What's stopping an incident like the Norweigan massacre happening here?

tebowfan

It got me thinking over the last few days considering it's been in the news.

The fact that Norway is one of the most peaceful and crime free nations in the world yet is still susceptible to acts of domestic terrorism such as what happened last July.

What's stopping an Irish equivalent from embarking on a rampage and blowing up government buildings over here?

It could just as easily happen could it not?

noodler

tebowfan wrote: »

It got me thinking over the last few days considering it's been in the news.

The fact that Norway is one of the most peaceful and crime free nations in the world yet is still susceptible to acts of domestic terrorism such as what happened last July.

What's stopping an Irish equivalent from embarking on a rampage and blowing up government buildings over here?

It could just as easily happen could it not?

Well...what if you slipped on a bar of soap in the tub?

My God, you'd be killed!

helimachoptor

Let us pray it happens (the blowing up of buildings) no deaths please

stupidusername

Of course it could. People be crazy.

Though Irish people are notoriously lazy, so ah..it'll be grand.

daddydick

Of course it could happen here, as it could in any civilised western country


Anybody could commit a crime, that's the easy part...it's getting away with it that's the difficult part

El Weirdo

tebowfan wrote: »

What's stopping an Irish equivalent from embarking on a rampage and blowing up government buildings over here?

We do all our terroristin' on the internet now.

jumpguy

tebowfan wrote: »

It got me thinking over the last few days considering it's been in the news.

The fact that Norway is one of the most peaceful and crime free nations in the world yet is still susceptible to acts of domestic terrorism such as what happened last July.

What's stopping an Irish equivalent from embarking on a rampage and blowing up government buildings over here?

It could just as easily happen could it not?

Not much is stopping it I guess, but unless you want to adopt the rather invasive and privacy-compromising measures introduced in other countries (like the UK) then we'll have to live with it.

helimachoptor wrote: »

Let us pray it happens (the blowing up of buildings) no deaths please

Let us pray destruction of valuable government buildings happens? Here, blame the people inside the buildings.

beco2010

didnt irish poeple go trough blowing buildings up being shot in numbers already

KTRIC

Just getting my gear ready now. Keep an eye on the 6.1 news

seantorious

Well for one thing this isn't Norway. It would be an Irish massacre not a Norwegian massacre

IM0

must be the ninjas I reckon

Smidge

I blame "World of Warcraft";)

Mammanabammana

If your aunt had balls she'd be your uncle.

IrishAm

stupidusername wrote: »

Though Irish people are notoriously lazy, so ah..it'll be grand.

Speak for yourself, bud. :rolleyes:

leggo

Laziness and people being worried their mates would slag them down the pub for having ambitions.

"Oooh, genocide yer moving into is it? Very fancy altogether. Have a pint and cop yourself on there Mick...:rolleyes:"

previous user

hopefully in a dole queue

stupidusername

IrishAm wrote: »

Speak for yourself, bud. :rolleyes:

Nah, laaaaaad

Kurz

Well petty begrudgery and backbiting takes up most of our time and at night we just like a cup of tea. I'm not sure we'd be able to commit fully to the old right-wing nationalistic massacring.

guitarzero

I've met a few folks in old jobs where I thought "I'll just be reeeeeeal nice to this gentlemen cuz I still havent figured out how to out run or dodge bullets yet". They were the kind who had tiny pupils, wide eyed and had the same little smile on their faces at all times. They actually could smell fear.

Mr.Biscuits

Because our disgruntled folk, when consumed by anger - just summon up old A-Team episodes for their explosive inspiration and head for Leinster House aboard decorated cement trucks.

Humans eh!

The Guards would pepper-spray the hole off you if you attempted to do anything like that.

Robbo

Airsoft.

It seems to distract those who would ordinarily have access to strange agendas and high firepower towards ****ting on on the internet about which type of camouflage the Elite Special Awesome Rangers Branch of the Finnish Svaeeerrgskjairgl wore in 1982, whilst talking about shooting each other with plastic ****ing balls.

And then comes trying to find a replica of said uniform in size 56 Lard....

Mammanabammana

Humans eh! wrote: »

The Guards would pepper-spray the hole off you...

*squirms uncomfortably in seat*

batistuta9

i'm in the middle of a year out, been playing world of warcraft all the time & modern warfare as well. Haven't the time for it now

ToddyDoody

It tends to be wet out

RichieC

tebowfan wrote: »

It got me thinking over the last few days considering it's been in the news.

The fact that Norway is one of the most peaceful and crime free nations in the world yet is still susceptible to acts of domestic terrorism such as what happened last July.

What's stopping an Irish equivalent from embarking on a rampage and blowing up government buildings over here?

It could just as easily happen could it not?

silly.

Nikky_Bellic

tebowfan wrote: »

It got me thinking over the last few days considering it's been in the news.

The fact that Norway is one of the most peaceful and crime free nations in the world yet is still susceptible to acts of domestic terrorism such as what happened last July.

What's stopping an Irish equivalent from embarking on a rampage and blowing up government buildings over here?

It could just as easily happen could it not?

