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Tragic yet worrying scenes in waterford last night

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    #212
    TheDoctor
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    lighterman wrote: »
    There is a difference between glassing someone and throwing something which happened to be a bottle

    Fine let me correct it


    I dont see the difference if they were outside a civilians house, gave them a head injury with a bottle, ran off and one of them died


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    #213
    TheDoctor
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    old hippy wrote: »
    And the rest you've conveniently filtered out.

    If I had to write in everything that wasn't worthwhile I'd still be typing


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    #214
    drumswan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,592 ✭✭✭drumswan


    Nino Brown wrote: »
    What's with the daily mail references? I don't get it.

    Its a knee jerk, reactionary type who likes to make up their mind based on ridiculous ingrained prejudice instead of waiting for trivial things like "facts" to emerge from a story.


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    #215
    Dermot Illogical
    Registered Users Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭Dermot Illogical


    Nino Brown wrote: »
    This is a broader discussion than the death of this man, there was a Garda attacked, in his own home by a gang of criminals.
    If you don't think I should be in the thread, report it, but as long as I'm here I will continue to discuss my feelings, be they anger, joy, or indifference.

    There's much jumping to conclusion in this thread. We don't know he was attacked in his home by anybody,. The racier version of events comes from the Indo, and anyone in AGS (or any of the emergency services for that matter) should have long realised at this stage that the vast majority of what they print is absolute cack. I've read reports on events I've seen with my own eyes and they get it so completely wrong I have to imagine it's done on purpose. In their version it was a deliberate targeting of the house followed by a slashing/stabbing of the victim. Anyone who takes that at face value is welcome to bid on a bridge I have for sale.
    The other version (breakingnews) is that there was glass broken outside the victim's house, followed by an altercation when he confronted the glass-breakers. In that version it was not a deliberate targeting, "just" anti-social behaviour. And yes, that sort of behaviour deserves punishment.
    If the indo version is true I would have little sympathy, but if the less sensational version is closer to the truth then it is indeed a tragic result. Karma would be better employed elsewhere.


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    #216
    TheDoctor
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    drumswan wrote: »
    Its a knee jerk, reactionary type who likes to make up their mind based on ridiculous ingrained prejudice instead of waiting for trivial things like "facts" to emerge from a story.

    FACTS
    1. A group of young men arrive outside a house in the early hours of the morning
    2. They cause a disturbance and the occupant of the house approaches them
    3. This person receives injuries from a bottle to the back of the head
    4. The group splits and runs. One member ends up dead.


    Can we agree on these?


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    #217
    drumswan
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    Dermot Illogical wrote: »
    There's much jumping to conclusion in this thread. We don't know he was attacked in his home by anybody,. The racier version of events comes from the Indo, and anyone in AGS (or any of the emergency services for that matter) should have long realised at this stage that the vast majority of what they print is absolute cack. I've read reports on events I've seen with my own eyes and they get it so completely wrong I have to imagine it's done on purpose. In their version it was a deliberate targeting of the house followed by a slashing/stabbing of the victim. Anyone who takes that at face value is welcome to bid on a bridge I have for sale.
    The other version (breakingnews) is that there was glass broken outside the victim's house, followed by an altercation when he confronted the glass-breakers. In that version it was not a deliberate targeting, "just" anti-social behaviour. And yes, that sort of behaviour deserves punishment.
    If the indo version is true I would have little sympathy, but if the less sensational version is closer to the truth then it is indeed a tragic result. Karma would be better employed elsewhere.
    Finally some sense.


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    #218
    Octavianus
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    TheDoctor wrote: »
    FACTS
    1. A group of young men arrive outside a house in the early hours of the morning
    2. They cause a disturbance and the occupant of the house approaches them
    3. This person receives injuries from a bottle to the back of the head
    4. The group splits and runs. One member ends up dead.


    Can we agree on these?

    No, we don't know any of these to be facts.


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    #219
    Nino Brown
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    drumswan wrote: »
    Its a knee jerk, reactionary type who likes to make up their mind based on ridiculous ingrained prejudice instead of waiting for trivial things like "facts" to emerge from a story.

    I am prejudiced, I admit it, I'm prone to immediately labeling people who throw bottles at peoples houses and heads as scumbags, I should see a therapist to overcome my common sense prejudice.


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    Zulu
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    Nino Brown wrote: »
    What's with the daily mail references? I don't get it.
    It's a simple, childish Ad-hominem attack. Ignore it.


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    #221
    Blindside87
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    On a slightly related note:

    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/man-who-threatened-to-rape-and-kill-garda-jailed-for-two-years-1.1798654

    Good stuff.


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    #222
    lighterman
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    Nino Brown wrote: »
    I am prejudiced, I admit it, I'm prone to immediately labeling people who throw bottles at peoples houses and heads as scumbags, I should see a therapist to overcome my common sense prejudice.

    Throw bottles at peoples houses or throw bottles outside peoples houses


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    #223
    TheDoctor
    Registered Users Posts: 4,977 ✭✭✭TheDoctor


    Blindside87 wrote: »
    On a slightly related note:

    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/man-who-threatened-to-rape-and-kill-garda-jailed-for-two-years-1.1798654

    Good stuff.

    Only two years, he'll be out in 18 months with "good behaviour"

    What a joke. Should be at least 10 years.


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    #224
    TheDoctor
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    What in my facts can we not take as truth?


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    #225
    Nino Brown
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    lighterman wrote: »
    Throw bottles at peoples houses or throw bottles outside peoples houses

    Outside peoples houses is at least antisocial, but most likely to be done by scumbags.
    To throw a bottle at somebodies head could easily kill them, and has in fact killed many people, and only a scumbag would do it,


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    #226
    TheDoctor
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    Octavianus wrote: »
    No, we don't know any of these to be facts.
    Nino Brown wrote: »
    Outside peoples house's is at least antisocial, but most likely to be done by scumbags.
    To throw a bottle at somebodies head could easily kill them, and has in fact killed many people, and only a scumbag would do it,

    Agreed forget the house. Aiming a bottle at someones head is only done to seriously hurt someone.


