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Peaceful Protest

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  • #52
    LuckyLloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,403 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    No damage to property
    No physical harm of any person


  • #53
    Seth Brundle
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    Just to add my €0.02, when farmers or taxi drivers or large anti-water changes protest occur, they are preceded with sufficient notification to avoid the area. There's a protest in Dublin city centre on Saturday so if you are driving, you can plan your route in advance. therefore inconvenience can be mitigated.

    However, some of the follow-up protests after main anti-water charges protests have not been pre-planned publicly and it has been a thuggish element deciding to take action into their hands and block O'Connell street or whatever.
    No notice given.
    No consideration for other people given.
    Completely selfish behaviour by an element that demand everyone abides by their terms.


  • #54
    Sand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,616 ✭✭✭✭Sand


    K-9 wrote: »
    In that case the Dublin City Marathon shouldn't be allowed!

    We had a huge protest in 09 or so organised by SIPTU and a couple of big ones for IW. Many people were inconvenienced and some totally opposed to it so they would fail your test.

    Part of living in a democracy is the right to protest which by its very nature will lead to some level of inconvenience, whether an individual finds it inconvenient or doesn't agree with the protestors is largely irrelevant, otherwise I want all those pro life marches stopped.

    Yes, and the civilised compromise which society has landed upon is for anyone holding large gatherings which may inconvenience others is to work with the Gardai to organise the event safely so they can get their message across with the minimum of fuss.

    Of course, some people seem to think its perfectly responsible and fine to rev up an enraged mob and turn them loose on an individual, deny all personal responsibility and claim it should be allowed because "protest". I've no time for that belief whatsoever. Groups which practise it should be pursued for their actions to the full extent of the law.


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