will be taken but you will be let live.

So you're going to take my €250 per month and what then?

Scannal

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Oh sweet jeebus you're one of those revolutionaries?

I'm not really sweet.

Barely There

Scannal wrote: »

Your money will be taken but you will be let live.

I don't count anything less than a tenner as real money - you can have that.

Guy:Incognito

Scannal wrote: »

you'll have to ask them why they're attacking peaceful protests.

and we would, if they were. So when they do attack peaceful protestors, we'll ask.

Scannal

GarIT wrote: »

This change, I assume it will eliminate 'the rich'.

This country survives of two things economically, high earners and large companies, with high earners gone large companies wont be able to survive so what will Ireland do for money?

We're just taking some of your riches, you can live as normal.

the_syco

So... lunatics protesting water charges outside a Garda station are surprised when the Gardai come out to move them along? No surprise there. I wonder did they try to block any Garda cars trying to get to an emergency?

Scannal

ThisRegard wrote: »

Some of these statements are just getting funnier.

So it's a rich vs poor struggle now is it, with the rich represented by boards.is posters?

The rich are using high speed broadband, the poor take longer to post.

Scannal

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

You claimed it was to record incidents of excessive force, surely then you have evidence of these incidents of excessive force right? Or are you proving my point that the gardai are doing a great job by not using excessive force?

I don't watch videos.

Timberrrrrrrr

Scannal wrote: »

What? You're going overboard there, no one mentioned killing or driving them out. Your money will be taken but you will be let live.

And we have idiotic post of the day.

Scannal

Scannal wrote: »

I don't watch videos.

Don't blame you. Badly edited fiction bores me too.

Berserker

Barely There wrote: »

I don't count anything less than a tenner as real money - you can have that.

Agree. Those fivers are horrible. Burn or bin them, is my motto.

Scannal

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

After posting what must be hundreds of these videos of the Gardai (allegedly) assaulting peaceful protestors for no reason whatsoever, it never occurred to one of these media-savvy videographers to capture the peaceful events leading up to the unprovoked attack by Gardai?

Seriously?

The Gardaí might have made a surprise attack.

endacl

Scannal wrote: »

The Gardaí might have made a surprise attack.

Ninja Guards v Crusty Hordes.

Why do the cool movies never get made?

Scannal

GarIT wrote: »

So you're going to take my €250 per month and what then?

Well in your case you will be given more than 250 per month but your career will pay less.

HeidiHeidi

Scannal wrote: »

The Gardaí might have made a surprise attack.

So the protestors are surprised, every single time?

They really need to start seeing patterns here, all those shocks and surprises can't be good for their hearts.

And you need to start coming up with better arguments

GarIT

Scannal wrote: »

We're just taking some of your riches, you can live as normal.

I thought that is what was already happening. Are you suggesting 'the rich' having to give away 61% of everything they earn isn't enough of their riches?

Scannal

Barely There wrote: »

I don't count anything less than a tenner as real money - you can have that.

We'll be taking one of your ferraris.

Chunners

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