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Occupy...Brown Thomas

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    #62
    tabby aspreme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    It's no coincidence that this protest took place today, it being the glorious 8th, the day that the rich redneck Catholic culchies invade Grafton street, and they being defenceless with the IFA in turmoil , with no one to defend them against the won't work, working people of the AA Alliance


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    #63
    ziedth
    Registered Users Posts: 9,081 ✭✭✭ziedth


    end of the road wrote: »
    they will later on, or tomorrow when their day off ends. but i suppose your another one of these "9 to 5 is the only exceptable working time" types


    not everyone works 9 to 5. so your point means nothing, it just shows you have nothing constructive to say


    did they? any evidence to back up and prove that
    1. the protesters are all on benefits rather then simply having a day off or not working 9 to 5 and having a later shift?
    2. that there were no non protesters who were on a day off or not working at the exact times of the protest?


    shhhhh.
    don't you know only those working 9 to 5 are legitimate workers. other shifts or days off don't exist, and anyone not working 9 to 5 is a dolehead. (not my words)

    You know who was working 9 to 5? The lads trying to support their families and maybe have a nice Christmas who work in Bank of Ireland and Brown Thomas and these assholes no doubt probably cost those companies money on the third busiest trading week of the year in retail. I support anyone's right to protest but for christ sake pick your battles and try not to harm the people you are apparently trying to help....


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    #64
    Gaygooner
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    I see the obligatory Celtic Trakkies wearers in tow...


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    #65
    anewme
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    This lot really prove that empty vessels make most noise.

    It's said that there are two types of people, "the haves"and "the have nots", these idiots belong to a third group - "the never will haves" and their brain dead action is clearly motivated by begrudgery and jealousy.

    Pack of dodos.


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    #66
    end of the road
    Registered Users Posts: 29,077 ✭✭✭✭end of the road


    ziedth wrote: »
    You know who was working 9 to 5? The lads trying to support their families and maybe have a nice Christmas who work in Bank of Ireland and Brown Thomas and these assholes no doubt probably cost those companies money on the third busiest trading week of the year in retail. I support anyone's right to protest but for christ sake pick your battles and try not to harm the people you are apparently trying to help....
    its doubtful bank of ireland were costed any money. bt might have been costed a few quid but even that is debatible considering the protesters would possibly have spent a few quid. my point still stands though, not everyone works 9 to 5. so the nonsense about benefits and jobs mean nothing

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #67
    rubadub
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    end of the road wrote: »
    shhhhh.
    don't you know only those working 9 to 5 are legitimate workers. other shifts or days off don't exist, and anyone not working 9 to 5 is a dolehead. (not my words)
    But they are your words, nobody else said them. If you think someone did say the exact equivalent of that nonsense then just ask them if that is what they meant.

    They are your words, and you are making a pathetic attempt to shove them into other people's mouths, only fooling yourself though, and showing yourself up...


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    #68
    SpaceSasqwatch
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    end of the road wrote: »
    even that is debatible considering the protesters would possibly have spent a few quid

    ha ha fukking ha...I'd be more of the impression that they would be thieving kunts.


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    #69
    end of the road
    Registered Users Posts: 29,077 ✭✭✭✭end of the road


    SpaceSasqwatch wrote: »
    ha ha fukking ha...I'd be more of the impression that they would be thieving kunts.
    how and why. because they are protesting? may be of a lower class? they don't guarantee that one is a thief

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #70
    c_man
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    They got it all messed up. You take the biscuit factory, the post office, the four courts...


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    #71
    c_man
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    end of the road wrote: »
    bt might have been costed a few quid but even that is debatible considering the protesters would possibly have spent a few quid.

    That's the most outrageous thing I've read all day.


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    #72
    mahoganygas
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    Brown Thomas and Penneys have the same owner.

    Well done sticking it to the man!


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    #73
    jamesbere
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    mahoganygas wrote: »
    Brown Thomas and Penneys have the same owner.

    Well done sticking it to the man!

    Really, never knew that.


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    #74
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    The problem with these goons is that they aren't used to having to pay for anything, and have nothing better to do with their time.
    The majority have their rent heavily subsidised, free medical/dental, no property tax but they'll have their estates maintained while in surburban areas where people are paying property tax, have nothing done. No street lights, new footpaths or potholes fixed for them, when they can be putting a community resource centre in place for single mothers elsewhere.
    Fis, subsidised crèche, help from community welfare to buy new furniture, or a pram for another child they've decided they're entitled to have at societies expense.

    And now - here's a tax there's nobody else willing to pay, or no exclusions on. I'm willing to bet if the government caved and social welfare recipients were exempt from this tax then I'm certain you wouldnt have 3/4 of the "anti water charges" crowd knocking about.

