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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech in Paris. PA Images

'Our entire society is sick with sexism' - Macron promises laws to fight violence against women

The French President also also wants to introduce an age of consent in France.

FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL Macron has proposed a raft of measures to combat the “horrific and shameful” violence against women, as he pledged to make gender equality a major cause of his administration.

“Our entire society is sick with sexism,” Macron said in a speech in Paris to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

The 39-year-old leader began with a minute of silence to remember the 123 women killed in 2016 in France by their partner or ex-partner.

“France must no longer be one of those countries where women are afraid,” he said.

Public awareness of sexual assault and harassment has been heightened following the charges levelled by women against Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

The scandal has touched off a worldwide wave of such allegations by women on the internet under the hashtag #MeToo — in French called #balancetonporc which has seen 500,000 tweets since mid-October.

Macron outlined three priorities over the five year term of his presidency from fostering gender equality to giving better assistance to victims of sexual abuse and enforcing harsh measures against aggressors.

Nearly 225,000 women are said to have been victims of physical or sexual violence by their partner in France, but fewer than one in five have made a complaint to authorities.

Macron proposed new measures against this scourge including making a sexual insult an offence in order to combat harassment in the street.

He also called for making 15 the minimum age of consent for sex — there is currently no such law in France.

To make it easier for women to file a complaint, they will be able to go online from their homes and speak directly with people at police stations and learn what steps they can take.

The French president said he wants “to fight for the non-negotiable equality of both sexes” making it a “major cause” during his term in office.

© – AFP 2017

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    Mute emperor_vid
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 6:54 PM

    A better name fro the app would have been dick Tracey….

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    Mute Doey Walsh
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 6:59 PM

    Oh no he didn’t :)

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    Mute ieoinu
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:18 PM

    Genius!

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    Mute Dylan_Phone
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:58 PM

    or trace dicky

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    Mute Who?
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 8:08 PM

    Or mickey scoop!

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    Mute Mary Kavanagh
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 10:55 PM

    Class, Emperor! Give that man 1,000 thumbs (green of course!)

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    Mute Susan
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 6:39 PM

    Now I wonder why that app was removed? Seriously..imagine the madness it would cause!

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    Mute John O'Neill
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 6:47 PM

    Women…ya couldn’t be up to them Ted…

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    Mute Stíofán Bearnán Mac Uileagóid
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:27 PM

    My wife doesn’t need an app like this…..

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    Mute Reg
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:30 PM

    She knows you’ll be in the church!

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    Mute silentbob2012
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 8:28 PM

    Brilliant one Reg! Gold star for you.

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    Mute Susan
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 8:30 PM

    Defo gold star Reg!

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    Mute Stíofán Bearnán Mac Uileagóid
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    Aug 23rd 2013, 1:01 AM

    Good one Reg :-)

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    Mute chloe coyle
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 6:39 PM

    If you start downloading boyfriend trackers you really shouldn’t be in a relationship. Talk about stalking to the extreme. It all about trust!

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    Mute Doey Walsh
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 6:44 PM

    Yep
    No trust, no relationship, end of!

    Besides whatever happened to good ol fashioned ‘female intuition’

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    Mute Omar johnson
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:47 PM

    Every single person out there does the dirt when the opportunity is there. Ones that say they Dont usually are the ones that cheat the most.

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    Mute Niall Sullivan
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:50 PM

    Yeah Doey – and the reasons the app was removed? “fears of extortion and stalking”. Nothing to do with the fact if it was called “girlfriend tracker” the fu*king thing would have made frontpage headlines all over the world as being sexist or some other such. Nope it wasn’t removed because it was morally wrong, anti male, and likely illegal,

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    Mute Niall Sullivan
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:53 PM

    That says much about the trust issues you’ve got going on Omar.

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    Mute Sean Mc Gowan
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 8:07 PM

    I can honestly say I would only ever do the dirt with Scarlett Johansson or my man crush Mr Ryan Gosling…. and im sure the missus would be more than happy to join us!

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    Mute Omar johnson
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 8:12 PM

    No I just notice from my own relationships and,all my freinds relationships. Male and female.

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    Mute Doey Walsh
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 8:34 PM

    Oh Gosling….why can’t women be more like you ha ha ;)

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    Mute Tríona Barrow
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 9:09 PM

    Well if you’re into a relationship making it clear you expect to be cheated on…

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    Mute Eugene Walsh
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    Aug 23rd 2013, 1:29 AM

    Word bro!!

