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Throw in some sterilisation too for good measure..
but to suggest internment as a solution is very knee-jerk.... plus its never been proven to actually work anywhere!
Although I'm far too young to know definitively, I understand that the Irish government used internment quite successfully to counter the IRA campaigns of the late 50s, early 60s, as did De Valera's government against the IRA during WWII (but don't bite my head off if I'm mistaken in this).
I'd echo that statement about internment in the 50's having worked - because it was a marginalised group, no public support.
we would all like to see these criminals brought to justice and punished for their crimes....but to suggest internment as a solution is very knee-jerk....its like useing a sledge hammer to crack a nut. plus its never been proven to actually work anywhere!
better to try to come up with something that might actually work.
It was Conan who suggested internment as a possible solution.
plus its never been proven to actually work anywhere!
if legal..they would only cost a fraction of the price.,plus the money would not be lining the pockets of gangsters!
Do you include crack cocaine in your list of drugs that you would legalise?
hopefull a measure that a bit of tought has been put into...not just another knee-jerk solution thats most likely going to fail!so if the solutions being put forward are not to your liking what strong measures would you suggest?
This is probably the best way. But the gardai also have to do their fair share. I mean, it was within their powers to stem this in it's infancy before it became a Hydra.There is a big difference. A large minority of the population of Northern Ireland in the 1970s (and later) had various degrees of sympathy with and support for the terrorists. This meant that internment increased public support for the terrorists, and motivated hordes of sympathetic youths to join them.
In contrast, there is very little public support for the gangsters and no real prospect of large numbers of disaffected youths joining their ranks as a protest against society.
This is probably the best way. But the gardai also have to do their fair share. I mean, it was within their powers to stem this in it's infancy before it became a Hydra.
A lot of the older crims are in their 40's and 50's. This is when you had more gardai on the beat. Any cop should know his patch and in that respect should know the hoods within. The complacency among the vast majority of gardai is numbing. As they come out of Templemore they are idealistic but then they get dragged down by the inertia of the stations that they are posted to. After four or five years they just look at it as a decent pensionable job and see out their time in the cosiest possible way. Now, before anyone gets carried away, I did say 'the vast majority', so no semantics please.How is it the Guards fault? How were they supposed to stem it in its infancy?
A lot of the older crims are in their 40's and 50's. This is when you had more gardai on the beat. Any cop should know his patch and in that respect should know the hoods within. .
I don't get it. The guards are well aware of who the main players in these things are. Most if not all of the leading gang members in Limerick have been before the courts and in prision for various offences. The guards can only do so much given legislative and operating restraints.
As for guards on the beat getting to know the hoods. Do you really think these guys driving around in bullet proof jeeps with automatic weapons are really going to be dealt with by a community guard and his truncheon giving verbal warnings.
Well Dessie Dundon has gone back inside for 10 months on the back on driving offences, he turned himself in after being on the run for a long time.
He was on the run for something like 3 weeks. He probably feels like it is safer inside at the moment!!
i taught the C.A.B had that power already?They must be able (with the help of a quick change of law) to confiscate valuables that cannot be proven to have been got in a legal manner (while the course of law takes it's course).
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