    About this time last year, when the first protest happened - I found myself agreeing with them, almost sympathising with them, but they do not do anything to help their cause/themselves.

    They're just a bunch of troublemakers who expect everything they need in life to be handed to them.

    Where were they when the USC came in? Where were they when people who go to work get taxed to the eyeballs? Don't like where they are in life? Upskill rather than assume everyone else owes them a living.


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    #75
    FalconGirl
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    This is likely the same pack of goons that gave the Anti-IW protests a bad name. They made it easy pickings for the media. The majority of IW protesters who are hard working decent people who want nothing to do with them.


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    #76
    conorhal
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    Kev W wrote: »
    Not so much "standing up for what they believe in" as "meandering aimlessly for what they believe in".

    The problem is they're utopian thinking. Utopias exist only in fiction for a reason. If there's no means to achieve what you believe (an end to capitalism) then you might as well be protesting that you want a unicorn.

    I remember a cracking scene in The West Wing where President Bartlett invites a protest outside into a meeting hall and tells them, 'here I am, you have 15 minutes of the most powerful man in the world's time, now what do you want?'

    They spend 15 minutes arguing about a procedure for choosing who will speak first, and he walks back out the door.
    As a scene I though, that perfectly encapsulates the problem with a lot of modern protest, it's as focused as a fart.


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    #77
    PARlance
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    jamesbere wrote: »
    Really, never knew that.

    As well as owning brands such as Ryvita and Twinnings tea. Owned by a Canadian (Galen Weston) with an Irish Wife. A-wear used to be under the umbrella, nearly sure Selfridges is too.


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    #78
    mariaalice
    Registered Users Posts: 12,493 ✭✭✭✭mariaalice


    What does protesting achieve.

    As I was flicking through the TV stations last night I came across a short piece about the anti tridend peace camp or more correctly called Faslane Peace camp. It has been there since 1982 and was originality two camps one socialist and one
    anarchist.:pac:

    An SNP politician interviewer one of the residents and low and behold a Woman in a woolly jumper with one side of her head shaved, the other long and a massive hole in her earlobe. Trident is still around.

    Ireland is not perfect by any means but it is a paradise in comparison to some places in the world. We are becoming a very middle class nation with a few outlines at each end the rich and the poor.

    Protest all you want but pick you battles.


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    #79
    endacl
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    Ah, sure it keeps them occupied...


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    #80
    end of the road
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    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    The problem with these goons is that they aren't used to having to pay for anything, and have nothing better to do with their time.

    any evidence for that claim? can you provide a source? oh, simply making things up again because people managed to protest within the hours of 9 to 5? yeah, grand so
    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    The majority have their rent heavily subsidised, free medical/dental, no property tax but they'll have their estates maintained while in surburban areas where

    any evidence for that claim? can you provide a source?
    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    people are paying property tax, have nothing done. No street lights, new footpaths or potholes fixed for them, when they can be putting a community resource centre in place for single mothers elsewhere.

    ireland in not funding certain infrastructure shocker. been the way for as long as i can remember. means nothing in terms of this discussion.
    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Fis, subsidised crèche, help from community welfare to buy new furniture, or a pram for another child they've decided they're entitled to have at societies expense.

    whats that got to do with the protest yesterday? a number of people working can claim these things you mention if they qualify.
    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    And now - here's a tax there's nobody else willing to pay, or no exclusions on. I'm willing to bet if the government caved and social welfare recipients were exempt from this tax then I'm certain you wouldnt have 3/4 of the "anti water charges" crowd knocking about.

    you would as that amount work. people have had enough of been taxed to the hilt so are right to protest. the fact there may be some on wellfare at the protest means nothing. the protest is still legitimate. the fact some decided to "occupy" somewhere and were moved on by the gards changes nothing in terms of the message.
    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    About this time last year, when the first protest happened - I found myself agreeing with them, almost sympathising with them, but they do not do anything to help their cause/themselves.

    oh? they got the bills reduced. against the odds. thats an achievement. but your obviously happy being taxed to the hilt for nothing in return, which is fine. i however, am not
    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    They're just a bunch of troublemakers who expect everything they need in life to be handed to them.

    any evidence for that claim? can you provide a source? stereotyping and insulting a whole group of people for the actions of a few based on nothing as usual.
    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Where were they when the USC came in? Where were they when people who go to work get taxed to the eyeballs?

    plenty of working people protested being taxed to the eyeballs, but because they don't work 9 to 5 they aren't working apparently
    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Don't like where they are in life? Upskill rather than assume everyone else owes them a living.

    more self righteous tripe. made up nonsense, insulting, generalising, stereotyping. you have included all your usual in one post, thats an achievement. fair play. let me give you some advice. grow up

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #81
    smash
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    These anti-austerity idiots get dumber and dumber every week.


