Ireland through the eyes of a stranger.

[hmmm]

This one seals it he's totally delusional.

Unless the opposition parties begin to present a coherent alternative that the scared middle class can vote for, I'm afraid he may be right

[deiseguy]

A nice large island with a temperate climate and lots of resources and a submissive race that will make ideal slaves in our new world order.

Cheers,
N. R.

And not a single politician in any party with any semblance of an idea of how to make the best of our resources and climate. I suppose you could start by encouraging the population to be less submissive. The next politician who uses the phrase foreign direct investment should be put on the govt jet flown to its operational ceiling and kicked out the door sans parachute.

[deiseguy]

Unless the opposition parties begin to present a coherent alternative that the scared middle class can vote for, I'm afraid he may be right

They need to present 2 alternatives. Both of them need to demand that the voters give them an overall majority. Both of them need to fight the next election in this basis. Both of them need to rule out any form of coalition and present a set of policies that are aimed squarely at their own supporters with no regard to encouraging transfers.

[oggy]

[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=4]It cannot be argued that when reading through the threads on P.ie that we all have a different vision of the Ireland that we all live in and what we see through our own eyes.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=4]It is difficult to grasp the complete contrasts of opinions on everyday life in Ireland. It would be disingenuous to suggest that anybody is wrong as we all do live in different social worlds and we all witness different things in our everyday lives.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=4]Having read with great detail many of the opinions of posters that witness nothing but tragedy and despair on this small Island of ours I have tried to build a colour picture of what these posters actually see through what they express in the majority of their posts, it is not the Ireland that I see but maybe I have been sheltered from all the despair or maybe we are all living in Parallel worlds in which we are not aware.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=4]I have placed myself in the eyes of a stranger who has read the opinions of the posters who find Ireland a depressing place to live and who see nothing but depression and hardship for the citizens of Ireland.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=4]This is the picture that I see as the eyes of a stranger.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]People struggling day after day to feed their families.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]People dying in overcrowded hospitals that are filthy and disease ridded.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]People lying on trolleys helpless and unattended too.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]People dying on the streets and in their homes because they cannot receive heart operations [/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]People unable to walk because they have damaged hips or knees.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]People left to die because nobody cares.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]People isolated in their homes because of lack of public transport.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Few cars on the road because of the costs.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Empty housing estates everywhere in every part of the country.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Families living in overcrowded houses that are rat invested.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Children getting a poor education in rat invested schools.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]No facilities for children to play and running barefooted through the streets.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Bailiffs throwing thousands of families out of their homes onto the streets because they cannot afford the rent.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]A nonexistent welfare system.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Universities overcrowded with lack of facilities for the students.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]People not getting third level education because of the above.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Ghettos everywhere and thousands injecting themselves with heroine with no help from the state.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Senior citizens struggling on pittance, dying from the cold in winter because they have no fuel or food.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Blind and people wandering the streets with no place to go.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]No facilities for people with disabilities.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Politicians doing nothing and all politicians living in luxury with large houses and yachts’.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]No road structures or motorways- no infrastructure.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Airports and ferry ports full to capacity with people leaving the Island with the few possessions that they own.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]No sports stadiums.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Riots on the streets of the Capital.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Garda beating the citizens to the ground and blood flowing through the streets.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4] [/SIZE]
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=4]I had to stop there as my eyes were filling and all I wanted to do is to make a phone call and ask someone for international help to be sent to Ireland.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[SIZE=4] [/SIZE]
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=4]Now back to my own eyes and although I cannot say that these posters do not see this Ireland- it is not the Ireland that I live in, maybe I am one of the lucky ones that live in the parallel world. A parallel world where the majority of people are not perfectly happy, but far from despair and destitution.[/SIZE][/FONT]

What a sad depressing accurate assessment of 99% of posters to message boards

[Eurocitizen]

There was a time, when I took you seriously Euro.....I genuinely believed you cared.

However, I don't take you seriously, anymore.

I believe that you come on P.ie when you are bored and have nothing 'better' to do.

The very fact that you don't see the misery, is point in fact. You choose NOT TO.

You defend a gov. that has brought this country to its knees......surely you can't deny that FACT. If you do, then that ought to tell you, YOU ARE BLIND.

Newsey thank God I am far from blind but even if I was it is a fact that the picture being protrayed of Ireland is not a true picture.

We seem to always concentrate on the things we don't have rather than cherish the things we do have and we have a lot.

Do you really want me to accept that Ireland is a hell hole that does not care ? I will never accept that the majority of people know that Ireland whilst not perfect it is far from what the negativity suggests.

[Newsy]

What a sad depressing accurate assessment of 99% of posters to message boards

You are one of those who say 'we have turned the corner' too!!!!

Oh, dear.

[A Belgian]

Well, I'm a stranger who reads regularly the threads here and on other Irish sources. I do not (not at all) have the image the OP depicts.

[Eurocitizen]

Well, I'm a stranger who reads regularly the threads here and on other Irish sources. I do not (not at all) have the image the OP depicts.

May I ask what you do see? and do you believe Ireland is such a bad place to be?

[Gimpanzee]

I have placed myself in the eyes of a stranger

Uuuh. Poor stranger.

[Eurocitizen]

Uuuh. Poor stranger.

Na not poor at all