Reporting people.

MRnotlob606 · 02-07-2014 10:47AM

Does you're neighbor look canine ?

Warper · 02-07-2014 10:53AM

Reporting incidents of sustained cruelty to an indefensible human/animal is fully justified.

Reporting incidents of fraudulent financial gain is a scummy thing to do.

Billgirlylegs · 02-07-2014 10:56AM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Report them. If we Irish were not so good at looking the other way this country would be a lot better than it already is!

Excellent point

Animal cruelty
dangerous dogs
damage to property
threatening behaviour
shooting animals
threatening to shoot animals
threatening to shoot people

What is it you think can get worse by you reporting these model citizens to the authorities ?
By the way, I would go immediately to An Garda Siochana, and put it all in writing.
They will contact ISPCA to look after the dog issue

FTA69 · 02-07-2014 11:45AM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Last year two of their dogs attacked our neighbours pet goats and almost killed them, and the neighbours alcoholic boyfriend went out and shot both the dogs.

Where are you living? 1970s Mississippi?

Philo Beddoe · 02-07-2014 11:52AM

FTA69 wrote: »

Where are you living? 1970s Mississippi?

Has Mississippi changed noticeably since the 1970s?

blackwhite · 02-07-2014 11:55AM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I'm worried for my own dogs. He's already threatened to shoot my brother, when he was drunk. I would lose my life if anything happened my dogs

Whatever about the cruelty to animals, which the ISPCA don't seem to care about

, someone threatening to shoot somebody - drunk or otherwise - is something that definitely should have been reported to the guards.

Menas · 02-07-2014 12:41PM

Billgirlylegs wrote: »

Excellent point

Animal cruelty
dangerous dogs
damage to property
threatening behaviour
shooting animals
threatening to shoot animals
threatening to shoot people

What is it you think can get worse by you reporting these model citizens to the authorities ?
By the way, I would go immediately to An Garda Siochana, and put it all in writing.
They will contact ISPCA to look after the dog issue

I think you misread my post. Try again.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 02-07-2014 12:46PM

blackwhite wrote: »

Whatever about the cruelty to animals, which the ISPCA don't seem to care about, someone threatening to shoot somebody - drunk or otherwise - is something that definitely should have been reported to the guards.

He drinks and drives a lot so I'm waiting to report him for that instead, the next time I know he's doing it. That's what I'm really asking, when is ratting out acceptable?

looking_around · 02-07-2014 12:54PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

He drinks and drives a lot so I'm waiting to report him for that instead, the next time I know he's doing it. That's what I'm really asking, when is ratting out acceptable?

I think you should be asking.

is when is it not?

Stop calling it "ratting out". You make it sound like it's a bad thing, to report dangerous people.

fineso.mom · 02-07-2014 12:55PM

I understand you care about your dogs and don't want anything to happen to them , I'd feel the same, but.......he threatened to shoot your brother ?!!!
Why didn't your brother report him to the guards ?

Sleepy · 02-07-2014 12:57PM

Relevant Orange is the new Black Quote:

"you know who made up that never snitch bull****? People who probably deserved to be snitched on."

Cianos · 02-07-2014 01:04PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

He drinks and drives a lot so I'm waiting to report him for that instead, the next time I know he's doing it. That's what I'm really asking, when is ratting out acceptable?

A guy I used to live with often had his friend over for cans. Your man would drive over on his motorbike and drive home again. One night I saw him drop his bike on the ground coming out of the driveway. After that I told my housemate that if he's over drinking again and drives home I'll be reporting him. My housemate was pissed off and said it was none of my business. But it didn't happen after that, as far as I could tell.

I didn't feel good about ratting someone out, so I gave them a warning instead, but even if I didn't have the choice of giving a warning I wouldn't have had a problem reporting him - knowing that I could have prevented a fatal accident would have been a big weight to carry if he ended up killing someone because of his selfishness/laziness.

everlast75 · 02-07-2014 01:16PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

He drinks and drives a lot so I'm waiting to report him for that instead, the next time I know he's doing it. That's what I'm really asking, when is ratting out acceptable?

He sounds like scum of the earth.

Report him when he drink drives - you could end up saving some innocent lives by doing so.

Tying up a dog IS cruelty - http://www.unchainyourdog.org/Facts.htm
Keep up on the pressure regarding the cruelty.

Make a note of other bits he does wrong and report him for that to.

Make his life as difficult as he is making for that poor animal.

Oh - and club him over the head if you can someday if you can get away with it!

dirkmeister · 02-07-2014 01:23PM

My brother and I were driving in a city centre about 5 weeks ago, Sunday at 7pm. A car pulled out in front of us and was clearly being driven by a drunk person,missing cars and pedestrians. He rang the Garda station and was just asked "are you prepared to make a statement?"

Sounds silly but you'd feel like answering "no, but are you prepared to make a call and get somebody to do their f#%king job and stop this lad?"

Moral of the story:report away but unless you're prepared to go to court then IMO it could be fruitless.

blackwhite · 02-07-2014 02:28PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

He drinks and drives a lot so I'm waiting to report him for that instead, the next time I know he's doing it. That's what I'm really asking, when is ratting out acceptable?

If someone is doing something that has the potential to harm others (be it other people, animals, or other people's property) then reporting it to the relevant authorities is not just acceptable, but IMO is your responsibility.

If the authorities decide that they aren't breaking any laws then no harm done.

I'd take the same attitude to someone committing fraud/tax evasion also - it's expecting everyone else to pay because they think that they are a special case.

Ireland has an extremely unhealthy attitude towards reporting law-breaking - an example being anyone who does so being labelled a "rat."

hatrickpatrick · 02-07-2014 02:32PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Last year two of their dogs attacked our neighbours pet goats and almost killed them, and the neighbours alcoholic boyfriend went out and shot both the dogs.

I don't know what to do! If I report them am I just making it worse for the dogs and I'm also worried the alcoholic boyfriend will shoot my dogs

Holy f*ck, having nice, friendly, non psycho neighbours is something I've always taken for granted, and apparently shouldn't have. This reads like a description of a family from Hollyoaks! :eek:

eisenberg1 · 02-07-2014 02:43PM

Lexie, report the fcuker, and sleep like a baby, I wouldn't give it a second thought.

Reporting people.

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