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Kevin myers: People died to feed gerry ryans habit

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    #32
    c0rk3r
    Registered Users Posts: 1,256 ✭✭✭c0rk3r


    Rabble Rabble wrote: »
    The problems along the way to the drug user's nose are caused by regulation.

    What do you imagine would happen if cocaine was regulated ? I see a chaotic mess


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    #33
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    Unfortunately the indo is not so strictly moderated as boards. FWIW I disagree with the sentiment because it is a ridiculously childishly simple view of the problem which serves largely to increase his own smugness.


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    #34
    sink
    Registered Users Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭sink


    c0rk3r wrote: »
    What do you imagine would happen if cocaine was regulated ? I see a chaotic mess

    Yes I can just imagine all those pharmacists terrorizing people and murdering each other.


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    #35
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    sink wrote: »
    Yes I can just imagine all those pharmacists terrorizing people and murdering each other.

    ....changing the names on their shops to "Macker's" and "Skango's"....


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    #36
    AnneFrank
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    steddyeddy wrote: »
    http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/kevin-myers-people-died-to-feed-ryan-his-drugs-he-knew-he-funded-those-deaths-2464618.html

    Article by kevin myers laying into gerry ryan and equating him to the criminal element who supplied him drugs.

    Good on Kevin Myers I couldnt agree more with this article,why this man is treated as a hero is beyond me,he was a drug addict for years and years and everyone in RTE knew about it,i know of another person currently on radio and another friend of bono who is just as bad


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    #37
    AnneFrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭AnneFrank


    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    Unfortunately the indo is not so strictly moderated as boards. FWIW I disagree with the sentiment because it is a ridiculously childishly simple view of the problem which serves largely to increase his own smugness.

    I'm not a fan of Kevin "smug" Myers either but that doesn't take away from what he's saying


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    #38
    sensibleken
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,650 ✭✭✭sensibleken


    AnneFrank wrote: »
    Good on Kevin Myers I couldnt agree more with this article,why this man is treated as a hero is beyond me,he was a drug addict for years and years and everyone in RTE knew about it,i know of another person currently on radio and another friend of bono who is just as bad

    In fairness neither Gerry Ryan or Bono sit in a special chair in their basement looking at pictures of roadkill nailed to the ceiling while rubbing their nipples with brillo pads. A certain Indo journalist does though so he really cant judge


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    #39
    knird evol
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭knird evol


    sink wrote: »
    Yes I can just imagine all those pharmacists terrorizing people and murdering each other.

    Pharmacies...that's still regulation. If there was no regulation then you would buy heroin, crack and meth in your local spar, centra or school shop. Unlimited and to anyone.


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    AnneFrank
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    sensibleken wrote: »
    In fairness neither Gerry Ryan or Bono sit in a special chair in their basement looking at pictures of roadkill nailed to the ceiling while rubbing their nipples with brillo pads. A certain Indo journalist does though so he really cant judge

    eh wtf ?found some of gerrys stash did we !!!I wonder would leaving the head stores operating with tested substances have been better


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    #41
    SprostonGreen
    Registered Users Posts: 2,286 ✭✭✭SprostonGreen


    Myers correct and right again. Liberal twat backlash sure to follow as usual.


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    #42
    Brendog
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    steddyeddy wrote: »
    http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/kevin-myers-people-died-to-feed-ryan-his-drugs-he-knew-he-funded-those-deaths-2464618.html

    People died to feed gerry ryan



    Good ol "Gerry The Cannibal"


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    #43
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    prinz wrote: »
    Herr Heim, that you? I think someone from the Wiesenthal Centre was looking for you.

    I'll be sorting through my collection of spectacles and suitcases in the shed out back.


