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Thursday March 20, 2003 20:50

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disgraceful scenes outside Leinster House

RTE TV footage this evening showed John O'Donohue being mobbed by an angry crowd as he left Leinster House. A senator was hit by a paintbomb on the shoulder as he spoke to the media.

Can you imagine what would happen to a person if they hit Saddam Hussein with a paint bomb? Do you think they would live for more than ten seconds?

Compare that to our democracy where the offender was arrested and RELEASED a few minutes later.

Once again, so called peace protestors have continued to let us down, just as they have repeatedly done in Shannon. This kind of activity looses support, but they rarely understand that.

Thank god we live in a democracy, and thank god we have brave men and women who defend that priviledge (I am thinking in particular of those Irish men in the RIR and presently in Kuwait).

footage is archived at www.rte.ie/news

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Comments (17 of 17)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Thank God	Cliona Towne	Thu Mar 20, 2003 21:02
2	Bomb the dead babies better!	Bluto	Thu Mar 20, 2003 21:04
3	Behave	TJ	Thu Mar 20, 2003 21:08
4	a rambling frustrated response	revolute	Thu Mar 20, 2003 21:21
5	The Irish government is complicit in this War.	iosaf	Thu Mar 20, 2003 21:35
6	Democracy?	John Flynn	Fri Mar 21, 2003 01:51
7	so its ok to kill people	your scum	Fri Mar 21, 2003 06:24
8	YOU ARE NEXT ON MY LIST	Saddam Insane	Fri Mar 21, 2003 10:11
9	House of ill Repute	S Aerobics	Fri Mar 21, 2003 13:20
10	Does anyone know	Roisin	Fri Mar 21, 2003 13:38
11	Ignorance is bliss	Intransigent	Fri Mar 21, 2003 14:19
12	What dictionary are you using?	Paul Moloney	Fri Mar 21, 2003 14:25
13	I'm using the Bowdlerized Ashcroft (4th edition)	Phuq Hedd	Fri Mar 21, 2003 19:59
14	z	z	Sat Mar 22, 2003 06:07
15	Z's head on a stick	Intransigent	Sun Mar 23, 2003 02:06
16	.	go away warmonger intransigent	Sun Mar 23, 2003 11:51
17	:)	Intransigent	Mon Mar 24, 2003 22:47

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