Boycott Shell - Free the Five !!!

[A face]

Anyone boycotting Shell over the whole episode ??

[Student Mullet]

No. They can walk out of jail any time they want. They're in there for the publicity.

[sligoman]

No. They can walk out of jail any time they want. They're in there for the publicity.

Publicity me arse. They're in it cos they're standing up for what they believe is right

[dahamsta]

I don't use Shell anyway over their exploitation of Nigeria.

[Eire06]

No. They can walk out of jail any time they want. They're in there for the publicity.

They have to apologise to the court to be released from Jail

[Anto McC]

They broke the law,they got punished even if they were protecting their families,if it was some rich guy,most people would say f*ck'em

[monutdfc]

I'm with Dahamsta, haven't been to a Shell garage in years.

[A face]

Anyone want ot let them know what you think .... irish-corporate@shell.com

[anto1208]

Publicity me arse. They're in it cos they're standing up for what they believe is right

hitler also tought he was right .

[pete]

I still buy petrol in Shell when i have to.

Those 5 men are in jail due to contempt of court. If the court lets them free without agreeing not to damage property again then system would collapse.

I don't know enough about the issue to take sides. saw a bit on Prime Time & wasn't conclusive. Why didn't the locals complain when project up for PLanning Permission?

I think the government is just playing politics with though. Was nuts to tell Shell to "unweld" the pipeline. What difference does it make it sitting on the ground unwelded or welded together.

[anto1208]

[QUOTE=pete]

I don't know enough about the issue to take sides. saw a bit on Prime Time & wasn't conclusive. Why didn't the locals complain when project up for PLanning Permission?

QUOTE]

because that would be the right thing to do and these are backwards boggers holding the country back . how many jobs were lost due to these 5 idiots , i stand to be corrected but i remember the contruction company saying something like a few hundred had been stood down .

[monutdfc]

There's government double standards though.
When the IFA were blockading the meat factories there was a high court injunction against them. John O'Donoghue (Justice minister at the time) stood back and did nothing.
When Joe Higgins and Claire Daly were leading the bin protests, O'Donoghue was loud in saying that the rule of law had to be applied.
These were two exactly similar situations in terms of the legal process. Difference is the farmers vote is more important for FF than the bin protesters who are mostly SF/Labour/Workers Party anyway.

I'm not sure if the case of the Rossport 5 is the same in terms of the legal process, it's certainly similar.

Dempsey isn't the brightest button at the cabinet table. Probably knows nothing about Shell in Nigeria. It's far cheaper for Shell to have the processing onshore, so presumably there's more money in it for the government that way, hence the original decision. I'm not an engineer, but a lot of the safety fears seem to be overblown though.

[dahamsta]

Dempsey isn't the brightest button at the cabinet table.

Understatement of the month. Himself and Martin Cullen are rumoured to be the stars of the next Dumb and Dumber movie.

adam

[liam88]

Shell are scum-almost as bad as Total! Executions in Nigeria and now imprisonments in Ireland.

Made this feel free to use it on any website etc.

Also wrote an essay on both Shell and Total for my blog-mabye a bit long to post on here-about 500 words so might put it up later. I make sure no car I am in ever fills up at Totaliterian or Hell petrol stations.
The Rossport 5 are brave men standing up for their rights (and the song is class!)

Boycott Total and Shell!
Free Burma and Free the Rossport 5!

[pete]

I don't see any difference in the oil companies. Surely other companies are in Nigeria & Burma?

I also don't see any difference between untreated gas pipeline & standard Bord Gais version. Ain't going to fun for anyone if either leaks. I would think very inlikely a welded steel pipe would leak.