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    #227
    Octavianus
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭Octavianus


    TheDoctor wrote: »
    What in my facts can we not take as truth?

    All of it. As someone else has already pointed out, there are some very different versions of the story.

    Which one are you deciding is fact?


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    #228
    lighterman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 320 ✭✭lighterman


    Nino Brown wrote: »
    Outside peoples houses is at least antisocial, but most likely to be done by scumbags.
    To throw a bottle at somebodies head could easily kill them, and has in fact killed many people, and only a scumbag would do it,

    I've no idea what your on about


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    #229
    Phibsboro
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    Reading the way the actual death is being reported at the moment (late afternoon on the Friday), I am getting a vague feeling that there is more to this than meets the eye. There is a hint that the guard tried to restrain one of the group... and one of the group was then found unconscious at a spot later. The key initial question for GSOC is did the guard give chase at all...


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    drumswan
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    Nino Brown wrote: »
    Outside peoples houses is at least antisocial, but most likely to be done by scumbags.

    So you dont know the facts then? Its 'most likely' to be done by scumbags now. Is there a broken bottle rulebook which says when you cross the line into scumbagness when dicking around with bottles? Perhaps the Daily Mail published one as a pull out supplement?


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    #231
    Santa Cruz
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    old hippy wrote: »
    A young guy died, a life lost that could have been rewarding and productive. Haven't we all done things in our youth that could be considered anti-social?


    I took a packet of Chocolate Goldgrain one day that the Ma had been keeping for the Aunt's visit.


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    Santa Cruz
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    Phibsboro wrote: »
    Reading the way the actual death is being reported at the moment (late afternoon on the Friday), I am getting a vague feeling that there is more to this than meets the eye. There is a hint that the guard tried to restrain one of the group... and one of the group was then found unconscious at a spot later. The key initial question for GSOC is did the guard give chase at all...


    I heard that he did this while trying to contact Paraic Nally by phone.


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    #233
    TheDoctor
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    Octavianus wrote: »
    All of it. As someone else has already pointed out, there are some very different versions of the story.

    Which one are you deciding is fact?


    So are we concluding that no group went to the house
    The occupant of the house didnt approach them
    He wasnt hit with a bottle
    The group didnt split and no one died?


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    #234
    drumswan
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    Phibsboro wrote: »
    Reading the way the actual death is being reported at the moment (late afternoon on the Friday), I am getting a vague feeling that there is more to this than meets the eye.
    You are not the only one. Well you are almost the only one.


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    #235
    Nino Brown
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    Santa Cruz wrote: »
    I took a packet of Chocolate Goldgrain one day that the Ma had been keeping for the Aunt's visit.

    Dude you can't say that, you have to say

    "SWIM took a packet of Chocolate Goldgrain one day that the Ma had been keeping for the Aunt's visit"


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    #236
    Dermot Illogical
    Registered Users Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭Dermot Illogical


    Phibsboro wrote: »
    Reading the way the actual death is being reported at the moment (late afternoon on the Friday), I am getting a vague feeling that there is more to this than meets the eye. There is a hint that the guard tried to restrain one of the group... and one of the group was then found unconscious at a spot later. The key initial question for GSOC is did the guard give chase at all...

    And there we have the other end of the jumping to conclusion spectrum...


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    #237
    Nino Brown
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    TheDoctor wrote: »
    So are we concluding that no group went to the house
    The occupant of the house didnt approach them
    He wasnt hit with a bottle
    The group didnt split and no one died?

    The exact same thing happened at my gaf last night, strange that it's not all over the papers.


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    #238
    Octavianus
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭Octavianus


    TheDoctor wrote: »
    So are we concluding that no group went to the house
    The occupant of the house didnt approach them
    He wasnt hit with a bottle
    The group didnt split and no one died?


    Are you really just here to argue or to actually talk about the topic?

    You said in a previous post that you had patience, but you are determined to jump to conclusions and refuse to wait until you hear any actual facts.


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    #239
    Nino Brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭Nino Brown


    drumswan wrote: »
    So you dont know the facts then? Its 'most likely' to be done by scumbags now. Is there a broken bottle rulebook which says when you cross the line into scumbagness when dicking around with bottles? Perhaps the Daily Mail published one as a pull out supplement?

    That was a generalization, if people are throwing bottles at/around house (even just throwing bottles in general) they are most likely scumbags, I don't think that's an unreasonable generalization, but I also don't have any facts to support it. Do you have any facts to the contrary?
    Your daily mail jokes didn't land the first thee times, but I admire your tenacity.


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    #240
    LorMal
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    TheDoctor wrote: »
    Then its good that there's one less scrote out on the street for me to worry about so isn't it?

    Can you please stop calling the dead youth a 'scrote', a 'scumbag'...etc.
    You merely undermine your own arguments by resorting to callous and simplistic labeling in this fashion.
    Isn't it obvious that you can better and more convincingly oppose thuggish behavior without resorting to it yourself linguistically?
    These young men were out of order. No one deserved to die. The world is complex.


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    #241
    Octavianus
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    Nino Brown wrote: »
    That was a generalization, if people are throwing bottles at/around house (even just throwing bottles in general) they are most likely scumbags, I don't think that's an unreasonable generalization, but I also don't have any facts to support it. Do you have any facts to the contrary?

    So you admit you don't know the facts yet you still have no sympathy for his death based solely on a generalisation?


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