Why is there so many lowlifes in Dublin

RainbowRose81

Chaotic_Forces wrote: »

Spitting at someone is the lowest of the low?

Remind me to go back to Hitler and thank him and his Nazi supporters since they don't seem so bad compared to the scum low-life that spat at your friend. :rolleyes:

Things have changed since then. We live in a western democracy capitalist society, its 2011

cosmicfart

Chaotic_Forces wrote: »

Spitting at someone is the lowest of the low?

Remind me to go back to Hitler and thank him and his Nazi supporters since they don't seem so bad compared to the scum low-life that spat at your friend. :rolleyes:

how can u compare Nazis to Skangers?? Worlds apart! Skangers are saints compared to Hitler lol

RainbowRose81

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

You;ve never seen anyone spitting outside of Dublin?

yea on the ground not on someone's face.

Chaotic_Forces

RainbowRose81 wrote: »

Things have changed since then. We live in a western democracy capitalist society, its 2011

Alright, I'll be sure to go to America, get shot five or six times and thank them since gangland shootings are common place in the poorer areas there but I bet you they say "I'd rather get shot ten times than spat at, it's why I love my home and will never leave".

Grow up, your friend got spat at, boo-hoo. It's not like he/she got a knife in the chest or a bullet to the head or a hiding. Then again I suppose that's much more polite?

hondasam

RainbowRose81 wrote: »

Is it a social norm to get spat on anywhere in the world. Well what difference does nationality make? it just makes me sick to hear another person doing that to someone else. Get a punch or your money stolen would be more decent

Id imagine it happens, I would never be ashamed to be Irish ever. do you know for a fact it was an Irish person or even a Dublin person for that ?

Chaotic_Forces

cosmicfart wrote: »

how can u compare Nazis to Skangers?? Worlds apart! Skangers are saints compared to Hitler lol

I was being sarcastic since she thinks spitting at someone is the worst thing you can do, I think I should be happy I only got mugged once and never spat on.

Jesus Wept

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Remember Hungerford? Dunblayne? Columbine?

They are kind of different, a rare event.
It's hardly fair to tar a place purely because a massacre/mass shooting occurred there, it could easily happen here. They are rare and perpetrated by an individual or a very small group.

Weren't the last couple of school shootings in 'more respected' small towns in Norway and Germany?

RainbowRose81

cosmicfart wrote: »

how can u compare Nazis to Skangers?? Worlds apart! Skangers are saints compared to Hitler lol

Well the nazis were force to in to hitler's army most of them, they had not much of a choice. I don't think people from marginalised areas have much choice either, by what is spitting at someone going to do?

cosmicfart

Chaotic_Forces wrote: »

I was being sarcastic since she thinks spitting at someone is the worst thing you can do, I think I should be happy I only got mugged once and never spat on.

weres the spitting smiley when u need one? :pac:

southsiderosie

Oh look, it's the monthly "Dublin sucks!" thread! :rolleyes:

Chaotic_Forces wrote: »

Alright, I'll be sure to go to America, get shot five or six times and thank them since gangland shootings are common place in the poorer areas there but I bet you they say "I'd rather get shot ten times than spat at, it's why I love my home and will never leave".

Grow up, your friend got spat at, boo-hoo. It's not like he/she got a knife in the chest or a bullet to the head or a hiding. Then again I suppose that's much more polite?

The thing is, in the US, those neighborhoods are not in the city center, they are more on the edges. Dublin seems weird because you have a significant skanger element in what are essentially high-rent commercial districts. Chicago is a far more dangerous city than Dublin, but Dublin City Center feels far more anarchic - more sketchy people/junkies/feral children and fewer cops - than Chicago's city center.

Knasher

The respect they get in their peer group is inversely proportional to how big a maggot they act towards people outside of their group. The effect would be therefore be amplified in larger cities and poorer areas where you will tend to have larger groups and I can grantee you it isn't just a Dublin or Irish phenomenon.

On the brighter side of things, when these people get older and drift apart generally speaking most of them become decent members of society. Of course unfortunately some of them also tend towards drugs, homelessness and crime.

Long term I think the only solution would be to find a way to bring shame instead of respect onto people who act like this. Unfortunately I think the child protection laws (which are good in general) run in direct opposition to this.

