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Students charged for trouble in Belfast's "Holylands" on Paddy's day

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/classic/AddThread?inreplyto=77417232

I just don't understand - even when I do spend Paddy's Day drinking with friends it never seems to occur to me to start a riot or try to block off streets

um, don't think that link is what you intended

Maybe she's still pished.

probably.

Let me help...


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7950737.stm


To add a bit of context, noisy and drunken student behaviour in this area has been a problem for quite a while, so I don't think anyone was wildly surprised. (Saddened none the less. I was at a St Pats ceili on Monday night, and was dancing with Evelyn, a little old lady of about 80 who lives in the area. She was expressing concern even the night before about what would happen.)

Post 5481, great link

http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/2009/03/18/8787936-sun.html

this is astounding... Granted, it's The Sun, but... wow... how can people still be thinking, doing, these things in this day and age???

"... the Vatican's decision to excommunicate the mother of a nine-year-old Brazilian girl for permitting her daughter to undergo an abortion.

The child became pregnant with twins after having been raped by her stepfather, whom the Vatican did not chuck out. It did throw out the doctors who performed the abortion.

Evidently, a fetus is more innocent than a 9-year-old girl who had probably by that advanced age, told a fib or two, maybe even shoplifted candy"

It seems we are indeed a global village:

'A student at Montreal's Concordia University is being credited with helping to stop a school attack in the U.K.'

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/20/concordia-student-forum-norfolk.html

takes a canadian to care about what happens in a whole other country. Yay for him.

I meant to mention, lostmonalisa, that the story about the little girl in Brazil was discussed here last week, which may be why there wasn't much (any) response when you posted it last night.

ah... sorry. I didnt see it last week. Thanks, Anhaga.

I'm not certain that it was on this thread, of course.

and it's certainly a story that bears being brought up as often as possible.

it seems like every day, the catholic church gets more and more stupid and behind the times.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7954923.stm

Canada bans George Galloway from entering the country on grounds of national security.
Whatever happened to soviet canuckistan?

missing a

and we let Bush in.

Note to self, stop trying to do two things at once

Thanks Beatrice for helping me out there!

piccies from the Tonga volcanic explosion.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/undersea_eruptions_near_tonga.html

Dutch to return Ghana king's head
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7955997.stm

Battlestar Galactica stars advise UN

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7956325.stm


First you've got to deal with those frackin' toasters