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American style gangs

  • 31-07-2010 04:40PM
    #1
    scientific1982
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,562 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone think that American style gang culture will ever come to Ireland. Theres already copycat crips, bloods and latin kings in London. I personally dont think so because Irish people in general form tight communities.


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  • #2
    3hn2givr7mx1sc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,838 ✭✭✭✭3hn2givr7mx1sc


    We're not black enough.


  • #3
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    As long as there are young stupid ignorant people looking for kicks via violence, there will be gangs. I don't think it will take too long before the juvenile gang colour system takes hold over here too, but then again we have the Tricolour already for that.


  • #4
    dave 27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭dave 27


    not being racist at all but i think soon enough when the black population hits a certain % in ireland, we will see this kind of behaviour..look at england as an example


  • #5
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,779 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Everything America does we copy. Gangs, raps, caaachino coffe, democracy, skateboarding, fake tans and designer dogs, cult celebrities....

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #6
    3hn2givr7mx1sc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,838 ✭✭✭✭3hn2givr7mx1sc


    A lad I know and a few of his friends set up a 'gang'.

    They used to basically stand outside Tesco and scare people for the craic, and robbed shít. They could have actually been dangerous if they weren't 1st years.:pac:


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  • #7
    I_AmThe_Walrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 355 ✭✭I_AmThe_Walrus


    Ireland's disadvantaged have bought into the ignorant, macho-ism hip hop culture American society has given us...and they take it literally too. The scum think they have something to prove, like a chip on their shoulder where they have to convince the world they're hard enough.

    I blame 60 Cent and Biggie Shakur.


  • #8
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    dave 27 wrote: »
    not being racist at all but i think soon enough when the black population hits a certain % in ireland, we will see this kind of behaviour..look at england as an example

    I don't think that race is the prime cause for gangland crime tbh. Poverty and ghettoization can affect any race


  • #9
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Ireland not Germany....:D


  • #10
    antomorro-sei
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,969 ✭✭✭antomorro-sei


    Don't know if its anything to do with those American gangs or not, but there's a "blue crew" that hang around in Inchicore/St Michaels. Funny stuff :D


  • #11
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/177396/106361.jpg

    tbh.


    (source)


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  • #12
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    scientific1982 wrote: »
    Theres already copycat crips, bloods and latin kings in London.

    Mmmmmmmm crips.


  • #13
    scientific1982
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,562 ✭✭✭scientific1982


    The presence of paramilitary organisations in Ireland might also be a reason why we dont have those type of gangs.


  • #14
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭bonerm


    scientific1982 wrote: »
    The presence of paramilitary organisations in Ireland might also be a reason why we dont have those type of gangs.

    They're responsbile for plenty of crips tho.


  • #15
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Ireland's weather is not right for gang banging


  • #16
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    dave 27 wrote: »
    not being racist at all but i think soon enough when the black population hits a certain % in ireland, we will see this kind of behaviour..look at england as an example

    Yeah, them blacks.....
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Mob#Recent_years


  • #17
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    What about the Macra na Feírme posse, or the Tallaghtban?


  • #18
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭bonerm


    The future for Ireland?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV4cgs-bPic


  • #19
    Strange Loop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 87 ✭✭Strange Loop


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    What about the Macra na Feírme posse, or the Tallaghtban?
    The M-50's, the Bugsy Malones....?


  • #20
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    bonerm wrote: »
    The future for Ireland?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV4cgs-bPic

    Too tanned, and we don't have the weather for that get up.


  • #21
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Nodin wrote: »
    Too tanned, and we don't have the weather for that get up.

    Real hard cases don't wear shirts whatever the weather, even the wimmin.


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  • #22
    southsiderosie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,560 ✭✭✭southsiderosie


    I don't think "American-style gangs" are a black thing. Pretty much every ethnic group in American history has formed street gangs, with their own colors, symbols and codes of conduct. And often these gangs were the muscle behind protecting gambling, liquor, prostitution, heroin and other illicit activity. The only difference today is that they have destroyed their own communities through drug dealing, and nobody tries to be careful about innocent bystanders anymore.


  • #23
    PeterIanStaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭PeterIanStaker


    Any irish guys with a "crew" or whatever always remind me of Ali G and the Staines Massiv


  • #24
    PK2008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,219 ✭✭✭PK2008


    Theres a lot of rivalry between the king crips and the tayto crips


  • #25
    caseyann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,938 ✭✭✭caseyann


    scientific1982 wrote: »
    Does anyone think that American style gang culture will ever come to Ireland. Theres already copycat crips, bloods and latin kings in London. I personally dont think so because Irish people in general form tight communities.

    Apparently already here,SIHBT.Wearing colours and fighting.
    They are in Holland also.


  • #26
    southsiderosie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,560 ✭✭✭southsiderosie


    scientific1982 wrote: »
    Does anyone think that American style gang culture will ever come to Ireland. Theres already copycat crips, bloods and latin kings in London. I personally dont think so because Irish people in general form tight communities.

    What do you mean by this (genuinely curious; not being snarky)?


  • #27
    scientific1982
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,562 ✭✭✭scientific1982


    southsiderosie wrote: »
    What do you mean by this (genuinely curious; not being snarky)?
    This sounds terrible but we're all very closely related to each other in this country and because of this we have very strong community bonds. Theres people I really dont like from my area but id help them out if they were in trouble.


  • #28
    southsiderosie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,560 ✭✭✭southsiderosie


    scientific1982 wrote: »
    This sounds terrible but we're all very closely related to each other in this country and because of this we have very strong community bonds. Theres people I really dont like from my area but id help them out if they were in trouble.

    But you could also argue that strong community bonds actually make gang activity easier - certainly this is something that has helped paramilitary groups historically.


  • #29
    scientific1982
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,562 ✭✭✭scientific1982


    southsiderosie wrote: »
    But you could also argue that strong community bonds actually make gang activity easier - certainly this is something that has helped paramilitary groups historically.
    True. But if you do something bad in my community everyone knows you personally and your family. Apart from the paramilitary stuff, Belfast had one of the lowest crime rates in the world.


  • #30
    JONJO THE MISER
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12,333 ✭✭✭✭JONJO THE MISER


    I blame 50 pence and that other fellow doggy dog pup.


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  • #31
    southsiderosie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,560 ✭✭✭southsiderosie


    scientific1982 wrote: »
    True. But if you do something bad in my community everyone knows you personally and your family. Apart from the paramilitary stuff, Belfast had one of the lowest crime rates in the world.

    Apart from the fact that paramilitary activity in and of itself is illegal and often supported by illegal activity, I think it might be more accurate to say that Belfast had one of the lowest reported crime rates in the world.


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