HoneyRyder

RainbowRose81 wrote: »

my own experience..i lived here for 4 years nearly

That's all very well Rose but what your experience is lacking is the context of it being just one person's experience and therefore isn't really grounds for making vast generalisations.

Bruthal

hondasam wrote: »

for pity sake get over it, do you think an Irish person never got spat at.

Well it does sound like they got spat at for being indian, by a brainless person that would not be missed if they disappeared. As for get over it? Can we assume it would be like water off a ducks back for you to be spat at so? Except it does not flow as well as water.

RainbowRose81

hondasam wrote: »

Id imagine it happens, I would never be ashamed to be Irish ever. do you know for a fact it was an Irish person or even a Dublin person for that ?

Yea i know for a fact he was irish and stuff was shouted at him with a strong dublin accent.

Would it be the norm to see a foreigner like a chinese or foreigner national spitting at someone?

Yea, well those people don't behave like Irish people at all, that would be a very very rare occurence in Cork, Donegal or Galway. It's hard to believe Galway and Dublin are in the same country

old hippy

The law of averages dictates that most threads unrelated to nazis end up mentioning nazis or Hitler.

Is Dublin worse than anywhere else? Depends on how much bad stuff happens to the individual.

I've been mugged twice in Dublin, had knives pulled on me about 5 times, been beaten up 5 times. Not all at the same time, mind. But most of that happened when I was a teen/early 20s and was instigated, for the most by people of a similar age.

All that testosterone can lead to some unpleasant situations. The world over.

Spunge

Whats wrong with a little spit, just pretend its raining.

Chaotic_Forces

southsiderosie wrote: »

Oh look, it's the monthly "Dublin sucks!" thread! :rolleyes:



The thing is, in the US, those neighborhoods are not in the city center, they are more on the edges. Dublin seems weird because you have a significant skanger element in what are essentially high-rent commercial districts. Chicago is a far more dangerous city than Dublin, but Dublin City Center feels far more anarchic - more sketchy people/junkies/feral children and fewer cops - than Chicago's city center.

I see your point but... I think it's because pretty much anything of use in terms of clubs and whatnot is in the town. I live about 5 minutes from O'Connell street and hear kids 14/15 at 2am drunk outta their heads and smashing bottles but it's only because nobody really gives a damn.
The City Centre is sort of a ghetto in itself but because there are a lot of places that are useful here, it's a high rent like area.

RainbowRose81 wrote: »

Yea i know for a fact he was irish and stuff was shouted at him with a strong dublin accent.

Would it be the norm to see a foreigner like a chinese or foreigner national spitting at someone?

Yea, well those people don't behave like Irish people at all, that would be a very very rare occurence in Cork, Donegal or Galway. It's hard to believe Galway and Dublin are in the same country

So it's not about the scumbag that spat at your friend, it's now about Dublin being a horrible place? If so, move out.

Star Bingo

there's not so much sexual lowlifery. innn comparison to certain other nations - far as i'm aware.

just ogre-like bufoons that fail to channel envy correctly; often converting to snide / aggression

Bruthal

RainbowRose81 wrote: »

Yea i know for a fact he was irish and stuff was shouted at him with a strong dublin accent.

Would it be the norm to see a foreigner like a chinese or foreigner national spitting at someone?

Yea, well those people don't behave like Irish people at all, that would be a very very rare occurence in Cork, Donegal or Galway. It's hard to believe Galway and Dublin are in the same country

I`d agree with you. Filth bags that do that, simple as that.

Jesus Wept

RainbowRose81 wrote: »

Yea i know for a fact he was irish and stuff was shouted at him with a strong dublin accent.

Would it be the norm to see a foreigner like a chinese or foreigner national spitting at someone?

Normal? It's not normal but it would happen in their own countries.
Scumbags tend not to be the ones who move to new pastures.

Comparing the behavior of local scumbags vs non nationals who have moved abroad is not good.

RainbowRose81

robbie7730 wrote: »

I`d agree with you. Filth bags that do that, simple as that.

Thank you. One person whose heart isn't hardened and tells it like it is

hondasam

robbie7730 wrote: »

Well it does sound like they got spat at for being indian, by a brainless person that would not be missed if they disappeared. As for get over it? Can we assume it would be like water off a ducks back for you to be spat at so? Except it does not flow as well as water.

