Socialist throws a smoothie on Varadkar

Rows Grower

I think we all know he's second in charge, soon to be in charge and we don't want scum like her thinking they can do stuff like that and get away with it.

JohnnyFlash

GooglePlus wrote: »

Don't let the action of one arsehole skew your view of how things are. It's clear by social media reaction and this thread that the majority of us are a sound bunch.

True. It's the ChuckyOurLaw and BhoysSands32 sorts who are finding this incident amusing. They don't really count.

Errashareesh

Was talking to a Malaysian guy the other day who was saying he couldn't believe how lacking awareness Irish people are of how good we have it.

Rodney Bathgate

Rows Grower wrote: »

I think we all know he's second in charge, soon to be in charge and we don't want scum like her thinking they can do stuff like that and get away with it.

‘Peaceful protest’

Rows Grower

Errashareesh wrote: »

Was talking to a Malaysian guy the other day who was saying he couldn't believe how lacking awareness Irish people are of how good we have it.

Well he knows where to go if he's not happy with us.

Wanderer78

Errashareesh wrote:

Was talking to a Malaysian guy the other day who was saying he couldn't believe how lacking awareness Irish people are of how good we have it.

Parts of Malaysia are astonishingly poor, there's no comparison between our countries, some in Ireland are not treated very well, for the level of wealth the country has

Assetbacked

LilacNails wrote: »

Someone can surely identify her??

She hardly got away, chunky girl with a skateboard in her hand. If she did, that's embarrassing.

JohnnyFlash

Errashareesh wrote: »

Was talking to a Malaysian guy the other day who was saying he couldn't believe how lacking awareness Irish people are of how good we have it.

There's plenty wrong in this country, but many of the issues we face are issues a lot of mature social democracies are facing - people are living longer and not freeing up houses while also putting a burden on the health system. Houses are built to higher standards and cost more etc.


About 7 billion people on this planet would love to have the quality of life and opportunities we have. We really don't know how good we have it.

Wanderer78

JohnnyFlash wrote:

There's plenty wrong in this country, but many of the issues we face are issues a lot of mature social democracies are facing - people are living longer and not freeing up houses while also putting a burden on the health system. Houses are built to higher standards and cost more etc.

So old people are a burden?

Errashareesh

Rows Grower wrote: »

Well he knows where to go if he's not happy with us.

No, unlike quite a few born here, he's delighted to live in a country with such freedom and opportunities.

iamstop

Everyone jumping in to associate her with whatever political ideology they oppose.
Simple fact is she acted alone and even if she did associate herself with any political stance, whatever it may be, I highly doubt it supports this type of cowardly act. So please, quit trying to politicize this shameful stunt.

Wanderer78

Beechwoodspark wrote:

Not condoning it but it just might give him a glimpse of what the public think of him

Strongly disagree there, I'm sure he's a nice chap personally, I'd like to meet him actually, but I'd strongly disagree with his political ideologies, and strongly disagree with this act

Beechwoodspark

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Strongly disagree there, I'm sure he's a nice chap personally, I'd like to meet him actually, but I'd strongly disagree with his political ideologies, and strongly disagree with this act

He’s a plonker personality wise.

Even his own party know that.

In the election one of them got in trouble for whistleblowing and calling him autistic etc.

She was disappeared soon after.

Wanderer78

Beechwoodspark wrote:

In the election one of them got in trouble for calling him autistic etc.

He actually could be, it's more common than you think, he does show elements of it from time to time, but he may also have just traits

This is it

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Not condoning it but it just might give him a glimpse of what the public think of him

So you keep saying.

JohnnyFlash

Wanderer78 wrote: »

So old people are a burden?

No. I didn't say that. I said the wider macro issues facing the country aren't unique to us, or because of some stunning incompetence found only in Irish politicians.

Rows Grower

Deleted User wrote: »

Ireland was poverty stricken in the 50s and could build social.housing.....

Now we cant....its inconceivable no party is wanting to solve this.....FF built a 40 year legacy on clearing tenaments in dublin....2 generations of power,is the prize for whoever sorts our housing crisis

Lets be honest here now Blaaz, 1950's Ireland was a different scene to what it is today.

Most of the people that availed of social housing back then were very happy to get a chance of anywhere to live and made the most of it.

Not like the Jacanta's and Chantell's that we have in our midst these days who have had their name down on the list since they had the first child and now have 3 or more kids and need to be near their mother because they're entitled to it.

A bare house won't do either, it needs to be fully furnished with plenty space for the trampoline in the garden.

Say my name

Was this planned?

If so, how did she know Leo would be there?

landofthetree

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Not condoning it but it just might give him a glimpse of what the public think of him

They dont think much of other parties if FG were only 2 seats short of being the biggest party for the third election in a row.