Nothing stopping it from happening.
That Anders Breivik is a nut job. But equallly, we could have an Irish nutjob do the same over here. The only way to stop that would have checkpoints every 20 feet. Which cant happen. As it would invade peoples freedom and create an controlling state.

But it just goes to show you I guess. I mean, life is dog eat dog, every man for themselves. But! stuff like this doesnt happen everyday. So while I believe the world is one f**ked up place, I guess it aint that f**ked up.

mconigol

Emmm...isn't the bomb squad called out on a regular basis and if I recall correctly there were (and still are) several armed paramilitary forces knocking around as well as several large armed criminal gangs.

CardBordWindow

Most of these killing sprees end in the guy being arrested or killed. That wouldn't happen here. So the killer would just get bored.

It's the risk of boredom that's preventing it happening.

Spunge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omagh_bombing

haminka

Alcohol is still cheaper in Ireland so there is a bigger probability, someone with a grudge would go to a pub and get dead drunk instead of playing World of Warcraft for a year. I can't imagine an Irish guy doing that, imagine the nights out, the hangover, going out with friends etc ...
Seriously, I think it's a different mentality, also, the Irish can't really be obsessed with their good Aryan looks.

Nodin

previous user wrote: »

hopefully in a dole queue

Yeah, because thats where ye'll find all those to blame for our current problems....

BOHtox

Yeah I mean imagine an act of terrorism in Ireland. It's unthinkable!

howamidifferent

We could do with a Michael Stone type getting loose in Leinster House for an hour or two with plenty of ammo... :P

Nodin

howamidifferent wrote: »

We could do with a Michael Stone type getting loose in Leinster House for an hour or two with plenty of ammo... :P

.....sure he wouldn't get past the lads in the glasshouse at the gate. And besides, theres enough performance artists in there as is.

Plazaman

Whilst there are plenty of guns in Ireland, to get your hands on a high powered rifle as used in Norway would be extremely difficult. If you were to try to use Granpappys old double barrell shotgun it'd be like being stoned to death with popcorn.

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biko

It kinda happened already when that fella parked his truck in front of those gates.

Gurgle

tebowfan wrote: »

What's stopping an Irish equivalent from embarking on a rampage and blowing up government buildings over here?

The Good Friday Agreement.
The Irish nutjobs are mostly kept in check by their respective political organizations.

Dermighty

Because nobody in Ireland gives a **** about the stuff Breivik cares about, except socialist crusties.

JohnMarston

We're too complacent in this country, that's whats stopping a massacre.

Herb Powell

Dermighty wrote: »

Because nobody in Ireland gives a **** about the stuff Breivik cares about, except socialist crusties.

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Duggy747

When Dunnes stop selling €1 pack of donuts I'll blow you all to hell.

hooradiation

Herb Powell wrote: »

Dermighty wrote: »

Because nobody in Ireland gives a **** about the stuff Breivik cares about, except socialist crusties.

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Unsurprisingly, even with the wealth of information that the internet affords, some people are just content to remain blindingly ignorant.

paddyandy

Dermighty has a good point but wait until we can't pay our bills ...not much else annoys us very much .

Stiffler2

tebowfan wrote: »

What's stopping an incident like the Norweigan massacre happening here? QUOTE]

The Irish

splendid101

Dermighty wrote: »

Because nobody in Ireland gives a **** about the stuff Breivik cares about, except socialist crusties.

Don't you realise that the stuff Brievik cares about is the almost exact opposite of what socialist crusties care about?

Or that the two parties care about the things very opposing reasons?

Your comment is ridiculous.

battle_hardend

the only thing stopping a repeat of what happened in norway is the ban on ownership of high powered weapons , that said , if someone was determined enough , they could source such hardware through the underworld

our mental health laws were significantly changed around a decade ago so the kind of people who would have been in an institution thirty years ago , are now living free , i dont mean dangerous people were let out but thier are deranged people born every year and unless they commit harm , they are not institutionalised anymore

token101

Cheap alcohol and a woeful broadband connection

token101

Robbo wrote: »

Airsoft.

It seems to distract those who would ordinarily have access to strange agendas and high firepower towards ****ting on on the internet about which type of camouflage the Elite Special Awesome Rangers Branch of the Finnish Svaeeerrgskjairgl wore in 1982, whilst talking about shooting each other with plastic ****ing balls.

And then comes trying to find a replica of said uniform in size 56 Lard....

Airsoft just encourages lads from places like Tipperary to think they can take on Latin American armies.

Dyr

Robbo wrote: »

Airsoft.

It seems to distract those who would ordinarily have access to strange agendas and high firepower towards ****ting on on the internet about which type of camouflage the Elite Special Awesome Rangers Branch of the Finnish Svaeeerrgskjairgl wore in 1982, whilst talking about shooting each other with plastic ****ing balls.

And then comes trying to find a replica of said uniform in size 56 Lard....

Actually there's an emergency law from ( I think) the early days of the state when the IRA were giving the free state awful gyp that any military drilling or training was illegal. I've often wondered if the airsoft boys could be seen as contravening that.

Balmed Out

helimachoptor wrote: »

Let us pray it happens (the blowing up of buildings) no deaths please

You want buildings to be blown up? You want people to lose jobs, someones property destroyed etc etc?