A Wranboy's 41 positive reactions to Shannon Protest

national | miscellaneous | news report Tuesday December 10, 2002 12:07 by Wranboy

Limited number due to pressures of time - don't say what I think u will Ray - it was WIProgress

Add to the list if u feel like it

1 . the fucking camel talking to the cops being led by the prophet
2. The cork armagideon time sound system
3. Belfast hakers and imcers
4. The berrigan Monument
5. The old gentleman from cork who had used his magic carpet (Bus Pass) to travel both to dublin and shannon
6. The Code-pink ladies
7. The kids
8. The Vodoo Fiddle and drum combo
9. Mr Moustaches walking up and down the fence as night fell inspecting the Gardai walking on his hands.
10. previous shannon arrestees from Cork winding up the gardai (and giving them some healthy excercise) mercilessly.
11. The guards who all lost the ability to talk
12. The coffin fecked over the barriers at the airport entrance
13. All the Gaeilge being talked
14. The Romany Singer and song
15. The powerful way the gardai were being politely confronted (by ladies mostly) with the reality of what is happening in shannon and the nature of their role in it.
16. The vodoo atmosphere as night fell.
17. the Neutrality my Arse Placard
18. There aint no power like the power of the people and the power of the people won't stop singers
19. Michael D and the confused head on him looking at people with masks self counting the numbers present.
20. TG4 turning up and broadcasting protesters voices on the tele
21. Tim - looking like an organiser but turning out to be inviting everyone around to his gaff for soup and sambos after
22. thinking about the fone message from iosaf and allowing his spirit to posess me for a few minutes while there
23. The american girl urging everyone to stop paying their taxes if they can and asking everyone to strop using oil.
24. Ciaran O'Reilly's speech which is developing nicely as the events go by. Hello Keiran.
25. People not wanting to leave even though it was dark, they were being intimidated, it was cold
26. Realising there really really is a grassroots network in Ireland that is getting it's shit together.
27. Missing some of the nice but misled swimmers from the big smoke where everything (save a detail or two) is always the same every time.
28. Iron Vest and choice of Reggae tunes
29. Corkonian shouting 'watch the fence watch the fence from the moment he got onto the property
30. Dummy runs with coffins.
31. the feeling many things, and not one thing, were happening.
32. Lock on demonstration and thinking the people involved should have asked a friendly Garda Schikolony to play the role of a Guard in the Demo.
33. POTUS Turning up with a very big hat indeed.
34. Prevention of arrests and someone in a mask applauding like mad when some guy on the open mic called for protests at shannon to remain non violent but stand where they wanted to stand.
35. The way in which the police were made feel that the people present outside the terminal were not interested in their presence - and the fack that most people did not give a monkeys for even thinking about their presence.
36. The fact that the Wranboys will meet again.
37. The Galway Dr John on the bus talking about the history of Patrun Days (Sic) and how a main part of UK imperialism was the suppression of un commercialised and unsupervised play and activity all over ireland.
38. Thinking the next protest in Shannon should be modelled on old Irish Customs rather than old US UK etc customs. (Well they are at least three or 10 years old).
39. The Constitutional Neutrality Provision transplanted onto a banner
40. Thinking how small Ireland is and how word will spread.
41. People talking about Carnsore Point and making the point that itn could happen again