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    Mute Nick Beard
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    Aug 23rd 2013, 8:26 AM

    I’m pretty sure regardless of the name there’s massive legal issues – how is that not considered stalking? Not to mention that abuse is founded on control – and knowing where someone is at all times seems rather abusive and controlling to me…

    Do you really think most people on here think it’s less crap because it’s called “boyfriend” rather than “girlfriend” tracker?

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    Mute Sean Mc Gowan
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 6:42 PM

    How did this get on there in the first place? All the ruined relationships….. well all the cheating snakes caught out anyway, but why call it boyfriend tracker? Im sure girls cheat too!

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    Mute CAPT. ADEBAYO FLYNN
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 6:47 PM

    Probably an app developed by a company owned by an American government arm. You might think that’s off point or conspiracy theory stuff but if I’m not mistaken Facebook has investment from such a company.

    Also it normalises the disgusting behaviour of spying on people which that blatant and found out liar Obama signed off on and has denied. Call me what you want, I’m insult and thumb proof.

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    Mute CAPT. ADEBAYO FLYNN
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 6:49 PM

    Sorry Sean, I didn’t mean to have a rant on your point. I love you. I just can’t believe a product like this has got that far in the first place. Totally weird to me how somebody could do that and let it happen. If one of my wives had that app she would be gone so fast. So fast.

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    Mute Who?
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 8:07 PM

    One of your wives? How many do you have?

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    Mute Sean Mc Gowan
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 8:16 PM

    I love you too

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    Mute CAPT. ADEBAYO FLYNN
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 9:50 PM

    6 but all under different pseudonyms. Say nothing. I’m am endangered species.

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    Mute Ann Mc Kennedy
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    Aug 23rd 2013, 1:22 AM

    But Ade…. U told ME u wer single!!??!?? :-)

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    Mute CAPT. ADEBAYO FLYNN
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    Aug 23rd 2013, 8:36 AM

    Ann, my sweet Ann. These wives….They understand me.

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    Mute Mick Stafford
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:20 PM

    Me and my girlfriend are in an open relationship.

    It isn’t ideal but means neither of us get jealous. She can see other men and I don’t have to leave my wife.

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    Mute Johnnyi Harlyknewya
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 10:39 PM

    Maybe try another wife who’s happy with you…

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    Mute Leigh Power
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 6:45 PM

    I’m sure there’s a joke in there about a girlfriend tracker and the kitchen somewhere.

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    Mute Joe Harbison
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 6:54 PM

    They tried to develop a phone tracker as a safety aid for old people with dementia. It turned out to be a great way of finding forgotten jackets and handbags. Lost old people, no so much.

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    Mute Chuck Farrelly
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 6:56 PM

    And Im sure a girlfriend tracker would lead to allegations of misogyny, patriarchy etc. Thered be 3 or 4 “news” articles about it here followed by a long, boring lecture from Lisa McInerney

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    Mute the lost lenore
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:40 PM

    For shame, Chuck. Lisa’s mission to bring down the phallocracy is obviously lost on your penocratic mindset. Farrelly is also similar to “feely” which indicates a deeply ingrained sense of male privilege.

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    Mute Hammy Ballinclea
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    Aug 23rd 2013, 1:55 AM

    Nah, Chuck, we’d just be shaking our heads at psycho boyfriends, like we’re shaking our heads at psycho girlfriends right now. Let’s not get the old, tired feminazi crap going again.

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    Mute Paul White
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:12 PM

    Any bf who realised his gf had that app Should remove her from the play store ^-^ #psycho

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    Mute Continent Simian
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 6:59 PM

    To be honest, it would make a nice change to this tracking collar and boom mic.

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    Mute CAPT. ADEBAYO FLYNN
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:10 PM

    HahahahahaH

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    Mute Continent Simian
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:17 PM

    I love you, captain. *sigh*

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    Mute CAPT. ADEBAYO FLYNN
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:18 PM

    It’s mutual Simo, Old friends are best.

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    Mute Bobbie Byrne
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:22 PM

    Guys, Ibis are doing a special this weekend ;-)

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    Mute CAPT. ADEBAYO FLYNN
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:28 PM

    Bobby my man, I just googled IBIS, if I’m not mistaken it’s some discount hotel like Lenny Henry promotes. We stay in places that don’t discount.

