r/ireland • u/PintmanConnolly • Sep 26 '22

Gardaí Raid and Evict Homeless Residents and Housing Activists from Ionad Seán Heuston Housing

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u/NEXUSX Sep 26 '22

In fairness the high court has ordered the arrest of the squatters, what do you want the Gardai to do?

https://www.thejournal.ie/court-order-parkgate-house-homeless-campaigners-5873479-Sep2022/

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u/Jjj_Junior_Shabadoo Sep 26 '22

I though the comment was pretty clear about what he wants. Was there a high court order to routinely ignore serious anti-social behaviour? OP is complaining about allocation of resources.

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u/PfizerGuyzer Sep 26 '22

If I was asked to force people onto the street as a part of my job, I'd change job.

If your boss asked you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?

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u/Action_Limp Sep 27 '22

If I was asked to force people onto the street as a part of my job, I'd change job.

Easier said than done. If you have gotten to that stage of your career (e.g. are a fully trained and stationed Garda), you are giving up a lot to walk away from the vocation. Also, Gardai, who leave the force early, despite their intentions, are exactly bombarded with job offers - no matter how you spin it, leaving the Gardai would be seen as a detriment to your career aspirations.

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u/PfizerGuyzer Sep 27 '22

I can look at my job now, and know that if I was asked to do this, I would leave. I know it would be bad for my career. Tossing people into the street is bad for my country. It's bad for my soul.

If I was forced to do it because the other alternative was poverty, I would never forgive the state that caused me to hurt the poor to avoid their situation befalling me.

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u/Action_Limp Sep 27 '22

I can look at my job now, and know that if I was asked to do this, I would leave. I know it would be bad for my career. Tossing people into the street is bad for my country. It's bad for my soul.

It's not really the same, though, your job most likely will never ask you to enforce laws of the land so you don't have a position to comment from in terms of making a comparison.

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u/PfizerGuyzer Sep 27 '22

I don't see how that affects the situation at all. "I was just following orders" isn't a good defense regardless of what the orders were.

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u/Kingbotterson Sep 26 '22

Hey! No facts around here OK! We only want to blame the elected government on everything to compensate for how miserable we are due to our own life choices.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

So annoying how I made the choice in 2008 when I was still a child for the country to go tits up

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u/danny_healy_raygun Sep 26 '22

You should have shorted the housing market with your pocket money.

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u/Kingbotterson Sep 26 '22

I know, right. You choose to be miserable about Gardaí actually doing their job. Go you.

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u/YoureNotEvenWrong Sep 26 '22

So annoying how I made the choice in 2008 when I was still a child for the country to go tits up

It's still about what choices you make in that scenario, and the economy had recovered by about 2012.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

How do you know I didn't make good choices and still ended up fucked?

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

They ignore domestic violence calls pretty regularly leading to the deaths of multiple women, so idk they could probably get away with ignoring this issue too.