Sean Ardagh FF TD blockaded by Anti-War Protestors / Barry Andrews too - see comments

by Share Man Fri Mar 28, 2003 10:59

The Governemnt of this country have made the right decision regarding assiting the US and UK. Perhaps the 15 loud mouths could let us know how many times they picketed PSF/PIRA offices in this country or is is that they find Irish terrorism ok?

Did they ever throw photos of people maimed and mutilated in Enniskillen, Omagh or Belfast at any of the Sinn Fein TDs???????

It might be 'cool' to be anti-US at the moment, but you don't have to look too far in this country to see warmongers and terrorist supporters, pity the loud mouths can't see that.

by anon Fri Mar 28, 2003 11:58

Did you throw photos of people maimed and mutilated in Enniskillen?

You seem to be suggesting that if somebody did not protest crimes in the past they shouldn't be protesting this crime.

While the comparison of the IRA during its campaign of violence and the current Bush administration and its campaign of violence is valid, its not logical to say that failure to protest one crime invalidats you from protesting others.

Your bias is showing

by dun laoghaire against the war - dun laoghaire against the war Fri Mar 28, 2003 11:59

congrats to all who blockede in crumlin.

we disrupted barry andres clinic completely last56 night making it impossible for him to carry out business. we hem blockeded his car and he had to escape in a special branch vehicle. We have decided to focus on Andrews in the dun laoghire area. Next picket is smyths pub, georges street dun laoghoire monday night at 8pm, meeting beforehand for tactics discussion at 7.30 at dun laoghaire dart station.

by Damien Moran - Dublin Catholic Worker 'Pit-Stop Ploughshares' Sat Mar 29, 2003 02:47 dbamoran at hotmail dot com 087 9638398

Mr. Share Man, why do you not 'share' your name and identify yourself. Your hidden guise guise within cyberspace laves me to presume thsat you are projecting moral cowardice. I am not a supporter of any individual , political party, or otherwise which maims or kills innocent civilians. I am 22 years of age. If you wish to condemn me for not pro-actively bringing attention to the countless atrocities since my birth, well so be it. There is not a day that I do not walk through the streets of our own city centre and feel powerless, hopeless, and depressed as I see young adults of a similar age homeless and stricken with addiction. So if you were with the main body of the demonstration on Saturday last, Mr. 'Afraid to Share Your Name Man', consider the following. I also intended on being a part of that protest, but at 2pm I received a phone call from a friend for help with a nineteen year old homeless heroin addict in serious trouble. After spending a couple of hours with him in Beshoffs on O'Connell St. (Thanks for the compassion and tolerance of the staff), we spent our Sat. protest in the Garden of Rememberance, waiting for 'Thomas' (pseudonym) to rest and hopefully sleep off the high content of drugs he had consumed over the previous 24 hours. The ignorant and aggressive approach of the ambulance servicemen was pitiful, and unfortunately caused 'thomas' refusal to go to hospital. After finding him accomadation for 2 nights in one of the shelters, we soon found out too everyones dismay that Thomas had being sexually assaulted at this 'dump' a year previous.
And I cannot but help reflect with great sadness that here are our government, facilitating the US war machine of colonial imperialism, believing our western values are sanctified, and yat we continue to trample over our most vulnerable through building Giant Needles to the mournful expense of €4 million.
Maybe you will have the courage to introduce yourself at the next demonstration, Mr. 'Pseudo-High Moral Ground', and we can both draw peoples attention to the real war that needs to be waged by the Irish government: the War on Poverty!

In peaceful solidarity,
Damien Moran