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    #82
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    end of the road wrote: »
    any evidence for that claim? can you provide a source? oh, simply making things up again because people managed to protest within the hours of 9 to 5? yeah, grand so



    any evidence for that claim? can you provide a source?



    ireland in not funding certain infrastructure shocker. been the way for as long as i can remember. means nothing in terms of this discussion.



    whats that got to do with the protest yesterday? a number of people working can claim these things you mention if they qualify.



    you would as that amount work. people have had enough of been taxed to the hilt so are right to protest. the fact there may be some on wellfare at the protest means nothing. the protest is still legitimate. the fact some decided to "occupy" somewhere and were moved on by the gards changes nothing in terms of the message.



    oh? they got the bills reduced. against the odds. thats an achievement. but your obviously happy being taxed to the hilt for nothing in return, which is fine. i however, am not
    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    They're just a bunch of troublemakers who expect everything they need in life to be handed to them.

    any evidence for that claim? can you provide a source? stereotyping and insulting a whole group of people for the actions of a few based on nothing as usual.



    plenty of working people protested being taxed to the eyeballs, but because they don't work 9 to 5 they aren't working apparently



    more self righteous tripe. made up nonsense, insulting, generalising, stereotyping. you have included all your usual in one post, thats an achievement. fair play. let me give you some advice. grow up

    Look at the end of the day if they had anything better to do, ie - funding their own lifestyle, they wouldn't have time to "protest" in the middle of the day, interfering with those trying to actually get on with their work. They've nothing else to with their time


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    #83
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    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Look at the end of the day if they had anything better to do, ie - funding their own lifestyle, they wouldn't have time to "protest" in the middle of the day, interfering with those trying to actually get on with their work. They've nothing else to with their time

    To be fair, some of them do have jobs. It's not right to tar them all with the same brush. One is a loud mouthed, opinionated Taxi driver. That doesn't mean they are all loud mouthed, opinionated Taxi drivers.


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    #84
    mariaalice
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    I never understood how people here do not get the concept of shift work, compressed hours ( which is what I do) and other non standard working arrangements, not every one works 9 to 5.30


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    #85
    hardCopy
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    mariaalice wrote: »
    I never understood how people here do not get the concept of shift work, compressed hours ( which is what I do) and other non standard working arrangements, not every one works 9 to 5.30

    I think everybody understands what shift work is.

    Evidently many people don't believe that the majority of anti-austerity protesters are shift workers.


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    #86
    mariaalice
    Registered Users Posts: 12,493 ✭✭✭✭mariaalice


    hardCopy wrote: »
    I think everybody understands what shift work is.

    Evidently many people don't believe that the majority of anti-austerity protesters are shift workers.

    I would not support the AAA, however I dislike the stereotyping that everyone involved is some sort of dole lifer as that is not true as a few posters have pointed out.


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    #87
    end of the road
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    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Look at the end of the day if they had anything better to do, ie - funding their own lifestyle, they wouldn't have time to "protest" in the middle of the day, interfering with those trying to actually get on with their work. They've nothing else to with their time

    just admit your talking nonsense, posting claims with nothing to back them up, generalising and stereotyping based on nothing, and we can move on. not everyone works 9 to 5, so it is the case that many working people will have been able to make yesterdays protest dispite it being in the middle of the day. that is a fact. you have no evidence that all at that protest don't fund their own lifestyles. your self righteous stereotypical bintery is frankly just that.

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #88
    endacl
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    'Bintery'. Good word. I'm keeping that.

    :)


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    #89
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    end of the road wrote: »
    just admit your talking nonsense, posting claims with nothing to back them up, generalising and stereotyping based on nothing, and we can move on. not everyone works 9 to 5, so it is the case that many working people will have been able to make yesterdays protest dispite it being in the middle of the day. that is a fact. you have no evidence that all at that protest don't fund their own lifestyles. your self righteous stereotypical bintery is frankly just that.


    They were escorted out of numerous establishments during working hours of the busiest day of the year. Don't need much more proof than that that they're wasters.


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    #90
    end of the road
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    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    They were escorted out of numerous establishments during working hours of the busiest day of the year. Don't need much more proof than that that they're wasters.

    actually, you need a hell of a lot of proof if you want to call a whole group of people wasters for attending a protest because of the actions of a small minority who caused trouble. so your claims are still stereotyping generalising made up baseless self righteous nonsense.

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #91
    mariaalice
    Registered Users Posts: 12,493 ✭✭✭✭mariaalice


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    They were escorted out of numerous establishments during working hours of the busiest day of the year. Don't need much more proof than that that they're wasters.

    yeah but what has that got to do with your ramblings about family income supplement, resorts centres and so on?


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