IW/Anything Water Related-Warning in OP

Duggy747

I heard there's 63 million people at it.

EazyD

Trond wrote: »

http://www.dublincity.ie/dublintraffic/site16Camera6.jpg

Ball bags

There's still hope you'll find yours.

donvito99

Duggy747 wrote: »

I heard there's 63 million people at it.

Last I heard Brendan Ogle had revised it to, eh... 75-78 million.

Bongalongherb

Foxhound38 wrote: »

Why are they blocking traffic? Why do they do this every fcuking time? It's just wrecking any goodwill on the part of the general public towards their own protest.

Why go out of your way to annoy ordinary Joe Soaps just trying to get around? What's the objective?

Brings my fcuking piss to a boil

Stop complaining and just park your car and join the protest, do something useful ffs.

BoJack Horseman

magma69 wrote: »

Because you implied he's hypocritically promoting his book for his financial benefit. But you know this already.

No, I called out a millionaire (thanks to capitalism) railing against capitalism..... while still being a millionaire.

donvito99

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Stop complaining and just park your car and join the protest, do something useful ffs.

With that sort of sentiment it's no wonder people aren't parking their cars and joining as you suggest.

Trond

EazyD wrote: »

There's still hope you'll find yours.

You sound pretty intelligent I must say. What does blocking traffic achieve?

Have a look at who's joining them now Eirigi muppets and their green banners.

I was at the protest earlier were you?

Neamhshuntasach

Grandpa Hassan wrote: »

I suspect that those going on about there being 100,000 people out have never been to an All Ireland and seen what 80,000 people together look like. Because I haven't seen any pictures suggesting anything like the size of an All Ireland crowd

I don't agree with the 100k assessment by some. But when is the last time you seen the entire All Ireland final attendance march down O Connell street? You can't judge the crowd size when you are moving in the middle of it. Unless you leave the stadium by helicopter. If so, my apologies.

EazyD

Trond wrote: »

You sound pretty intelligent I must say. What does blocking traffic achieve?

Have a look at who's joining them now Eirigi muppets and their green banners.

I was at the protest earlier were you?

Seems to have hit a nerve. Just a window of opportunity you left open, don't take it to heart hun xoxo

*And yes I'm still here at it

Grandpa Hassan

Lets face it, the only way that this might have caused ructions in the government were if the numbers were so vast that everyone was completely taken aback. Whatever the number is (and there will be pages of arguing as to whether is was 30 or 50 or more thousand) it seems pretty clear that the numbers turning out today are just not of that scale

AboutaWeekAgo

Good to see the march getting some coverage on BBC

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30412783

joe swanson

Usual rent a mob protesters who have no problem taking money of the state every week. Id say 15k of them. Massive failure for them.

Greenmachine

Can't get a live image for o'connell bridge. Wanted to see if the eirigi crowd had stopped blocking the street yet.

TireeTerror

TireeTerror wrote: »

I never said it would kill me. It would kill my coffee machine. By the way not once did I say i was struggling, I have all manner of nice things. That was not my point though, the point is I will not pay for it, whether I can afford it or not. Taxes pay for the water, always has done.

I'm drinking a cup of the coffee right now, freshly ground Greenbean latte, with a splash of caramel with a delicious cappuccino flavoured biscuit.

ha - fair play to you - you're dead right

humanji

EazyD wrote: »

Seems to have hit a nerve. Just a window of opportunity you left open, don't take it to heart hun xoxo

MOD: Give the bitchiness a rest. That goes for everyone else as well.

Trond

EazyD wrote: »

Seems to have hit a nerve. Just a window of opportunity you left open, don't take it to heart hun xoxo

Thought Id unearthed a proper working class hero like the lads below!!! Carry on :-)

green banners to the right

Foxhound38

seamus wrote: »

Why are you revising what you said like ten posts ago?
You claimed that you refused to pay on the basis that you believed your water to be unsafe;And then as soon as it was pointed out to you that in fact your water is perfectly safe and IW cannot change the fact that hard water comes out of your taps, you change tack to some vague rant about austerity.

You've basically just demonstrated that you're not interested in solutions in the slightest. You just want to protest and are scrambling around looking for things to protest about. At least be honest with yourself if not us.

This is exactly the kind of vague undirected protesting that's been going on in this country since 2010. Protesting about stuff and things, but nothing in particular. It's farting in the wind.

"What do we want?"
"WE DON'T KNOW!"
"When do we want it?"
"CHANGE!"

