Ireland through the eyes of a stranger.

[Eurocitizen]

[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]
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[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]
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[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]

[Ulster-Lad]

All of the things you have listed exist now or will exist in this country in the near future thanks to the failed policies of your party.

[hmmm]

[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=4]This is the picture that I see as the eyes of a stranger.[/SIZE][/FONT]

If I was you I'd ask the tour company for my money back.

[dresden8]

The year is young.

And yet you're still a Fianna Fail nutjob.

Go figure.

[White Horse]

Does the OP poster think that the larger font size lends more credibility to their ridiculous post?

[RightCentreLeft]

· People struggling day after day to feed their families. YES
· People dying in overcrowded hospitals that are filthy and disease ridded.YES
· People lying on trolleys helpless and unattended too.YES
· People dying on the streets and in their homes because they cannot receive heart operations NO
· People unable to walk because they have damaged hips or knees. NO
· People left to die because nobody cares.YES
· People isolated in their homes because of lack of public transport.YES
· Few cars on the road because of the costs.NO
· Empty housing estates everywhere in every part of the country. YES
· Families living in overcrowded houses that are rat invested. ?
· Children getting a poor education in rat invested schools.YES
· No facilities for children to play and running barefooted through the streets.YES/NO
· Bailiffs throwing thousands of families out of their homes onto the streets because they cannot afford the rent. NOT QUITE
· A nonexistent welfare system. NO
· Universities overcrowded with lack of facilities for the students. NO
· People not getting third level education because of the above. NO
· Ghettos everywhere and thousands injecting themselves with heroine with no help from the state. YES
· Senior citizens struggling on pittance, dying from the cold in winter because they have no fuel or food. ? DONT KNOW
· Blind and people wandering the streets with no place to go. NO
· No facilities for people with disabilities. YES
· Politicians doing nothing and all politicians living in luxury with large houses and yachts’. YES for the most part - except for yachts part
· No road structures or motorways- no infrastructure. SORT OF
· Airports and ferry ports full to capacity with people leaving the Island with the few possessions that they own. NO
· No sports stadiums. NO
· Riots on the streets of the Capital. YES BUT NOT NOW
· Garda beating the citizens to the ground and blood flowing through the streets YES HAS HAPPENDED.

[Luigi Vampa]

[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]

I think it's a testament to the minority of genuine, decent and honest and vilified public servants in this country that they managed to maintain Ireland as a second world country, despite the corruption and incompetence of FF/FG.

[Eurocitizen]

Does the OP poster think that the larger font size lends more credibility to their ridiculous post?

[SIZE=1]No[/SIZE]

[White Horse]

[SIZE=1]No[/SIZE]

I didn't know you had a sense of humour.

[SideysGhost]

Jesus wept.

Is there something congenitally wrong with FFers? Seriously?

"I have placed myself in the eyes of a stranger" FFS, now come on what sort of utter tard would actually think that would convince anyone over the age of 3? Utterly ridiculous, infantile and insane stuff.