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88% of 2fm theoretically support Mary Kelly's actions

category clare | anti-war / imperialism | news report author Tuesday July 08, 2003 02:15author by David Rynne Report this post to the editors

In a 2fm text poll today (07 july on Gareth o Callaghan's show)) where the question asked was "if you saw a young child in distress because he/she was locked in the back seat of a car on a hot day would you,
a: break open the window
b: call the police
c: wait for the parent/car owner to return and then give him/her a piece of your mind
88% said they would call the police and then break open the window.

Apart from the fact that there was no option d: to mutter under your breath and silently allow the child to suffer,
most people chose mary kelly (and eoin dubsky and the catholic workers) course of action and "broke the law" to rescue an innocent in distress

I wonder if the same poll had been put forward with mary kelly's situation in place of the hypothetical one, would the result have been so straigtforward?

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   This analogy is risible     Seáinín    Tue Jul 08, 2003 02:59 
   Um...     Daithi    Tue Jul 08, 2003 03:30 
   Maith an fear     Seáinín    Tue Jul 08, 2003 04:51 
   Don't get cocky....     Daithi    Tue Jul 08, 2003 05:28 
   Sin an difríocht     Seainín    Tue Jul 08, 2003 05:36 
   Heres a new poll you can extract an implauseabe defence of a criminal act out of     paddy    Tue Jul 08, 2003 12:47 
   Paddy     gaillimhed    Tue Jul 08, 2003 13:15 
   Option D perhaps?     Lone gunman    Tue Jul 08, 2003 13:23 
   Obviously i didn't mean the poll to be evidence on mary's behalf     David Rynne    Tue Jul 08, 2003 14:24 
 10   A Poll From Scotland     Ciaron    Tue Jul 08, 2003 14:53 
 11   Spare me     Anthony    Tue Jul 08, 2003 17:38 
 12   What exactly is the difference?     David Rynne    Tue Jul 08, 2003 18:45 
 13   Can we put this nonsense to rest?     Daithi    Tue Jul 08, 2003 19:04 
 14   Can it at least be admitted..     David Rynne    Wed Jul 09, 2003 11:17 
 15   No     Daithi    Wed Jul 09, 2003 16:03 


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