Racist Ireland

Totally Tropical

I think anything goes on our streets nowadays but these two assaults in Dublin this morning seem to be a case where two people were targeted because of their nationality.I doubt it's a coincidence that two polish people were assulated within the space of a few hours in the same area.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0515/617460-summerhill/

biko

Racist Dublin?



stir stir

AdolfHipster

THEY TERK OUR JERRRRRBS!

SEPT 23 1989

the animals will attack anything race has nothing to do with it

hairyprincess

biko wrote: »

Racist Dublin?



stir stir

Ah but didn't you know, Dublin is the quintessence of Ireland. If it didn't happen in Dublin it's not worth talking about

saucyleopard

You don't know its racism. It seems to be gang related. That's what I got from the news report.

Joe Duffy..

Plenty of Polish attacking Irish too.

Karl Stein

Ireland is one of the safest countries on Earth to live in.

Totally Tropical

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

the animals will attack anything race has nothing to do with it

The first incident was a shop robbery where a polish man was attacked and another polish man was attacked a few hours earlier.Your probably right all the same.Summerhill is a rough enough area anyway at the best of times.

Birneybau

Are Polish people not the same race as us?

WilyCoyote

Karl Stein wrote: »

Ireland is one of the safest countries on Earth to live in.

And, by extension, the Cosmos.

Birneybau

WilyCoyote wrote: »

And, by extension, the Cosmos.

I dunno, Tatooine has some shady characters.

Specialun

How do you know they were attacked because they were poles

Maybe they were just dicks

SpaceTime

Some people will attack anyone for any reason though, racism/xenophobia's just another one of their many reasons.

I had a group of kids in a fairly rough area Dublin 7 throwing rocks at my C-reg car shouting "Get that f***ing Cork car out of Dublin ya culchy b*****!" a few months ago.

I've also been attacked for being tall!

Jonny7

Karl Stein wrote: »

Ireland is one of the safest countries on Earth to live in.

I've been beaten up several times, held up by a syringe, robbed at knife point (twice), harassed, punched, kicked, lost count.. most of my friends have been beaten up or mugged at some stage.. and I have seen so many random acts of violence

Having lived in several other countries since, I can tell you that "safe" is relative.. we aren't the Congo, but we aren't some shining beacon of street safety either

Philo Beddoe

Totally Tropical wrote: »

I think anything goes on our streets nowadays but these two assaults in Dublin this morning seem to be a case where two people were targeted because of their nationality.I doubt it's a coincidence that two polish people were assulated within the space of a few hours in the same area.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0515/617460-summerhill/

It's amazing these stories are considered newsworthy at all considering how anything goes on our streets nowadays. How do people pick out two individual assaults from the carnage that's going on as we speak?

Soups123

Specialun wrote: »

How do you know they were attacked because they were poles

Maybe they were just dicks

These animals know no limits attacking Poles, what next street lights

Philo Beddoe

SpaceTime wrote: »

I've also been attacked for being tall!

Have you tried not being tall?

AdolfHipster

SpaceTime wrote: »

Some people will attack anyone for any reason though, racism/xenophobia's just another one of their many reasons.

I had a group of kids in a fairly rough area Dublin 7 throwing rocks at my C-reg car shouting "Get that f***ing Cork car out of Dublin ya culchy b*****!" a few months ago.

I've also been attacked for being tall!

We don't take kindly to your kind round here!

Soups123

Jonny7 wrote: »

I've been beaten up several times, held up by a syringe, robbed at knife point (twice), harassed, punched, kicked, lost count.. most of my friends have been beaten up or mugged at some stage.. and I have seen so many random acts of violence

Having lived in several other countries since, I can tell you that "safe" is relative.. we aren't the Congo, but we aren't some shining beacon of street safety either

Seriously that is some amount of random assaults for one person do you live in prison

SpaceTime

Philo Beddoe wrote: »

Have you tried not being tall?

I probably used to when I was a kid alright - you'd get your head kicked in for being tall, so you'd try to minimise your height. Like by only standing next to tall people that kind of thing.

I'm not even THAT tall ... only 6'3". Small by Dutch standards.

But, yeah I'd agree Dublin's one of those cities I feel a little threatened in at times. Glasgow too and possibly parts of Brussels and Paris also.

