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Monday July 07, 2003 21:01

by vinnie

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The Salthill Warshow

Salthill WARshow On Sunday 6th July, the Salthill airshow came to town, bedecked in all its military grandeur. Billed as an airshow, it is in fact a military show, glamourising the machines of war and desensitising people to their awful capabilities. Anti-war protestors were among the visitors to this 'family event', staging a 'die-in' on the beach.

Tuairisc as Gaeilge (Irish language report)

Yesterday the salthill airshow came to town bedecked in all its military grandeur. While supposedly billed as an airshow it is in fact a miltary show, which glamourizes the machines of war and desensitizes people to their awful capabilities.

To emphasize the point that this was not just an airshow, what was practically a small miltary village was set up with tanks and various miltary paraphenalia available for the public to drool over and children to play in!

To draw attention to the fact that the warplanes overhead actually kill people, and that the same types of aircraft and in some cases the same pilots, have been involved in many of the more recent atrocities around the globe, and that war should not be a form of entertainment, the Galway Alliance Against War along with other activist groups staged dies-in on the beaches of salthill as the planes flew over. A protest was also staged in front of the many miltary vehicles, some of which eventually withdrew.

The fact that this spectacle of war is partially funded by local taxpayers money and is billed as a family event makes it all the more twisted.

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Comments (53 of 53)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	more photos	vinnie	Mon Jul 07, 2003 10:35
2	Well done Galway	Justin Morahan	Mon Jul 07, 2003 10:43
3	excellent pics	pat c	Mon Jul 07, 2003 11:03
4	Excellent stuff!	Sean	Mon Jul 07, 2003 12:16
5	Whingein wimmin of Galway	Lone gunman	Mon Jul 07, 2003 12:46
6	Well Done all in Galway anti-war Group!	Sean Ryan	Mon Jul 07, 2003 13:35
7	Die-In ?	Patrick Delaney	Mon Jul 07, 2003 14:34
8	Well Done Galway Anti-War Group - Response from public??	Anonymous	Mon Jul 07, 2003 14:41
9	great!	essuf	Mon Jul 07, 2003 14:57
10	Nice weapon!	Blue Block	Mon Jul 07, 2003 19:16
11	Slightly confused reflection	JohnCunningham	Tue Jul 08, 2003 01:42
12	Cool pictures (of the hardware)	Seáinín	Tue Jul 08, 2003 02:50
13	A great family day out?	David Rynne	Tue Jul 08, 2003 14:03
14	I wish I'd been there too	Liz	Tue Jul 08, 2003 18:02
15	C'mon for fucks sake	Drbinoche	Tue Jul 08, 2003 23:51
16	Defense?	David	Wed Jul 09, 2003 09:39
17	Response T Drbinoche	Bizet	Wed Jul 09, 2003 11:42
18	Invasion, attacks on Ireland	Pillar of Society	Wed Jul 09, 2003 13:33
19	Hardware	Sirrocco	Wed Jul 09, 2003 14:26
20	Red Arrows	Garath	Wed Jul 09, 2003 14:57
21	Re: John Cunningham of GAAW	Anonymous	Wed Jul 09, 2003 17:16
22	Army pigeons pecking up crumbs	Phuq Hedd	Wed Jul 09, 2003 20:44
23	Defence	Frank	Wed Jul 09, 2003 20:54
24	Real War	Drbinoche	Wed Jul 09, 2003 22:51
25	Hey drbinoche	Stormforce	Thu Jul 10, 2003 04:15
26	Re: Drbinoche - Surely war is an ugly & horrifying thing?	Anonymous	Thu Jul 10, 2003 11:02
27	To Drbinoche	Justin Morahan	Fri Jul 11, 2003 02:00
28	Justin Morahan's Comments	Frank	Fri Jul 11, 2003 16:07
29	Sterling work my arse	bizet	Fri Jul 11, 2003 17:07
30	Sterling Work	Frank	Fri Jul 11, 2003 18:39
31	Re: Frank	Anonymous	Fri Jul 11, 2003 19:34
32	Shannon	Drbinoche	Fri Jul 11, 2003 20:48
33	Drbinoche, answer the questions, stop introducing red-herrings.	Phuq Hedd	Fri Jul 11, 2003 23:09
34	confused	bob quigly age 12	Fri Jul 11, 2003 23:17
35	Good one	mandero	Fri Jul 11, 2003 23:45
36	Interesting	Drbinoche	Sat Jul 12, 2003 00:57
37	Re: Drbinoche	Anonymous	Sat Jul 12, 2003 11:34
38	Stop whining	Josef	Sat Jul 12, 2003 22:02
39	War	Drbinoche	Sun Jul 13, 2003 14:57
40	Airshow accident	Salthill or Vinegar Hill	Mon Jul 14, 2003 00:57
41	Belated reply to Frank	Justin Morahan	Mon Jul 14, 2003 02:04
42	Accidents	Drbinoche	Tue Jul 15, 2003 01:09
43	Airshow	Observer	Tue Jul 15, 2003 03:44
44	The Oohs and Ahs	Justin Morahan	Tue Jul 15, 2003 09:36
45	To Dbrinoche	Justin Morahan	Tue Jul 15, 2003 11:53
46	Nazi's?	Observer	Tue Jul 15, 2003 23:37
47	To Observer	Justin Morahan	Wed Jul 16, 2003 01:35
48	Violence	Drbinoche	Thu Jul 17, 2003 00:36
49	To Drbinoche: re Violence	Justin Morahan	Thu Jul 17, 2003 09:30
50	Violence	Drbinoche	Sat Jul 19, 2003 14:02
51	Re Violence: to Drbinoche	Justin Morahan	Sun Jul 20, 2003 09:42
52	Charges	Drbinoche	Mon Jul 21, 2003 00:52
53	To Drbinoche once again	Justin Morahan	Mon Jul 21, 2003 16:44

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