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SpunOut.ie Blog: Justice for all

Grab your megaphone and speak on it.

Article by : SpunOut.ie

Martin Luther King Jr. reminds us, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

What matters to you?

SpunOut.ie is asking the related question: ‘Where’s my justice?’

Think about it. Do you feel deprived? Wronged? Ignored? Silenced? Disrespected? Or simply unhappy with the staleness of the status quo of things in your life, community, country and the world?

It is all too easy to slip into blind complacency, to get distracted with the day-to-day and lose sight of the bigger and deeper issues that matter to us. Even with all the awareness, passion and eagerness in the world, sometimes we just throw your hands up because we don’t know what the hell we could possibly do to change things or where to start!

Start here. Speak up. Get active. Use the space here at SpunOut.ie to voice your thoughts and ideas, to link with others and to get information on the issues that matter to you.

Keep your eyes peeled for inspiration over the coming weeks from others questioning both the injustices that scream and those that linger, everything from gay rights in Ireland, to double standards on oral sex, to homelessness in Dublin, and more and more to open the eyes and stir our calls for change and justice.

Let’s keep living!


Given the rather heavy-hitting material to grace our ‘Where’s my justice?’ homepage, we thought we’d add a little sugar to the black coffee if you will by having a nice ol’ rant about the DAILY INJUSTICES that ruffle our tail feathers... hey these daily annoyances can really add up!

  • Excessive text volleys... at some stage you just need to pick up the phone and talk!
  • Golf umbrellas... enough said!
  • Not enough milk left to make a cup of tea... why, oh why?
  • The drone of traffic interfering with a peaceful walk by the sea... go away cars!
  • Cashiers who rush ya... would you let me put my change in my wallet already?!
  • The phone ringing literally as soon as dinner is ready
  • Why is the telly always on... and then up too loud... am I getting old?!!!
  • It’s February - put away the Christmas decorations already
  • Being chained to a freakin desk... tis not natural ya know
  • Talking out loud on a mobile phone while shopping... jeez!
  • NTL - do I really need to comment?
  • Broadband in Ireland
  • Family gatherings and being asked what you're up to
  • Going out for a walk on a sunny day and the sun disappears immediately
  • Chuggers, of course
  • Gone off milk in my tea
  • Falling in public providing entertainment for the masses
  • Email overload
  • Spending time on a computer writing about the joys of nature
  • Buses which leave early
  • Buses which arrive late
  • Not using indicators when driving ('indicator' is pretty self-explanatory as far as names go!)
  • Slow traffic lights
  • Having your stuff nicked
  • Jeremy Kyle (the pr**k. this man gets paid for being a bully. Telly at it's worst)
  • Double sided DVD's - can you say annoying?!
  • When breakfast burns on the morning you are rushing around and can't afford to be late!
  • Nosey people who keep asking personal questions
  • When your tea gets cold before you get to drink it
  • When your forget to defrost the main dinner ingredient the night before
  • People who play their music really loud on the bus so that everyone else has to listen to it (why do they always have rubbish taste in music by the way?)
  • Passive-aggressive Facebook statuses - if you're annoyed, tell the person in question about it, don't sulk about it Facebook for the whole world to see
  • Getting up really early to buy tickets on Ticketmaster only to have them all sell out in about 20 seconds
  • Living with people who never take their turn at cleaning the cooker - grrrrr!
  • Drivers who drive through puddles to splash you on a rainy day
  • Housemates who do not clean up after themselves
  • People who play the same song over and over and over again
  • Neighbours who do not close the blinds when changing
  • The girl in the local shop who never says ‘hi’ or ‘thank you’ even though I've been in there nearly every day for about 7 months
  • Paying over 6 euro for a crap pint
  • Builders who drill at 7 in the morning
  • Sloppy tabloid journalism!
  • The doom and gloom of the media
  • Ryanair!
  • Walking behind a smoker in the street
  • People who complain all the time....(ahem)

 

- The SpunOut.ie Crew

 

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