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A message of support from socialist youth

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  • 17-11-2001 11:11am
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 1


    Friends,

    Well done with the protest over the 15th you have our support and congradulations.

    Socialist Youth is a Marxist organisation of young people fighting against capitalism and racism on an all Ireland basis.

    We are the youth wing of Irelands Socialist Party however to be a member of Socialist Youth you dont have to hold membership of that organisation.

    Every saturday at Dublians central bank plaza, or at near city hall belfast etc and nationwide we hold stalls against capitalism.

    For more on us please feel free to visit our web site.

    http://www.socialistyouth.cjb.net

    I will also post a link by the end of today on the Socialist Youth website for this organisation.

    Solidarity*struggle*Socialism

    Yours Comradely
    Socialist Youth


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,051 ✭✭✭mayhem#


    Talk about missing the point.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭twoheadedcow


    that was a great post s.youth.

    you win first prize and a new pair of Levi's are on their way to you, along with 4 free happy meal vouchers at McD's


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,660 ✭✭✭Baz_


    it wouldnt happen to be your man would it, I forget his name, but the stupid bloke from humanities who reckons hes a communist, digi_tilmitt, by any chance


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13 Glad


    isnt that bards nephew


  • Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Does this not constitute spam? He claims their support because we are 'against capitalism' (is there something we need to know dahmasta :) ) and even gets the date of the blackout wrong. Should you delete it or leave for all to laugh at? :)

    Glad - lol, but not exactly something that should come from you given the history between yis :)


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  • Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    I've seen SWP and SWF and SY jump on bandwagons before... thanks for your support but as an individual who has nothing to do with the IOFFL except supporting them with actions I have to say this is a NON POLITICAL protest.

    Its not ideologically driven, its not political, its not even a "PROTEST" in the tear-gas-and-riot-police style.

    I dont welcome groups with agendas personally, I'd rather you wished it success in a personal capacity.

    DeV.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,695 ✭✭✭b20uvkft6m5xwg


    The great thing about IOffline is that it is non-political-
    We have no agenda based on civil war hangups or any ideological stances. So best kept thay way.

    BTW- The IrelandOffline Blackout is in no way a anti-capitalist protest- Its a protest by ordinary ppl about an ordinary issue as citizens/residents of Ireland- so this is not a bandwagon SY can hop onto as a flag of convenience:)


  • Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭TheJaff


    Oh great, something else for the bloody Socialists to stick there noses in.
    Bugger off ya freaks!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,731 ✭✭✭DadaKopf


    My god. I knew it had to happen, those bleedin' SP's just couldn't keep away. They would join in on the protest of a letter-opening if they knew about it and now they're getting involved in this?

    Let's think of a few things here:
    • If the SPs had their way, they'd totally nationalise Eircom and with their policies, thwart any genuine attempt at introducing low-cost broadband access - given the history of socialist governments Europe-wide
    • This is yet another cynical move by a group of ideological conservatives to attempt to get in with the grass roots of popular opposition to anything they can think of. How can IOFFL be linked to proletarian struggle, Mr. Socialist Youth? If you ask me, it's an entirely consumer-fairness based movement centered around self-interest. Not very socialist, is it? You'd be better off protesting about those poor people who lost their jobs in ireland.com. But then, where's the publicity in that?
    • Can anyone tell me for definite if http://www.socialistyouth.cjb.net went offline yesterday? I doubt it.

    You SPs are always doing this, linking you're old-fashioned views to entirely separate, non-political movements. Has the Socialist Party really got an interest in Critical Mass or Buy Nothing Day? Not really, but I'm sure all you idiots are going to be waving your placards all over the place, hijacking anything you can get your grubby hands on.

    Mind you, you're not as bad as the SWPs. Sub-commondante Joe (TD) is a nice man by all accounts.

    Have you kids actually read Marx? Have you realised that he was wrong in so many ways? Last time I checked, broadband internet access wasn't mentioned in Das Kapital.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,731 ✭✭✭DadaKopf


    Dear friends

    I'm no friend of yours.

    Cut that crap out, all of you. Develop a proper strategy ffs.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13 Glad


    i didnt see him of grafton street


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,051 ✭✭✭mayhem#


    If the SWP had would be running the country we would have one ADSL connection somewhere in Dublin, but everyone would be sharing it.....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 37 Corko


    What we need to do is to highlight that UTV internet are offering flat rate products & Irish abroad are offering flat rate products for the US.http://www.irishabroad.com/Members/ISPWelcome.asp
    As for socialist support - thanks - but I think the socialists should lobby Dick Spring who is on the Eircom board.

