Plane stoppers Protest gig- A Sucess

by positive action Fri Jul 30, 2004 01:31

I couldent get to it this time but where can i find out when the next one will be and willit be in the same place.

by Observer Fri Jul 30, 2004 11:08

Shouldn't it be plane stopper, singular?

Didn't Ms. Kelly act alone?


As for a gathering of perhaps 40 people (most of whom appeared rather bored by Ms. Kellys nearly hour long meandering waffle of a speech)in a city of over a million, hardly a ringing endorsement of her actions by the populance, and then of course there were those other plane stoppers who were conspicious by their abscence!!!
Seems it's not only the U.S Ms. Kelly is at loggerheads with, theres her lawyers, fellow activists, other NVDA plane stoppers!!!

If you insist on posting news stories at least try to keep them within some distance of the facts!

by redjade Fri Jul 30, 2004 12:02

aaah... please quit the attempt to divide when there's no need or purpose!

I could only spend a few moment there, had to have meetings downstairs after paying my dues upstairs. But it sounded great and pretty decent turn out for Dublin summer standards - many are out of town, on vacation and so on. So the turn out wasn't that bad.

I hope MK's team raised some good amount of cash, but even so, its about community and struggling together - not slagging each other.

Hang in there Mary! You did what others never had the guts to do (including myself) :-)

Paul O'Toole, where would the anti war movement (lower case) be without him? :-)

by obvious Fri Jul 30, 2004 21:49

The 's' at the end of plane stoppers does not refer to anything being plural. Athletes foot is not refering to two athlets... is it?,ah mabey its the two feet...
Even your insults are laughable. Your powers of observation 'observer', are as poor as your ability to comprehend simple english.

by dube Sat Jul 31, 2004 01:03

who would be at a gathering who so distasted people like mary k and then would post it here?

by Observer Sat Jul 31, 2004 02:11

Dube...obviously an observer would be there!

obvious..i think that you will find that Athletes' foot is the correct manner in english - that is to say the foot of the athlete, nothing to do with singular or plural!! Some study of the language might be advisable, lest you continue to show your ignorance by spouting from an obviously uneducated point of view!

Oh and there were only about 40 people there, M.K did rabbit on and on and on and she has fallen out with just about everybody she has come into contact with, including the people who would have made the plural in plane stoppers justified.

and the truth shall set you free!!!!!!

by Elaine Sat Jul 31, 2004 03:34

Best to sort this out now before it gets nasty and people start coujugating their verbs.

Apostrophes are used to indicate possession by a noun (person, animal, place or thing) followed by an 's':
For example...

the child's ball

the woman's hammer

If a plural noun (more than one person etc.) ends in s, add an apostrophe only.

For example...

the speakers' notes, the Tigers' cages


The title read Plane Stoppers Protest Gig (without an apostrophe)

Plane Stoppers' Protest Gig is plural. Plane Stopper's Protest Gig is singular.

As the man (can't remember his name) from the Evening Press once said "A man who can misplace an apostrophe is capable of anything."

Anyhoo, utmost respect for M.K. and indeed anyone who has the bravery to disarm, disable or just plain ole hammer away on a war plane. What they do with their apostrophe is their business.

They may be grammatically incorrect but they are morally right.

by Another Observer Sat Jul 31, 2004 09:23

I spotted Damien Moran of Pit Stop Ploughshares at gig so 2 stoppers present. Another of their crew lives in Sligo, another is in Australia visiting his parents. Summer is a bummer when it comes to mobilising any kind of constiuency.

by Joe Sat Jul 31, 2004 16:59

"who would be at a gathering who so distasted people like mary k and then would post it here?"

A cop?

Brenden O'Connor?

Lone gunman in heroic infiltration mode?

by Greenliner Sun Aug 01, 2004 02:42

Saddam is very grateful for all your support. When get's back his rightful place as President og Iraq he's going to invite you all to come and live in his palace.

by Elaine Sun Aug 01, 2004 05:02

He has some really dodgy mates who sold him loads of weapons and ya don't want to be seen in that company.

Rumsfeld

Good ole boys just havin' a laugh

by paul o toole Sun Aug 01, 2004 18:04

Once again thanks to all who showed up and supported the gig of which there will be another and another... so there will be plenty more nights to support this great cause.

While I do support what mary Kelly has done,I dont think it is bias of me to state that the highlight of the evening was when Mrs. Kelly addressed the crowd and stated her case. The applause spoke for itself...........repeatedly.
The next 'plane stoppers' gig' looks like it could be set for the 2nd of september. Once again all are welcome and many thanks for all the support. The next one will be even better
Wether you support this action or not please make your posts relevant and to the point.

Today in Basra alone,there are more than 600 children who have lost limbs since president Bush declared an end to hostilities in Iraq. They were blown off by cluster bombs left unexploded. There are between 250,000 and 600,000 unexploded cluster type devices unaccounted for, which children inadvertantly will find in the future. The war is not over for Iraqs children, it has barely begun. If stopping this plane MIGHT have saved even a limb let alone life, then it is worth it.

by joijo Mon Aug 02, 2004 11:13

I hate left wing fascists and their fucking lies. You hate the fact that Iraqis are now free from an odious dictatorship. Keep holding your pathetic underattended concerts in support of so-called planestoppers who in reality are simply anti-american bigots. The left today are truly the new reactionaries.

by lefty Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:28

No one in there right minds hates the removal of a dictator. Our problem is that we belive the dictate of capital removed this sadman bloke, thus forceing the workers of Iraq to bow to a new master, the tyrannt of Capitalism.
The so-called Iraq's are in no way more free now than before. Admitadley they may not be as tortured under capitalism as sadman, but thats only due to the unnesessaryness of it, and the fact the USA looked bad when it tried it.

by paul o toole Sat Aug 07, 2004 12:34

You talk of lies, what lies. I for one am not a left wing facist,in fact no one I personally know is a left wing facist.
Left wing/right wing... what has your rant got to do with anyone opposed to us and uk soldiers installing chaos to extract oil ,and not freedom ,as you so naievely still believe.

killing 7.5 times more Iraqi civilians (if including sanctions) looking for nonexistent wmd, than were ever actually killed by wmd (including Hiroshima/Naggasaki) , is what I oppose.
I think the one thing which is 'unfuckingbelievable ' is your belief that Iraqi's are now free. They are of course free of Sadam. You may suffer from watching to much skynews.
The people whomb I know who have recently been to Iraq have said that the occupation is a complete disaster from an economic perspective.
Bush promised that oil would be 25 dollars a barrel now, it's almost double, hows that for success. More than 40,000 Iraqia killed and Sadam taken without a single shot fired.
Good luck in your journey.

by Mary Kelly Mon Aug 09, 2004 15:57

to everyone who came to support the gig, to all the artists who gave their time and energy to make it happen, resulting in a great night of entertainment and solidarirty. Very much appreciated, thank you!