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    #44
    sensibleken
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,650 ✭✭✭sensibleken


    AnneFrank wrote: »
    eh wtf ?found some of gerrys stash did we !!!I wonder would leaving the head stores operating with tested substances have been better

    Its better than dying your hair with his own faeces which he also does


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    #45
    sink
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    knird evol wrote: »
    Pharmacies...that's still regulation. If there was no regulation then you would buy heroin, crack and meth in your local spar, centra or school shop. Unlimited and to anyone.

    :confused:


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    #46
    knird evol
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭knird evol


    sink wrote: »
    :confused:

    :confused:


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    sink
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    knird evol wrote: »
    :confused:

    I'm not sure what point you were responding to, or trying to make.


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    #48
    Freddie59
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    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    Unfortunately the indo is not so strictly moderated as boards. FWIW I disagree with the sentiment because it is a ridiculously childishly simple view of the problem which serves largely to increase his own smugness.

    Is it not simply freedom of the press in all it's ugliness? And something we pride ourselves in?


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    #49
    Nodin
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    sink wrote: »
    I'm not sure what point you were responding to, or trying to make.

    Sure that never stopped Myers...don't let it hold you back.


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    #50
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Freddie59 wrote: »
    Is it not simply freedom of the press in all it's ugliness? And something we pride ourselves in?

    True, though on occassion it seems its a freedom that extends only to the press and not we plebs.


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    #51
    sensibleken
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,650 ✭✭✭sensibleken


    Nodin wrote: »
    Sure that never stopped Myers...don't let it hold you back.

    Nothing holds that man back. Did you know he gave george lucas the idea for the star wars prequels?


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    #52
    knird evol
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭knird evol


    sink wrote: »
    I'm not sure what point you were responding to, or trying to make.


    You were arguing against regulation. Yet you still want some regulation.


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    #53
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Has anyone asked for FOI from RTE about what they did when the rumours about his addiction started. Or his friends.



    Isn't it killing one person a week in this country ?

    No to mention the deaths caused by the drug cartels abroad.


    Yeah it's like stolen goods, without buyers there would be a lot less crime.


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    #54
    Nodin
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    sensibleken wrote: »
    Nothing holds that man back. Did you know he gave george lucas the idea for the star wars prequels?

    Of course in Myers later versions the rebels evil assault on the death star was eventually repelled and the glorious Empire triumphed.


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    #55
    sink
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    knird evol wrote: »
    You were arguing against regulation. Yet you still want some regulation.

    No I was arguing against criminalization and for regulation. The only market for illegal drugs is a black market and by definition a black market is unregulated.


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    #56
    WindSock
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    Ugh. More sanctimonious drivel from this bitter little man looking to stir sht. I don't agree with the manner in which he delivers his point at all.


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    #57
    AnneFrank
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    sensibleken wrote: »
    Its better than dying your hair with his own faeces which he also does

    Insulting the man does not disprove his comments


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    #58
    knird evol
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭knird evol


    sink wrote: »
    No I was arguing against criminalization and for regulation. The only market for illegal drugs is a black market and by definition a black market is unregulated.

    Oh right. It's a very complex system you envisage. It's hard to get it from a few lines / soundbites. You would need a prescription then for cocaine. Buy it in a chemist shop. Hopefully you wouldn't sell it on then on the black market or to kids.


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    #59
    AnneFrank
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    WindSock wrote: »
    Ugh. More sanctimonious drivel from this bitter little man looking to stir sht. I don't agree with the manner in which he delivers his point at all.

    thats a fair point,but do you agree with the sentiment ?


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    #60
    sink
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    knird evol wrote: »
    Oh right. It's a very complex system you envisage. It's hard to get it from a few lines / soundbites. You would need a prescription then for cocaine. Buy it in a chemist shop. Hopefully you wouldn't sell it on then on the black market or to kids.

    I was envisioning something along those lines alright.


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    #61
    sensibleken
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,650 ✭✭✭sensibleken


    AnneFrank wrote: »
    Insulting the man does not disprove his comments

    Let he who does not dress as an SS officer and shove antique firehoses up his bum while watching videos of car crashes cast the first stone


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