A reader of Organized Rage recently sent me an email part of which I have published below. I am sure he articulately expresses how many of us feel these days when people go about their daily business without a thought for anyway but themselves.
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Mick,
The owner of a vehicle refused to move out of a handicapped zone in a shopping centre in Clarinbridge this morning.
The woman, who was not displaying a handicapped parking permit, moved into the clearly marked spot in her imported 2005 GM Hummer vehicle. Despite being informed that she was illegally parking in a handicapped zone, she refused to move. When asked if she was aware that her action was preventing disabled drivers and the elderly from safely parking and potentially causing harm, her response was 'I don't care'. She then proceeded into the shopping centre. No tow trucks were on hand to impound the vehicle and the woman subsequently left a short time later without incident.
This is another example of how Ireland's nouveau riche are Ireland's new problem. They believe themselves above the law and above the common rules of living in a community. This kind of arrogance and disregard s is symptomatic of the trouble we are in and why things will not change until we do.
CB
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“Her imported 2005 GM Hummer vehicle”
'I don't care'.
That’s the answer. The rich are the same everywhere, Ireland is no different sadly. Becoming more and more capitalist every day.
Interesting response from the hummer lady.
Here are some more examples of same on baggot st in dublin
http://atoast2toast.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/1st-world-infrastructure/
There is a piece on the OGra site on a similar vein about the need for some form of debate on individualism. don't agree with a number of the points made, but some serious debate on the issue is required.
http://ograshinnfein.blogspot.com/2009/07/sinn-fein-tackling-individualism-key-to.html
It would have been amusing if the photo showed a Hummer with a key-scratched paint job and several flat tires but I suppose there are laws against that sort of thing... pity.
Yes, great piece [on Ógra Shinn Féin website] and thanks to starry plough for stirring me to it. Political activist often concentrate on what they regard as the big picture, ignoring what we see in front of us every day.
Sadly the media prefers to concentrate on the type of anti social behavior that happens in working class communities, preferring to ignore the anti social behavior of sections of the middle class, such as parking in disabled bays etc.(or bombing Afghanistan ;)
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