Wigglepuppy wrote: » It is? I'd be thinking more along the lines of south American and African countries for most corrupt on earth.
Jimmy Garlic wrote: » Once someone gets above a certain level in Irish politics and/or business they are basically untouchable. If the truth does slip out somewhere they will be protected and in the incredibly rare situations when they do see the inside of a court room they will receive the softest sentences imaginable if convicted. A couple of years at the very most in some holiday camp like Loughan House or Shelton Abbey. This country is marinaded in corruption, it would give a lot of African and South American countries a run for their money.
CrabRevolution wrote: » According to boards we're among the dysfunctional, corrupt, dishonest, closed minded, lazy, stupid people on earth. Yet despite it all have one of the safest countries on earth with a standard of living billions of people can only dream of. If anything, all these self loathing threads are complimenting Irish people, since without even putting our minds to it we've managed to rise above our (many, many) supposed faults to become one of the best places on earth to live.
Ericdravancrow wrote: » Really...best for who?..our government says no to tax billions from Apple, but yes to water charges...
Wigglepuppy wrote: » That's all you can offer in response to the statement that Ireland is one of the best places in the world to live? How about... no war, food being plentiful, clean and easily accessible water, sanitation, education being easily accessible - mandatory up to a certain stage, we can criticise the government all we want, a very supportive social welfare system, safety - you generally don't have to worry about gangs in your day to day life, a reasonable minimum wage, houses and flats instead of shanty towns... There can be remarkable lack of perspective at times. Ireland isn't perfect of course but to doubt how good a place it is to live when we hear daily about the horror of e.g. Aleppo... is quite incredible.
Ericdravancrow wrote: » Ireland is been economically attacked for the last 10 years..where have you been, this is the 'real' modern war.... Economics.
Arsemageddon wrote: » You know what? You are 100% right! First thing tomorrow I'm going to pack up my stuff and move to Syria, and while I'm there I'm going to tell the locals how lucky they are that they don't have to experience a proper war or corruption like Ireland.
Ericdravancrow wrote: » Good man, because you can't see that it's America Vs Russia on a local level... that's been going on in small countries since WWII...
Arsemageddon wrote: » Stop drinking and go to bed
MRnotlob606 wrote: » The reason corruption works so well in Ireland is because of our culture of silence. The reason we had such clerical abuse was because people didn't want to talk about it and didn't want to challenge the status quo. The whole notion of the "fighing Irish" is bogus unless it refers an American College football team, and doesn't represent are true, quiescent nature.
Ericdravancrow wrote: It appears we can't help ourselves, we will do over all and anyone to line our pockets.... rumours about Nama, OCI, Politicians and expenses, people claiming welfare, lying about insurance claims, finance Ministers without bank accounts, transport ministers with no licence's, tribunal's without charges, regularly elected dodgy public representatives, shell companies, offshore accounts, dodgy Garda in Donegal...confess all.
archer22 wrote: » Well in fairness they do turn into the" fighting Irish" when someone tells them truths that they don't like.
Wigglepuppy wrote: » None of this changes what I said. More that can be added to the list: no sweat-shops/child labour, electricity infrastructure, unusual for a household not to have at least one car... What truths and who's "they" though? There's no denying that there has been corruption but it's still doesn't compare to countries that are actually cesspits of corruption and rotten to the core. I know some folk like to pretend this country is a third world mess, but they're wrong - and it's so easy to prove them wrong.
archer22 wrote: » The only factors that keep this country from becoming a "third world mess" are the following. Membership of the EU and the money they pump into it,plus the basic rules and regulations they impose that at least keep some checks and balances on the Gombeen men. The foreign multinationals here that provide so much employment. The safety valve of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States and UK that take a quarter of the population every 20 years when the inevitable greed and corruption fuelled economic collapse occurs. If you take out all those benevolent outside factors..what Ireland would be like does not bare thinking about.:eek:
Arsemageddon wrote: » Ah yeah, sure us paddy's are such a bunch of fvckwits that it wasn't for the foreigners putting a bit of manners it would be like an episode of The Walking Dead here in the space of a week or two.
Howard the Duck wrote: » Saw the number of pages and i'm very disappointed by the lack of stories here.
