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Originally Posted by Thomas J Stamp
it is our belief that the red line does not run for purely economic reasons, and untill there is a nightclub area all around the red line stops in town that will go on. before you get to the stops you have to pass all the nitelinks and taxi ranks.
the national shutdown being quite hard to justify on multi-cultural and faith grounds??? every country has their own versions, eg, islamic countries and isreal. dont see our ex-pats taking that attidude there. besides, how many actually observe christmas as a religious holiday?? Sod all.
I really dont understand your love and desire for the rat race, 24/7 commercialism. I would say I am off for lunch, but you would scorn me as its for wimps.
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Lunch usually takes around 30 minutes. It doesn't go on for 30 hours.
Every country has their own way of celebrating Christmas indeed. The Orthodox countries take their Christmas in January. But essential services there remain available. People have to get around the place, it's not simply get a car or walk.
Re 24/7 commercialism: This is supposed to be a modern country in the Western World, not North Korea. Those who can make money create opportunities to make it, those who don't bother count the cost. The Red Line runs through the busiest and most populated areas of Dublin. Temple Bar is 5 minutes walk from Jervis. There's a plethora of bars and restaurants in and around Abbey Street, no Luas outside the door though. There was the NYE concert on, yet no Luas was available on the Red Line less than a kilometre away.
Nothing economic about it. There's plenty of custom available, if there was a will to find it. Instead "public order" concerns are cited, despite the trams stuffed with security personnel on every late night journey.
Laziness/Stubbornness is the real reason.