It might have nothing to do with his nationality.

RainbowRose81 wrote: »

Yea i know for a fact he was irish and stuff was shouted at him with a strong dublin accent.

Would it be the norm to see a foreigner like a chinese or foreigner national spitting at someone?

Yea, well those people don't behave like Irish people at all, that would be a very very rare occurence in Cork, Donegal or Galway. It's hard to believe Galway and Dublin are in the same country

We don't know if it would be the norm in other countries or not but I'm sure it is not unheard of.

Galway people are nice

Napper Hawkins

RainbowRose81 wrote: »

Yea i know for a fact he was irish and stuff was shouted at him with a strong dublin accent.

Would it be the norm to see a foreigner like a chinese or foreigner national spitting at someone?

Yea, well those people don't behave like Irish people at all, that would be a very very rare occurence in Cork, Donegal or Galway. It's hard to believe Galway and Dublin are in the same country

If there were a million + people in Cork, Donegal or Galway I can guarantee you they would be no different.

Bruthal

hondasam wrote: »

It might have nothing to do with his nationality.

O right, so this spitter went spitting at everyone that passed in the street so? I bet he didnt.

Chaotic_Forces

RainbowRose81 wrote: »

Thank you. One person whose heart isn't hardened and tells it like it is

See, here's the problem: you didn't have a go at scumbags, you had a go at scumbags from Dublin but... you decided to phrase it and make it out there are more scumbags here than anywhere else in Ireland.

So no, you shouldn't thanking him/her for telling it like it is, you should be thanking him/her for not making a comment of how you have it in for Dublin.

But, tell your friend to leave if he has a problem with Dublin, I'd advise you to the same and you should both move to a rural area where a trip to the shop is more than 5 minutes away since you have no idea of how to live in a city and what happens if you go into a well known bad area.

RainbowRose81

Chaotic_Forces wrote: »

I see your point but... I think it's because pretty much anything of use in terms of clubs and whatnot is in the town. I live about 5 minutes from O'Connell street and hear kids 14/15 at 2am drunk outta their heads and smashing bottles but it's only because nobody really gives a damn.
The City Centre is sort of a ghetto in itself but because there are a lot of places that are useful here, it's a high rent like area.



So it's not about the scumbag that spat at your friend, it's now about Dublin being a horrible place? If so, move out.

No i was just pointing out the difference between Galway and Dublin. Every place is different each have good points and bad points. Are you from Dublin? Because a good few Dublin people get very offened if anything's pointed out about Dublin. Its only a place

Jesus Wept

RainbowRose81 wrote: »

Thank you. One person whose heart isn't hardened and tells it like it is

Spitting on somebody is quite obviously a scummy act, that goes without saying.

You're clearly not here to listen to reason and logic, you are just seeking cheerleaders.

squod

Getting deja-vu here. Blast him with piss OP.

Chaotic_Forces

RainbowRose81 wrote: »

No i was just pointing out the difference between Galway and Dublin. Every place is different each have good points and bad points. Are you from Dublin? Because a good few Dublin people get very offened if anything's pointed out about Dublin. Its only a place

Yup, I'm from Dublin 1. And no, I do not get offended when you say something. I get offended when you think that we're all scumbags here or that for some bizzare reason there are more scumbags here than the rest of Ireland.

Here's an interesting fact: around where I live/grew up, I've seen cars smashed, lit on fire, windows broken, people being beaten up, gardaí getting attacked and so on.

But... I'm a quite a decent man, I didn't do anything like that.

None of my friends did anything like that.

So tell me, in Galway do you have as many people living there as we do here? If not, learn how more people = more bad people compared to a small population area like Galway and then stop bitching about how Dublin is do bad.

Actually, a better idea might be for you to never visit Dublin and you and your friend can stay in Galway and never get spat at again.

I know that last suggestion sounded like sarcasm but if you honestly think Galway is so much scumbag-free to Dublin, I honestly think you should do it.

hondasam

robbie7730 wrote: »

O right, so this spitter went spitting at everyone that passed in the street so? I bet he didnt.

you were not there so how do you know, perhaps he decided to spit at the first five people that went past him.

why does it always have to be about nationality and racism.