Has Ireland gotten so bad?

LDN_Irish

Coincidentally, I was in Lewisham when I was 17, and the Peckham Boys cycled down to New Cross roughly 50 strong and stabbed one of my classmates cousins to death, he had no gang connections but they were "warring" with the "Ghetto Boys" from lewisham/new cross. They also shot a man passing on a moped but he survived. Around roughly the same time some boys forced their way through the security in the college and stabbed one of my classmates in the legs. A boy was hit in the head with a brick and had his bike stolen right across the road from the college, he was in a coma for months. A few months later one of my friends was stabbed to death in Upney Station, Barking.

These would probably all have been perceived as gang related by the public but I can 100% confirm that neither of the last 2 were in gangs and the girl in my class was very convincing when she said her cousin wasn't.

Desolation Of Smug

LDN_Irish wrote: »

Coincidentally, I was in Lewisham when I was 17, and the Peckham Boys cycled down to New Cross roughly 50 strong and stabbed one of my classmates cousins to death, he had no gang connections but they were "warring" with the "Ghetto Boys" from lewisham/new cross. They also shot a man passing on a moped but he survived. Around roughly the same time some boys forced their way through the security in the college and stabbed one of my classmates in the legs. A boy was hit in the head with a brick and had his bike stolen right across the road from the college, he was in a coma for months. A few months later one of my friends was stabbed to death in Upney Station, Barking.

These would probably all have been perceived as gang related by the public but I can 100% confirm that neither of the last 2 were in gangs and the girl in my class was very convincing when she said her cousin wasn't.

I grew up in Camden Town. Feckin everywhere here seems lovely and quiet by comparison tbh.

KingBrian2

dont bother wrote: »

Ireland has not gotten worse - it's still the same horrible dump it always was - that's the problem, nothing has changed for the better since the place was foolishly taken away from british rule...

the only thing maybe that has gotten worse is the attitudes of all the d!ckheads that live here and think too much of themselves.

Didn't help that the city was pulverised during the Civil War to achieve that break from English rule.

Paramite Pie

catallus wrote: »

Who can we blame?!

Should we blame the government?

Or blame society?

Or should we blame the images on tv?

Bob24

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

For what it's worth I currently live in Colombia and previously lived in Korea. The latter has virtually no crime and I was genuinely shocked when I heard of the smallest theft. Colombia, as you might have guessed, has a lot more crime than Ireland and almost everyone gets mugged at some point.

So Ireland does seem very much in the middle to me.

Exactly.

Many people here saying it is "fine" and any major city will have this type of issue, but they don't seem to see past Europe or the US.

dinorebel

Charlie19 wrote: »

There was a guy arrested for masterbating in a supermarket the other day.

So yeah its pretty grim over here.

Not my fault that doughnut ring looked so inviting.

clever user name

In fairness those who have had bad experiences will say its a ****hole, those who haven't will say everything is grand.

Personally, I think it's sonewhere in between...leaning towards 'not too bad'!

Colinf1212

People put signs up saying: "It's okay to talk you know" in boring, bland, asocial Germany. Is it THAT fecking boring?

Egginacup

Your Superior wrote: »

Isn't the whole point of a mobile phone that you can walk around while using it? Pretty poor state of affairs if that's not possible in some places.

Isn't the whole point of wearing a diamond necklace to show you're wealthy and can probably afford to take the hit of 10 grand if some urchin relieves you of said necklace as disappears?

Bob24

Egginacup wrote: »

Isn't the whole point of wearing a diamond necklace to show you're wealthy and can probably afford to take the hit of 10 grand if some urchin relieves you of said necklace as disappears?

Ladies wearing mini skirts should expect to get raped. Someone living in a wealthy neighbourhood should expect for their house be broken into. Someone who is carrying cash should expect to get mugged.

All that good stuff.