Garda Checks

Juicee wrote: »

As predicted

Uncanny ability right there, predicting that people on a discussion forum will discuss things.

Juicee wrote: »

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/coronavirus/photographs-emerge-of-gardai-inspecting-shopping/ar-BB12HDET?ocid=spartanntp

I find this very disturbing although I'm sure there will be a slew of replies from boards people any minute now, trying to justify this. We are sleepwalking into communism.

Have you being reading 'Animal Farm' lately or something?
It sounds like a very 'studenty' thing to say looking for outrage where there is none.

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

The Gardai are also carrying people's shopping now too:



This is actually more of a communist action than looking in shopping bags. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs".

But you probably think she's being escorted to a gulag.

Why aren't the guards 2 metres from the lady?:D;)

Were all pedestrians shopping bags checked on that street or just that man's? Would see less problem if every single persons bags were checked and not just selecting him.

Rvsmmnps wrote: »

Here in Norway they are planning to track everyone movements by GSM.. People are getting weird out and wondering will any of the laws ever be removed?
In Poland police require selfies to confirm you are indeed at home.

I always find peoples opinions offline greatly differ from the opinions on this site.

according to most on this site you are a half wit / tin foil hat / nut job (pick your preferred slur) for having the stupidity and audacity to be concerned about this this

edit: I agree though, I don't think the level of disrespect and insults you find here is reflective of society in general. Thankfully.

If this was a communist regime, the state police would confiscate your shopping for having "contraband" unless you paid them a bribe (usually cigarettes) to look the other way. We have not reached that level yet! We might when the tax revenue collapses.

If you want to look for the communists though look no further than Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President of the EU and Commissioner for Competition who has stated that EU states should now nationalize companies in the fight against China, which is a country governed by the Chinese Communist party (CCP).


European countries need to protect their companies from Chinese takeovers, says EU Commissioner

Margrethe Vestager, European Competition Commissioner, told the Financial Times: “We don’t have any issues of states acting as market participants if need be — if they provide shares in a company, if they want to prevent a takeover of this kind.

source

The banks in this country have been government sponsored enterprises since the last economic crash. How would people feel about the government nationalising Ryanair?

There are 3 photographs in that newspaper report.

The first is a guard looking into a white plastic bag. (this could be a shopping bag or it may be several other types as well). The context of the photo as someone previously has said, is unknown. The guard could have recognised the person as being an addict for instance or a petty criminal and wanted to know what was in the bag. We don't know this, any more than we don't know that it was a shopping bag. Both cases are equally possible.

there are not several other photos of Guards looking into shopping bags as this newspaper is reporting. At least, they haven't provided any evidence of it. Yes there is a photo of a Guard talking to someone on a bike, but this is not looking into a shopping bag. The last photo is a pic of an Asian woman in a face mask and Patrick's day hat and no guard in sight.

Interesting jig saw this.

Deleted User wrote: »

Have you a source for either of these? A cursory search has provided no mention of either restriction.

People returning from Poland from abroad, and other who were suspected of having the virus, were subject to a 14-day quarantine period. They had a choice to either receive random uscheduled visits from police to ensure they were staying at home, or download an app on which their (lack of) movements could be tracked, which involved the app requesting a selfie and the quarantined person needing to provide one within 20 minutes or the police would be notified.


https://www.businessinsider.com/poland-app-coronavirus-patients-mandaotory-selfie-2020-3?r=US&IR=T