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    Boycott St. Patrick's Day

    Why: To demand a General Election

    How: Stay out of the pubs, stay away from the parade, don't wear shamrock etc.

    Rationale: It can unite everybody around a simple but necessary demand. We have a government who are clearly afraid to act and are whinging about the opposition doing their job but who won't resign. It would gain international coverage and show that the chancers who have destroyed our country do not have the support of the people.

    It would be a peaceful but effective protest. What do you think?

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    I don't goto the parade and I go out the night before and snooze my way through St. Patricks Day.

    Actually this year March 17th is a Tueday and i've taken the Monday off. So i'll probably be driving back up from Cork after spending an extra long weekend down there.
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    A brilliant idea.

    Unfortunately, the smell of drink is too much for the middle classes.

    Better to subdue them in a haze of booze (as in every weekend), than have them thinking for themselves and out on the streets protesting (the logical conclusion of rational thought).

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    Quote Originally Posted by TradCat View Post
    It would be a peaceful but effective protest. What do you think?
    No pint on St Patricks day? I think your taking this international global complete financial melt down catastrophe thing a little too seriously. If it does get any worse, I for one will be inclined to drink more, not less.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thac0man View Post
    If it does get any worse, I for one will be inclined to drink more, not less.
    Cheers but there are other days.

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    St. Patricks Day, and about 3 other bank holidays, should be cancelled.

    Taking days off when you can't afford to pay your bills doesn't make sense. I haven't had a bank holiday, other than Xmas and St. Stephens Day, in about 4 years.
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    I've been boycotting St Patrick's Day in Dublin for years. The parade is an ugly debacle. It has nothing to do Ireland and its history, it's full of Indians, Africans, Poles etc. Which would be fine, if those people were attempting to engage with Irish traditions, but they're not, their promoting their own countries.

    I'd be the first to congratulate a group of Pakistani ceili dancers, or a sean-nos singer from Burundi, but I have yet to see them in the Dublin parade.
    It's mad.

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    No its one of the only days that we can get away from the misery of this country.The kids also love marching in the parades.It will probably be the only positive bit of global media we will get this year.Government will be thankful for the excise and vat on the lush.
    A champion of the people emerges with the age-old and appealing promise of "something for nothing" - to be financed through every-increasing taxes. Supply and demand are thrown out of gear - the overhead goes up; the effective use of human energy goes down; the standard of living is lowered because money cannot buy wealth that is not produced.

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    The chancers who have destroyed our country will be on a foreign junket at our expense anyway.

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    Given the money we spend on eating, drinking, travelling, buying tat, etc, Paddy's Day is a significant economic event, which generates fairly substantial revenue for workers, business and the exchequer. Factor in the tourist business that it generates, I think a boycott would be counterproductive to say the least.

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