    ‘You a customer I get it custom made’

    All jokin aside download the app and you’ll know where to meet me x

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    Mute davidsheridan32
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 8:54 PM

    Great, google removed it! Who wants to go out with me??? :)

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    Mute Paul Geraghty
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 8:25 PM

    If I was going out with a bird who bugged my phone I’d do the dirt and get caught purposely then obviously dump her. Finally I would call the police and have her arrested

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    Mute Hammy Ballinclea
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    Aug 23rd 2013, 1:51 AM

    That’s a shame, Paul, because it sounds like you and that type of woman would be perfect for each other!

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    Mute Eugene Walsh
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 9:37 PM

    There are things we know we know, and there are things we know we don’t know. But there are also things we don’t know we don’t know. These are the things we are better off not knowing

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    Mute Brendan Harlowe
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 9:41 PM

    You can’t unknow what you have known either

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    Mute Kay Tighe
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:23 PM

    If you need an approach check on your other half
    Well then you shouldn’t have an other half what happened trust ?

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    Mute Kay Tighe
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:25 PM

    APP. Dam iPhone !!!!!

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    Mute Tony Le Blanc
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 10:04 PM

    Does it hurt being that psychotic ladies? The constant wondering what your BF is at, your BFF is saying, why some bitch you dont like in accounts is wearing a dress you’d like to the wedding of someone you dont know. I mean, it must be exhausting no?

    Excuse me a sec:

    “What Sweetie? No, I’m on the journal….. no darling…. no flirting on here……. no…. love ya……no, not porno either…… put my phone down please”

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    Mute Caitríona Muireann Bolger
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 8:02 PM

    I can’t even imagine how many relationships this ruined..

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    Mute Will Hourihan
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 9:33 PM

    The app wouldn’t ruin anything that wasn’t already ruined. If you are at a stage in your relationship that you need to install a app like that, then…… Your relationship is no more.

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    Mute Catherine Sims
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    Aug 23rd 2013, 1:12 AM

    I ran a mobile dept of an independent telecommunications in the UK. My bast@ard ex boy friend sent me a thing like this to track certain phones on your computer . I thought it was great and the sales boys could use it as employers could track employees on the road by this. I never actually tried it though before I sent it off to the sales manager. Yeah it was a gag. Everyone usually types in their partners number to try it out and it supposedly tracks the signal to a bedroom in a house where you got two grainy grey images of two people doing it . You can imagine the sales managers reaction. I was mortified. Still he sent it on to everyone in the place and caught them all with it. I on the other lost all my managers cred there and then . You can see now why boyfriend is an ex lol

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    Mute BadDrivingIreland
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:04 PM

    They could of made a girlfriend tracker too.

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    Mute Abi Dennis
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:11 PM

    im sure it couldve been used as a girlfiemd tracker too

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    Mute ieoinu
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 7:19 PM

    What you’re looking for is a ‘girlfriend finder’ slight difference ;-)

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    Mute Colin C
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 10:43 PM

    You “download” apps. The developer of those apps “upload” them.

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    Mute Ronan Sexton
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    Aug 23rd 2013, 1:44 AM

    If the ball was on the other foot, like “track my bird” there would be uproar. Men are bad, mmmmkay? Like those bad men who forced some innocent girls to smuggle marmalade out of Peru.

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    Mute Shanti Om
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 10:30 PM

    How on earth did it get on the play store to start with? Is there no vetting at all on that thing?

    There’s some really messed up people out there. Whoever a) developed the thing and b) downloaded it, has some serious issues – ones that certainly won’t be resolved by the app, some heavy duty counselling would be more appropriate.

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    Mute Martin O Connell
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    Aug 22nd 2013, 10:11 PM

    Crazy Bit@hes.

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    Mute Eugene Walsh
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    Aug 23rd 2013, 1:36 AM

    People on here banging on about trust, oh you have to trust your partner, no sir…your partner must do their utmost to instill in you to help you trust them if either one finds themselves in a situation that may compromise them

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    Aug 23rd 2013, 12:22 AM

    And it was even backwards compatible with the clam shell Motorola.

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    Mute Marie Louise Ni Riain
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    Aug 23rd 2013, 12:27 AM

    Extreme to say the least

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    Aug 26th 2013, 7:48 AM

    If you’re lookiing for an app to track you boyfriend cheating, here on http://www.iphonespyapps.net you can find the best tracker app with a cost of a cup of coffee.

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    Mute Greg McGarry
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    Aug 25th 2013, 12:06 PM

    Yeah, came across a gadget that does the same thing… http://www.boomerangtracker.com

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