    Dick is also a socialist.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭TacT


    yeah you tell him dada, wp m8 :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,695 ✭✭✭dathi1


    if these left wing cults had got their way in the 80`s we would still have to push button A and then B to make that call.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 183 ✭✭MS


    Hmmmmm why does the word 'Leech' spring to mind here ?



    MS


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Mountjoy Mugger


    Originally posted by Socialist Youth
    Friends,

    Well done with the protest over the 15th you have our support and congradulations.

    The plonker even got the DATE wrong!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 364 ✭✭Matfinn


    One fella comes here to offer his support to us, and you all start flaming and insulting him, when clearly his intentions were only good. Why did this happen? Sickening

    Enough now!

    Matt


  • Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    Excuse me?

    Who died and put you in charge?

    When did you get to say when enough is enough?


    I just read the entire thread with my abuse-sense on "High" and its fine. Guy comes to make some political point... guy gets cut up by many people (myself included)

    point out where anyone insulted or abused him?
    Are we now to not express contrary opinions? to point out the emperor clothes? One of the things I like a lot about boards is the free expression of opinion in a volatile and lively setting. So long as it doesnt descend into abusive flaming, I see nothing wrong with it.

    If Mr SY wants to debate it, I'll be the FIRST to protect him from abuse. Everything else is freedom of expression.

    And you know if he had come here *personally* to offer his support I doubt he'd have had this reaction. Quite the opposite. But basking in reflected light or aligning themselves with IOFFL without asking is bold and he got smacked down.

    DeVore.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭Delphi91


    Originally posted by Matfinn
    One fella comes here to offer his support to us, and you all start flaming and insulting him, when clearly his intentions were only good. Why did this happen? Sickening

    Enough now!

    Matt


    Mat,

    If you look at his post again, you'll notice that only his first line refers to the Blackout.

    After that, it's a party-political broadcast on behalf of the Socialist (Youth) Party.

    I think that the comments made about his post were perfectly fair and above board. I didn't notice ANY insults what so ever.

    Mike


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13 Glad


    Be gentle lads, hes been americanized, he knows not what he say.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 364 ✭✭Matfinn


    more tension, great

    Be gentle lads, hes been americanized, he knows not what he say.

    btw glad, are you referring to me or SY?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 364 ✭✭Matfinn



    Who died and put you in charge?

    DeVore. [/B]

    No one Afaik
    When did you get to say when enough is enough?

    That wasnt the point.I am for freedom of speech and freedom of expression and the like, but I think that these flame-fests arent productive.

    DeVore. [/B]
    point out where anyone insulted or abused him?

    1.The plonker even got the DATE wrong!
    2.Bugger off ya freaks!!
    DeVore. [/B]
    And you know if he had come here *personally* to offer his support I doubt he'd have had this reaction.
    DeVore. [/B]

    Fair enough


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13 Glad


    i was talking about the first one


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Originally posted by dathi1
    if these left wing cults had got their way in the 80`s we would still have to push button A and then B to make that call.

    Could'nt have put it better myself....flat rate yes, politicing no.

    Mike


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 183 ✭✭MS


    Is it time to give this thread a rest ? And i still cant get the Word 'Leech' out of my mind ?


    MS


  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Robbo


    Just to clarify things here, the Socialist Party (of which the Socialist Youth are, suprisingly, the youth wing) are not the Socialist Worker Party.

    The Socialist Workers tend to have this belief that they're going to take power in some bloodless coup (only smotherings... :) ) some day, the Socialists tend to have a respect for the democratic protest hence they have one TD that I'm aware of.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19 exiztone2k


    Christ, I'm sick of this ****!
    To my experience there are 2 types of communists, the 1st are poor people, if they were better off they would think differently, the 2nd are idiotic teenagers trying to be different. Dont you ****ing lie to me and say you give two ****s about this and that, I was once like you, thought it was cool to be different. I have already seen this group, yes it was at www.treasureisland.ie they tried to get the rockers from blast to get into their pathetic little cult and ended up embarassing themselves, maybe there trying again but now know what to say in reply to our insults.
    I think this thread is worh ignoring from now on, this forum is about fighting for braudband and flatrate, not to satisfy some stupid kids thriving for attention.
    - Tim


  • Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Possibly the best entrance I have ever seen, but I haven't been here that long. Nice first post exiztone2k :D


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  • Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    yeah I have to say I agree...

    so in true Boards.ie styleeee

    bandwagon.jpg

    Oh, we'll all be sorry when the revolution comes...

    DeVore.


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