Most other cities aren't too bad.

MonstaMash

Jonny7 wrote: »

I've been beaten up several times, held up by a syringe, robbed at knife point (twice), harassed, punched, kicked, lost count..

Jaysus, you'd want to take up some form of self defence with a track record like that.

I've worked as security in Dublin for the last 20+ years, many of those years in retail outlets in the city centre & I've never encountered violence to that extreme.

Turtyturd

SpaceTime wrote: »

Some people will attack anyone for any reason though, racism/xenophobia's just another one of their many reasons.

I had a group of kids in a fairly rough area Dublin 7 throwing rocks at my C-reg car shouting "Get that f***ing Cork car out of Dublin ya culchy b*****!" a few months ago.

I've also been attacked for being tall!

The tall one is fairly harsh.

Valetta

Jonny7 wrote: »

I've been beaten up several times, held up by a syringe, robbed at knife point (twice), harassed, punched, kicked, lost count.. most of my friends have been beaten up or mugged at some stage.. and I have seen so many random acts of violence

Having lived in several other countries since, I can tell you that "safe" is relative.. we aren't the Congo, but we aren't some shining beacon of street safety either

Mirrors are cheap in Dunnes.

Turtyturd

Jonny7 wrote: »

I've been beaten up several times, held up by a syringe, robbed at knife point (twice), harassed, punched, kicked, lost count.. most of my friends have been beaten up or mugged at some stage.. and I have seen so many random acts of violence

Having lived in several other countries since, I can tell you that "safe" is relative.. we aren't the Congo, but we aren't some shining beacon of street safety either

I reckon you're exaggerating or have no common sense or awareness to have found yourself in all those situations.

Jonny7

Soups123 wrote: »

Seriously that is some amount of random assaults for one person do you live in prison

Lived in certain.. unsavory areas of Dublin, plus getting late night public transport didn't help. I consider myself pretty lucky.

Nodin

Totally Tropical wrote: »

I think anything goes on our streets nowadays but these two assaults in Dublin this morning seem to be a case where two people were targeted because of their nationality.I doubt it's a coincidence that two polish people were assulated within the space of a few hours in the same area.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0515/617460-summerhill/

There's a lot of poles in Dublin, so I'm seeing no reason to see nationality as a motive thus far.

orangesoda

For a bit of casual raciam you just have to stand outside a chapel after an african priest pays a visit and does a mass,
'that was a quare darky priest'

Wazdakka

hairyprincess wrote: »

Dublin is the quintessence of Ireland. If it didn't happen in Dublin it's not worth talking about

I know that you didn't mean that literally...

Buuuuuttt...
It is sorta true... In as much as Dublin seems to get way more media attention that anywhere else.


It works both ways though..
The crime in Dublin gets more coverage than crime in other parts of the country..
And then you get country folk that actually buy into all the hype....

Next thing you know, they won't even make the yearly trip to Clearys without a stab vest, Gps tagging bracelet and a rape alarm.

drumswan

Jonny7 wrote: »

Lived in certain.. unsavory areas of Dublin, plus getting late night public transport didn't help. I consider myself pretty lucky.

Lucky? lol

Jonny7

Turtyturd wrote: »

I reckon you're exaggerating or have no common sense or awareness to have found yourself in all those situations.

Not at all, if anything it's the opposite. Am a little surprised at the response actually, perhaps me and my mates have just lived in some very scummy areas as dead poor students, plus getting late night darts for years didn't help

MonstaMash

I was born, bred & buttered in 'scummy' areas, the flats in Sean McDermott Street to be exact.

Most inner city youth are territorial of their neighbourhoods.

They regard you as an outsider & outsiders are not to be trusted.

You will become the 'victim' if you are outwardly perceived as such, as you are seen to be encroaching on their home turf.

PND

There are some parts of Dublin that you just don't walk through if you are or you look in any way different to the local inhabitants. The scum will single you out and by christ you better have a good pair of legs on you or you're fukked.

Totally Tropical

Wazdakka wrote: »

I know that you didn't mean that literally...

Buuuuuttt...
It is sorta true... In as much as Dublin seems to get way more media attention that anywhere else.


