How safe do you feel in Ireland?

freshpopcorn · 12-07-2017 04:08PM #1

I recently read a post Facebook page in which a woman was saying the death penalty should be reintroduced because Ireland is such a dangerous place compared to China because they have the death penalty and murder doesn't happen in China because of it. She also went on to claim that we murder lots of out elderly and Ireland is far more dangerous than New York to live.

I generally feel very safe in Ireland!

How safe do you feel in Ireland?

readyletsgo · 12-07-2017 04:11PM

Ugh, Facebook. Ireland is one of the safest places in the world, give or take a few psychos, but they are in every country.

Kimbot · 12-07-2017 04:12PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I recently read a post Facebook page in which a woman was saying the death penalty should be reintroduced because Ireland is such a dangerous place compared to China because they have the death penalty and murder doesn't happen in China because of it. She also went on to claim that we murder lots of out elderly and Ireland is far more dangerous than New York to live.

I generally feel very safe in Ireland!

How safe do you feel in Ireland?

Murder happens everywhere including china.

mzungu · 12-07-2017 04:13PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I recently read a post Facebook page in which a woman was saying the death penalty should be reintroduced because Ireland is such a dangerous place compared to China because they have the death penalty and murder doesn't happen in China because of it. She also went on to claim that we murder lots of out elderly and Ireland is far more dangerous than New York to live.

I generally feel very safe in Ireland!

How safe do you feel in Ireland?

Very safe. As countries go, Ireland is pretty much one of the most safe and open countries you could hope to live in. Sure, there is a few arseholes about the place, but you get that everywhere.

Regarding China, if your friend was living there she wouldn't have been able to post that to Facebook

Anyways, there most certainly are murders in China, lots of them in fact. Once you move out of the glitz of the big cities, you will find some parts rural China would not far off from the third world. Thankfully we don't have that kind of poverty here either.

Collie D · 12-07-2017 04:14PM

Tell her to shut it or you'll kill her

ohnonotgmail · 12-07-2017 04:16PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I recently read a post Facebook page in which a woman was saying the death penalty should be reintroduced because Ireland is such a dangerous place compared to China because they have the death penalty and murder doesn't happen in China because of it. She also went on to claim that we murder lots of out elderly and Ireland is far more dangerous than New York to live.

I generally feel very safe in Ireland!

How safe do you feel in Ireland?

is that why china has a higher murder rate than ireland?

me_irl · 12-07-2017 04:16PM

Of course when you're reading such a myopic view of things, that's when the unnecessary panic and paranoia sets in.

*looks out window, hears birds chirping*

Cina · 12-07-2017 04:18PM

Incredibly safe.

I think that woman needs to go to Tibet so she can see how safe parts of China really are.

freshpopcorn · 12-07-2017 04:18PM

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

is that why china has a higher murder rate than ireland?

No idea. The woman says it's a safer place tough!

Kintarō Hattori · 12-07-2017 04:18PM

I'd really be taking what you read on Facebook with a pinch of salt OP. As entertaining, practical and useful as it is, it does attract a lot of people who believe and promote the most god awful crap. If you read into it too much you'll believe the world is falling apart, there are global conspiracies etc.

Get off of Facebook, read more reputable sources of news, watch some news channels, read some papers etc and you'll find that while Ireland does have many varying issues, it is for the most part really rather safe and not having a death penalty is rather a good thing. Look at countries that do have the death penalty and I think you'll find that those places are in fact a lot more dangerous.

whisky_galore · 12-07-2017 04:18PM

jonnycivic wrote: »

Murder happens everywhere including china.

They have government-sanctioned murder...

seamus · 12-07-2017 04:19PM

This is why you fact check every claim you hear on facebook

Ireland is one of the safest countries on the planet.

greencap · 12-07-2017 04:19PM

Target is looking out the window at a bird.

Take the shot.

ohnonotgmail · 12-07-2017 04:19PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

No idea. The woman says it's a safer place tough!

so basically your OP is nonsense. you need to listen to smarter people.

draiochtanois · 12-07-2017 04:19PM

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Atlantic Dawn · 12-07-2017 04:20PM

Outside gangland the rate of murder in this country between people who don't know each other already is tiny.

Yourself isit · 12-07-2017 04:23PM

Dublin had more shootings per capita than London. That said it's pretty confined.

Dublin seems more hostile than some more dangerous cultures because of the visible drug issues though.

ohnonotgmail · 12-07-2017 04:24PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Outside gangland the rate of murder in this country between people who don't know each other already is tiny.

even gangland murders are vastly overstated. there were approximately 11 gangland murders last year. even the overall murder rate is tiny. we have as many murders in a year as new york does in a month.

The Backwards Man · 12-07-2017 04:25PM

I've been living here a long time and I haven't been murdered yet

Yourself isit · 12-07-2017 04:27PM

It is however going loco down in Acapulco

freshpopcorn · 12-07-2017 04:27PM

Just to clarify. I'm the OP and I don't take things such on Facebook seriously. I was just wondering does any Boards member have similar view as this woman.

ohnonotgmail · 12-07-2017 04:29PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Just to clarify. I'm the OP and I don't take things such as this seriously. I was just wondering does any Boards member have similar view as this woman.

i would hope that there is nobody posting here that is dumb enough to agree with her.

Grayson · 12-07-2017 04:29PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I've been living here a long time and I haven't been murdered yet

Yet......

Grayson · 12-07-2017 04:29PM

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

i would hope that there is nobody posting here that is dumb enough to agree with her.

There will be someone.There's always someone.

ohnonotgmail · 12-07-2017 04:31PM

Grayson wrote: »

There will be someone.There's always someone.

my post was more in hope than expectation.

The Backwards Man · 12-07-2017 04:31PM

Grayson wrote: »

Yet......

Ah well. .

If you live long enough you'll die of something

Alun · 12-07-2017 04:35PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Just to clarify. I'm the OP and I don't take things such on Facebook seriously. I was just wondering does any Boards member have similar view as this woman.

How can you have a "view" on something that is easily confirmed one way or another, it's either true or it isn't and a random person on the Internet's opinions is neither here or there.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate#By_country

China 10,083 or 0.74 per 100,000 inhabitants (2014)
Ireland 30, or 0.64 per 100,1000 inhabitants (2015)

freshpopcorn · 12-07-2017 04:42PM

Alun wrote: »

How can you have a "view" on something that is easily confirmed one way or another, it's either true or it isn't and a random person on the Internet's opinions is neither here or there.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate#By_country

China 10,083 or 0.74 per 100,000 inhabitants (2014)
Ireland 30, or 0.64 per 100,1000 inhabitants (2015)

I all ready researched these.
I just wanted to know did Boards user feel the same as this woman.

Yourself isit · 12-07-2017 04:43PM

Alun wrote: »

How can you have a "view" on something that is easily confirmed one way or another, it's either true or it isn't and a random person on the Internet's opinions is neither here or there.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate#By_country

China 10,083 or 0.74 per 100,000 inhabitants (2014)
Ireland 30, or 0.64 per 100,1000 inhabitants (2015)

Both very low by world standards. Maybe she meant Singapore (0.25)

Bushmanpm · 12-07-2017 04:46PM

America has the death penalty in some states and its done wonders for their homicide rates

freshpopcorn · 12-07-2017 04:46PM

Yourself isit wrote: »

Both very low by world standards. Maybe she meant Singapore (0.25)

She said China.
People were agreeing with her tough. I honestly feel some people need a reality check sometimes.

How safe do you feel in Ireland?

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