tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post515377060852838207..comments2023-10-02T10:31:13.350+01:00Comments on Gombeen Nation: Another GoSafe (speed camera) van set on fire.The Gombeen Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-76491851934919245952011-03-16T15:47:19.507+00:002011-03-16T15:47:19.507+00:00Mr Gombeen Man
Yes, I accept that the gentleman in...Mr Gombeen Man<br />Yes, I accept that the gentleman in question was being ironic, and I do not think that he is a mug, therefore, I apologise. I have never accepted the label "Saints and Scholars" given to Ireland by the Irish Christian Brothers. <br /><br />DBMGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-31601721001276420502011-03-16T15:02:28.674+00:002011-03-16T15:02:28.674+00:00Don't worry, Anon (DB?). The preceding commen...Don't worry, Anon (DB?). The preceding comment has all the hallmarks of a certain Mr Beverly Hills - or BH for short. <br /><br />He is an old friend of the blog and you can be sure his comments contain a very, very, large dollop of irony.The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-86029043431202609052011-03-16T12:53:02.503+00:002011-03-16T12:53:02.503+00:00A MUG BORN EVERY MINUTE
Phineas Taylor Barnum was ...A MUG BORN EVERY MINUTE<br />Phineas Taylor Barnum was right when he said "there's on born every minute". He meant a bloody fool. Anyone that thinks that Ireland is a little paradise of saints and scholars, or that we are envied the world over is: "out to lunch" and should still be living in the trees. This is the sort of mug who believes that there was Irish Famine and whining banshees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-4131095690327010542011-03-16T03:11:15.699+00:002011-03-16T03:11:15.699+00:00aaaah yes indeed GM its just the cost of doing bu...aaaah yes indeed GM its just the cost of doing business in our little paradise of saints and scholars ETC no wonder we are envied the world over UP DEVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-70153560415572346712011-03-15T22:27:05.638+00:002011-03-15T22:27:05.638+00:00Yes folks - I agree with you all. I did say that &...Yes folks - I agree with you all. I did say that "a human life is worth more than a couple of penalty points" (I was being a bit flippant with the "even a GoSafe operatives" bit). <br /><br />I should point out that I did not quote some of the taxi drivers' more, erm, inflammatory comments... <br /><br />By the way, Bernd, my dear old dad (natural forces rest him) had a brief career as a taxi driver. He wasn't very good at it and nor was his car... we often had to push it for him. But that's back in the late 70s. <br /><br />Some are right bigots nowadays (don't use taxis much, but got stuck with one real ignorant git once). I don't think they are like that, though... <br /><br />But whatevear about the above, it isn't to say I don't resent GoSafe and its slimey snitches hiding in the back of vans, "surveying" areas to (it would seem) catch people... <br /><br />Remember too, the Government stands to gain around a lot from this little wheeze. See extract from and link to previous post below:<br /><br /><em>"According to Stephen Carroll, writing in last Saturday’s Irish Times, the “secretary general of the Department of Justice, Seán Aylward, previously estimated the proposed network may generate half a million speeding penalties a year. At €80 per speeding fine, the privatised speed cameras alone could generate roughly €40 million a year.”</em><br /><br />If those figures and projections are correct, that is a €24 million surplus per annum in fines. €24 million!<br /><br />http://gombeennation.blogspot.com/2010/11/gosafe-rolls-out-irish-speed-cameras.htmlThe Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-78508156915195311572011-03-15T20:42:07.054+00:002011-03-15T20:42:07.054+00:00Unfortunately Ireland always imitates all the wors...Unfortunately Ireland always imitates all the worst excesses of different climes. Setting a Go Safe van alight being the perfect example. I don't, nor couldn't, condone the most insane of behaviour. Horrible, dispicable stupidy of the worst order. No human life should be put at that kind of risk. <br />That been said a reality check is needed here! Why oh why, would you set up a scheme to catch speeding drivers in "accident black spots" and then systematically roll them out in non accident black spots? I know that logic and rationality is not much admired here but this is stretching credulity beyond all sensible bounds? It must be the sense of humour thing again? Or is it just a case of blatant greed? Maybe there should be a centrally funded scheme to bring the concept of logic and sensible behaviour to all here?Dakotanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-50925725246813986292011-03-15T16:22:27.766+00:002011-03-15T16:22:27.766+00:00Gombeen Man is quite correct, as always. It was t...Gombeen Man is quite correct, as always. It was the original intention to use these Go-Safe vans positively to prevent accidents, and that is a noble intention. <br /><br />But, allowing for the vagaries of human nature especially greed, some wise officious guys decided to make a packet by using the Go-Safe vans as a money spinner, and some Irish people didn’t like it. <br /><br />I disagree with any act of vandalism or threat to life, but it is only right that the Go-Safe extortionists should be stopped because what they are doing is local government theft. <br /><br />The perpetrators of arson and attempted murder were not heroes, but The Garda Síochána have to take cognisance of Irish opinion, “We are not Fools”, The British have taught us very well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-23265140531371957602011-03-15T14:57:18.326+00:002011-03-15T14:57:18.326+00:00Sure Bernd... valid, eh, point. But I must agree...Sure Bernd... valid, eh, point. But I must agree with the guy who raised the location of these GoSafe "survey vans". Were they not supposed to operate in pre-designated "accident black spots"?The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-80149951013668148292011-03-15T10:58:23.311+00:002011-03-15T10:58:23.311+00:00Zero points for quoting "A Hero!" in the...Zero points for quoting "A Hero!" in the context of somebody torching a vehicle with (a) person(s) in it.<br /><br />There were three attacks of the same kind in recent years, one on a Garda van, two on GoSave vans. In all cases the vans were occupied when they were set alight. In all cases this means that the "hero" in question took an uncalculated risk whether the person inside would escape without injury or even with his life.<br /><br />The perpetrators are nowhere near "heroes", they are reckless criminals and potential murderers. And, in my humble opinion, brainless to boot.<br /><br />As to listening to taxi drivers - I had some choice comments on deregulation and "dirty ni**ers" and "foreigners" on a blog piece some time ago. I suspect these eejits would also laud somebody torching a non-Irish-operated taxi as a hero. Especially when the "dirty ni**er" operating it still was inside.<br /><br />Rant over ...Berndhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458118596726040460noreply@blogger.com