It works both ways though..
The crime in Dublin gets more coverage than crime in other parts of the country..
And then you get country folk that actually buy into all the hype....

Next thing you know, they won't even make the yearly trip to Clearys without a stab vest, Gps tagging bracelet and a rape alarm.

What are you on about?Haven't the media in Dublin been doing a hatchet job on Limerick for years?;)

UCDCritic

Totally Tropical wrote: »

I think anything goes on our streets nowadays but these two assaults in Dublin this morning seem to be a case where two people were targeted because of their nationality.I doubt it's a coincidence that two polish people were assulated within the space of a few hours in the same area.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0515/617460-summerhill/

Another hyper sensitive immigrant seeing racism everywhere

batistuta9

Totally Tropical wrote: »

What are you on about?Haven't the media in Dublin been doing a hatchet job on Limerick for years?;)

Yeah they stuck the knife in alright

Nodin

UCDCritic wrote: »

Another hyper sensitive immigrant seeing racism everywhere

Who is an immigrant?

Chinasea

UCDCritic wrote: »

Another hyper sensitive immigrant seeing racism everywhere

Oh yea and the holocaust never happened either.

Turtyturd

Jonny7 wrote: »

Not at all, if anything it's the opposite. Am a little surprised at the response actually, perhaps me and my mates have just lived in some very scummy areas as dead poor students, plus getting late night darts for years didn't help

What are these areas?

Mandzhalas

i am foreigner living in rural Ireland for past 10 years. Have not experienced slightest bit of racism in that time

Wazdakka

Totally Tropical wrote: »

What are you on about?Haven't the media in Dublin been doing a hatchet job on Limerick for years?;)

[Insert Limerick crime based "Hatchet Job" joke here]

stmol32

Totally Tropical wrote: »

I think anything goes on our streets nowadays but these two assaults in Dublin this morning seem to be a case where two people were targeted because of their nationality.I doubt it's a coincidence that two polish people were assulated within the space of a few hours in the same area.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0515/617460-summerhill/

There was a shooting in the same area a few hours before that, how come that's not related.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/man-arrested-after-late-night-shooting-near-house-in-dublin-630592.html

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Chinasea wrote: »

Oh yea and the holocaust never happened either.

That's a fair leap Mr.Godwin...

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Wazdakka wrote: »

[Insert Limerick crime based "Hatchet Job" joke here]

Hitler would have used a hatchet on something something Hitler something Hitler Hitler.

sabat

Is there any indication that it was natives involved in the attacks? 9.10AM on a Thursday morning isn't exactly their prime time and the greatest danger faced by eastern Europeans here is their fellow countrymen, all-night vodka sessions and easy access to kitchen knives.

Totally Tropical

sabat wrote: »

Is there any indication that it was natives involved in the attacks? 9.10AM on a Thursday morning isn't exactly their prime time and the greatest danger faced by eastern Europeans here is their fellow countrymen, all-night vodka sessions and easy access to kitchen knives.

Do you need more tar for your brush?:)

Frank Lee Midere

MonstaMash wrote: »

I was born, bred & buttered in 'scummy' areas, the flats in Sean McDermott Street to be exact.

Most inner city youth are territorial of their neighbourhoods.

They regard you as an outsider & outsiders are not to be trusted.

You will become the 'victim' if you are outwardly perceived as such, as you are seen to be encroaching on their home turf.

I've lived and worked close by and nothing ever happened to me. I tend to not really notice what's going on though when walking about so I probably didn't get into aggro by staring at anybody.

Frank Lee Midere

Totally Tropical wrote: »

Do you need more tar for your brush?:)

You made equally generalising assumptions in your OP. The guys were polish. Racism.

Unless they were wearing some kind of polish identifier , unlikely.

Not that there aren't attacks on people looking different in Dublin but polish people don't look different.

Lawrence1895

May I say something? A serious topic, such as racism, posted in AH...well...not all answers are appropriate, imo

Joe Duffy..

Lars1916 wrote: »

May I say something? A serious topic, such as racism, posted in AH...well...not all answers are appropriate, imo

I fckun' hate polish, especially Mr Sheen, and Cilit bang....

Arthur Beesley

Chinasea wrote: »

Oh yea and the holocaust never happened either.

Are you on the drugs, again, lad?