64 thoughts on “The Five

  1. rafterysean

    OK, what shenanigans have Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy got themselves into now. The rascals!

  2. Anne

    Free the 5.. ha. tis a euphemism for havin’ a w**k surely.

    That graffiti will be there longer than their prison stay.
    Not condoning it now, mind you.

  3. Joe the Lion

    I thought Lucky Star was one of their greatest. Not sure about this comeback special. Prefer S Club 7.

    1. Joe the Lion

      I know – let’s set up a JobBridge

      Participants will get mentored, career-defining training in scraping shit off a wall

        1. Frilly Keane

          ‘Trying t’stay off the fags YeahYeah
          So I need sum’ting to suck on
          In traffic

          BTW.
          Never a Goth. Ya bollox Flavin

          I was being a good driver and gave the phone to the passenger to snap the murals. So no big arms. Big arse tho’ Arcol

  4. budgie

    Can also be seen defacing the bridge over the canal at Harold Cross. It seems these people have the same respect for public property as they do the law. None.

    1. Zuppy International

      None of the Five were convicted of breaking any law. They were jailed by the ‘judge’ in a commercial ‘court’ so as to protect a corporate imperative to profit from the people’s right to life.

      1. budgie

        Classic example of sensationalism from you lot, I said respect for the law. They were jailed for contempt of court. From the Oxford Dictionary: Contempt, (also contempt of court) The offence of being disobedient to or disrespectful of a court of law and its officers. Look it up.

          1. andyourpointiswhatexactly

            A crime is an action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law.
            No mention of any hurties being caused.

          2. Zuppy International

            You’re trying to conflate the meaning of ‘offence’ with the meaning of ‘crime’. It’s a common linguistic ploy: like conflating the meaning of legal with lawful. They are not the same thing. Every time Joan Brutal opens her mouth I am offended. Does that mean she is committing a crime? Possibly, but the burden of proof for each position is vastly different.

            If the ‘courts’ are so sure of their position with regard to the ‘Five’ then why not hear their case before a jury? Then you’ve have real decision valid in law.

          3. Zuppy International

            Causing injury or harm to any other man or woman without lawful excuse (self defence, for example).

            But you know that.

      2. ReproBertie

        The ‘protestors’ were ‘jailed’ for contempt of court through breaching a court order.
        Now they get all the free ‘water’ they want at the expense of the ‘taxpayer’ while they serve their ‘sentences’.

        Is throwing single quotes around random words a thing now?

    2. Anne

      ” It seems these people have the same respect for public property as they do the law”
      Yeah, great innit.

      Here ya go –

      “One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”
      ― Martin Luther King Jr.”

      “Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.”
      ― Howard Zinn

      “It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.”
      ― Aristotle, Selected Writings From The Nicomachean Ethics And Politics

      “An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law”
      ― Martin Luther King Jr.

      But it’s da law
      Not much of an intellectually rigorous argument that one.
      That means you’re a dumb ass, dumb ass.

      1. Jones

        Can’t really compare the civil rights movement to a bunch of clowns disobeying court orders regarding hassling builders

      2. Keith

        All very valid quotes, and clearly you think they apply to “the 5”, but nobody can be entirely surprised that the law worked exactly as one would expect it to.

        Part of protesting outside of the law is considering and accepting the consequences of your [unlawful] actions.

        Maybe/probably “the 5” do, but there appear to be a lot of posts here that suggest that either the law acted inappropriately, or that the judiciary and the government conspired to pull these people away.

        1. Anne

          Not to get pedantic with you, but the law doesn’t act appropriately or otherwise. It’s not an independent entity.

          RE –
          “Part of protesting outside of the law is considering and accepting the consequences of your [unlawful] actions.”

          Their solicitor has been quoted as saying –
          “They are protestors, they believe they have the right to protest. They’re aware of the court’s order, they’re aware of the potential consequences,”

          So yes, I think my quotes are valid.

      1. Goosey Lucy

        Christ TK ickle , corned beef??!! You’re already on some sort of Lenten scourge then, are ya?! Jesus, but that stuff’s rotten ! Thought only oul lads ate it

        1. TK ickle

          The very expensive M&S one is proper corned beef (not in in though)

          Lovely with a bit’o Chef sauce in a Sarnie!

          The Denny etc stuff is pure muck :/

          1. Keith

            +1

            You should try it Goosey Lucy, it’s pretty good, not the dried-out chipboard put into a million lunch boxes back in the day.

          2. Frilly Keane

            Corned Beef with Frills

            Get a daycent tin of Corney Beef, Marks is nice so is Saintsbury’s

            Peel and boil a pot of spuds
            Mash with a drop of milk and loads of butter

            Roughy chop the Corney Beef
            And mix loosely with the mash

            Tip into a nice dish thats allowed into the over
            Top with grated chedder
            Inta the oven ( 150/ 160° ish) for about 20 mins

            Serve with a runny egg
            And beans

  5. pissedasanewt

    Was it a hunger strike or did they just miss a meal because they were playing pool in the rec room??

  6. Spaghetti Hoop

    FREE the 5?
    Why?
    They’re guilty of breaching a court order.
    They (4 of the 5) are now protesting because they don’t like their lock-up.
    Defacing public property is also an offence. Maybe the 5 will clean it off when they are freed in a matter of weeks.

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