Ireland Proves Adept at Swallowing Austerity

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-11/swallowing-austerity-turns-into-irish-way-as-strikes-grip-south.html

In a village in Cork in southern Ireland, about 50 farmers and business people meet on Sundays after mass to protest against taxpayer bailouts of bankers.

They hold up their banner, wait for the traffic to stop, and set off on their march 200 yards up the road and back to bemoan the collapse of the country’s economy. As the anniversary of Ireland’s 85 billion-euro ($117 billion) international rescue approaches, organizer Diarmuid O’Flynn said the group has struggled to approach 100 people since they started in March.

“Where we’ve gone we’ve met with almost universal support, but nobody will fall in,” he said. “It’s what is called the bystander theory, the more people who witness a crime the less likely somebody is to intervene.”

While violence and strikes bring chaos to the streets of Athens, Rome and Lisbon, such subdued protests in Ireland support the Dublin government’s claim to European partners and bond markets that the nation doesn’t belong in the Mediterranean.


*** i think about american passivity and denialism when i read this.
i also think -- the irish have a tradition of leaving.

[RKP5637]

1. Exactly! "i think about american passivity and denialism when i read this." n/t

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2. what about the 99?

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3. it's not taking hold. nt

[lame54]

5. wrong - it's growing

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6. alrighty then. nt

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4. .