Wanderer78

JohnnyFlash wrote:

No. I didn't say that. I said the wider macro issues facing the country aren't unique to us, or because of some stunning incompetence found only in Irish politicians.

Our wider issues are far more complex than failures within our political institutions, but you are right, we re all more or less trying to deal with similar problems globally, we just haven't accepted the true reasons for this, that our political and economic ideologies that we ve been chasing for the last few decades are not catastrophically failing, but we ve decided to largely ignore these issues and not accept this, this could all catastrophically collapse, if we re not careful

Dank Janniels

StackSteevens wrote: »

Probably suffers from quite a bit of backache - no wonder she's so bitter.

A millitant bra-burning feminist!

Rows Grower

Rows Grower wrote: »

Lets be honest here now Blaaz, 1950's Ireland was a different scene to what it is today.

Most of the people that availed of social housing back then were very happy to get a chance of anywhere to live and made the most of it.

Not like the Jacanta's and Chantell's that we have in our midst these days who have had their name down on the list since they had the first child and now have 3 or more kids and need to be near their mother because they're entitled to it.

A bare house won't do either, it needs to be fully furnished with plenty space for the trampoline in the garden.

Build the bare minimum house and more 1 and 2 bed units


No sense to retired couples living in 3/4 bed houses and children being raised in hotel rooms......using obscure cases to justify record homelessness,is pure wrong


Piltown south kk is a rent pressure zone.....whole country is at best 12 to 18 momths behind the same level of crisis dublin is at.....why have housing like healthcare,wait for things to go too far and just claim it unsolvable then

Its just inept leaderhlship and zero long term planning infects irish politics

landofthetree

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

There's plenty wrong in this country, but many of the issues we face are issues a lot of mature social democracies are facing - people are living longer and not freeing up houses while also putting a burden on the health system. Houses are built to higher standards and cost more etc.


About 7 billion people on this planet would love to have the quality of life and opportunities we have. We really don't know how good we have it.

I dont think people realize how much damage the 2008 crisis did to the Irish and European construction industry.

Shortage of workers and rising costs all across Europe.

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/04/new-construction-crisis-looms-due-to-high-costs-and-staff-shortages/

JohnnyFlash

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Our wider issues are far more complex than failures within our political institutions, but you are right, we re all more or less trying to deal with similar problems globally, we just haven't accepted the true reasons for this, that our political and economic ideologies that we ve been chasing for the last few decades are not catastrophically failing, but we ve decided to largely ignore these issues and not accept this, this could all catastrophically collapse, if we re not careful

I don't disagree with this. I think Ireland is one of the last true examples of a social democracy, and I think we do far more right than wrong. Running a country is complex, and my own personal view is we haven't taken difficult decisions when it comes to social welfare reform and health system reform at the expense of investments in capital projects.

What I don't think is workable is lunatics going on about communism or libertarianism on sites like this. Absolute fruitcakes.

Most self-proclaimed communists would be on the first train to the Roscommon gulags if their pipe dreams of a socialist workers republic was to come about.

Hotblack Desiato

Open the Pubs wrote: »

Possible suspect?

Proof that bigger isn't always better.

Hotblack Desiato

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Just to say I talk to a lot of ppl from a lot of diff backgrounds - varadkar is despised by many

:rolleyes: Leo Varadkar is the most popular politician in the country. But you hate him because he's pro-choice.

Rows Grower

Deleted User wrote: »

Build the bare minimum house and more 1 and 2 bed units


No sense to retired couples living in 3/4 bed houses and children being raised in hotel rooms......using obscure cases to justify record homelessness,is pure wrong


Piltown south kk is a rent pressure zone.....whole country is at best 12 to 18 momths behind the same level of crisis dublin is at.....why have housing like healthcare,wait for things to go too far and just claim it unsolvable then

Its just inept leaderhlship and zero long term planning infects irish politics

Hey if a retired couple worked hard all their life and paid their taxes they're entitled to live in any size house that their hard earned money can afford.

JJayoo

She did it because she hates gays, hate crime into jail you go

Feisar

Hunky Monster wrote: »

You want a prison sentence for someone throwing coffee on someone else. What if someone threw coffee over you, do you think they’d go to prison.

You salute the rank, not the man.

Wanderer78

JohnnyFlash wrote:

Most self-proclaimed communists would be on the first train to the Roscommon gulags if their pipe dreams of a socialist workers republic was to come about.

I wouldn't be overly worried about communists, I'd imagine there's probably only a handful of those around, there's also very few socialist here to, also wouldn't be worried about them either, I'm more concerned about the other freaks of nature, free market libertarians, now there's a true utopic ideology!