:pac:

LuckyLloyd

Grandpa Hassan wrote: »

Lets face it, the only way that this might have caused ructions in the government were if the numbers were so vast that everyone was completely taken aback. Whatever the number is (and there will be pages of arguing as to whether is was 30 or 50 or more thousand) it seems pretty clear that the numbers turning out today are just not of that scale

Not sure I agree there. We had very similar comments on here downplaying the numbers of the first protest and it eventually forced a rather unprecedented climb down by the government. Seems like the same line is being taken here by the pro charges / government posters.

I think it looks like 10's of thousands (how many 10's, somewhere between 3 and 6 probably, is up for debate of course) have come out onto the streets on a cold / windy day coming up to Christmas. That IS significant in so far as it doesn't happen in this country often.

AboutaWeekAgo

joe swanson wrote: »

Usual rent a mob protesters who have no problem taking money of the state every week. Id say 15k of them. Massive failure for them.

I saw Glen Hansard there myself, didn't know he was rent a mob! Didn't know I was one either but you learn something new about yourself every day I guess

Foxhound38

Foxhound38 wrote: »

Why are they blocking traffic? Why do they do this every fcuking time? It's just wrecking any goodwill on the part of the general public towards their own protest.

Why go out of your way to annoy ordinary Joe Soaps just trying to get around? What's the objective?

Brings my fcuking piss to a boil

why did you bring your car today of all days??

LuckyLloyd

joe swanson wrote: »

Usual rent a mob protesters who have no problem taking money of the state every week. Id say 15k of them. Massive failure for them.

I'd say you're wrong. Fun game this though I suppose!

TireeTerror

seamus wrote: »

Why are you revising what you said like ten posts ago?
You claimed that you refused to pay on the basis that you believed your water to be unsafe;And then as soon as it was pointed out to you that in fact your water is perfectly safe and IW cannot change the fact that hard water comes out of your taps, you change tack to some vague rant about austerity.

You've basically just demonstrated that you're not interested in solutions in the slightest. You just want to protest and are scrambling around looking for things to protest about. At least be honest with yourself if not us.

This is exactly the kind of vague undirected protesting that's been going on in this country since 2010. Protesting about stuff and things, but nothing in particular. It's farting in the wind.

Your post is a load of ****e. I said IW said its safe to drink, so wont do anything about it. I never said it was unsafe to drink. I said I had to buy bottled water so it did not damage my coffee machine. I also mentioned that its not great for the condition of my hair, the washing machine, the kettle, shower heads. So basically everything the water comes into contact with is adversely affected. Also just because some poster is still "alive" doesnt mean its done him no harm. Unless of course he is an expert, rather than the usual pish that gets posted by so called experts with their "ahhhhh sure its done no harm to me Ive been doing it all my life" meanwhile they are riddled by some ailment they didnt attribute to it. Im not saying the water is or isnt safe to drink, I do not know enough about it to qualify an opinion on its safety, I am however qualified to tell you it ruins every appliance it comes into contact with. So therefore its not fit for its purpose. They could treat the water to remove the impurities, but they choose not to. So if I have to buy a softener to properly filter the water so that it is fit for purpose, then I feel justified not to pay more for water, which has already been paid for by income tax.

Im am not protesting on behalf of anyone. I am not even protesting for myself, I am simply stating that I will not be paying it. I wouldnt be shouting "I wont pay" and then ****e myself late and pay up, I wont be paying full stop regardless of what measures they put in place. The same applies to me paying the TV licence, it just wont happen. That is another story for another day, I dont want to drag this off topic.

LuckyLloyd

Deleted User wrote: »

why did you bring your car today of all days??

Ha! Very true. I amended my working day and commute plans today. 10k or 100k, there was always going to be significant afternoon and evening traffic disruption.

Foxhound38

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Stop complaining and just park your car and join the protest, do something useful ffs.

What if they don't want to join your protest? What if they just want to get home or collect the kids?

joe swanson

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

I'd say you're wrong. Fun game this though I suppose!

Id say I'm right. There u go.

BoJack Horseman

[Deleted User] wrote: »

why did you bring your car today of all days??

Free will?

A citizen should be free to traverse the city without disruption from the quasi-communist mob that is Eirigi.

Streetwalker

The government must be in shock after this. Time for change.

Timberrrrrrrr

Deleted User wrote: »

why did you bring your car today of all days??

You realise they are also blocking buses and luas right?

Cantona's Collars

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Free will?

A citizen should be free to traverse the city without disruption from the quasi-communist mob that is Eirigi.

Do you post here & complain about Patrick's Day aswell when streets are closed?

Foxhound38

Deleted User wrote: »

why did you bring your car today of all days??

Because I need it to do my work - surprisingly enough. I and anyone else's ability to drive around the capital shouldn't be impeded because Eirigi want to act the clown and have a ruck with the gardai.