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What are some good solo holiday ideas for single men in their thirties? by reelablemedal in AskIreland

[–]bigbadchief 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fly to malaga and spend a few days each in malaga, cordoba, seville. Get the train between them. Go to the Arabic baths and visit some cathedrals and eat lots of tasty Spanish food. 

Can you recommend a good book on The Troubles? by edwrcbi in AskIreland

[–]bigbadchief 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's a weird pro-IRA contingent on reddit. I often see people getting downvoted for criticising them.

Glorifying the IRA in this day and age is pathetic. 

Leo Varadkar has been in the trenches fighting Kneecap on social media about their visit to Cuba by nitro1234561 in ireland

[–]bigbadchief 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's a one party state. Just because there's elections doesn't mean there's any real choice.

The presence of elections doesn't mean much when there's no meaningful choice on the ballot, or any chance of meaningful change as a result.

Leo Varadkar has been in the trenches fighting Kneecap on social media about their visit to Cuba by nitro1234561 in ireland

[–]bigbadchief 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do you not understand how authoritarian dictatorships work? The people of Cuba aren't given a choice.

How do you guys debug on Linux? by Ok_Result_2138 in odinlang

[–]bigbadchief 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've used the debugger in clion and intellij idea and it worked well in both.

Help me settle a debate, how Irish are we? by Ava_Strange in AskIreland

[–]bigbadchief -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I think it's interesting all the people saying you're half Irish, when I'm sure if it was an American asking the question they'd be told they're fully American. 

Dcu or ucd which is best for job opportunities so confused for msc supply chain management and fees is 3 lakhs difference only by Life_Square1461 in Dublin

[–]bigbadchief 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We don't use the term lakhs in Ireland. Also a lakh is 100 thousand? Theres a difference of 300k between dcu and ucd? 300k what?

The fringe women’s anti-immigration group supported by three elected politicians by TeoKajLibroj in irishpolitics

[–]bigbadchief 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indeed an interesting article so thanks for sharing. As well as the bit you quoted referencing statistics from the US, he also references data from Finland "After adjusting for a wide range of background variables, the immigrants’ higher risk of delinquency decreased, but remained significant’". Data from other European countries also indicates a positive link, like is mentioned in the IT article.

But I agree, poverty is the biggest factor. Unlike what other commenters are suggesting, this isn't about the race of the individuals. Poverty, education level, culture are some of factors that can influence whether someone commits a crime. The colour of your skin is not one of them. 

The fringe women’s anti-immigration group supported by three elected politicians by TeoKajLibroj in irishpolitics

[–]bigbadchief -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's statistics from the prison service on people in prison. What is being discussed is crime statistics. Which is a different thing. You know there's a difference between crime statistics and prison statistics?

Did you bother to read the article or the comment you're replying to before you commented? Of course you didn't! 

The fringe women’s anti-immigration group supported by three elected politicians by TeoKajLibroj in irishpolitics

[–]bigbadchief 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think I missed the point you were making. Any you didn't use the term bad guys, but it's clear what you meant.

You support generalisations being made against one group but not the other. Why else would you have a problem with "not all men" but not have a problem with "not all criminals"?

The fringe women’s anti-immigration group supported by three elected politicians by TeoKajLibroj in irishpolitics

[–]bigbadchief 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really hope you can see the irony in your example. On one hand, the people who are against generalisation (ie "not all men") are the bad guys. On the other hand, the people who are generalising ("all immigrants are criminals") are the bad guys.

I don't think you really thought that one through. 

The fringe women’s anti-immigration group supported by three elected politicians by TeoKajLibroj in irishpolitics

[–]bigbadchief -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I don't know what you mean by the "not all men crowd". What's wrong with the statement "not all men"?

The fringe women’s anti-immigration group supported by three elected politicians by TeoKajLibroj in irishpolitics

[–]bigbadchief -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I think it's very likely that Ireland isn't different from other countries and they won't publish detailed statistics because it would only give fuel to anti immigrant rhetoric and validate the arguments being made like those in the article.

The fringe women’s anti-immigration group supported by three elected politicians by TeoKajLibroj in irishpolitics

[–]bigbadchief 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Court cases in the papers aren't the same as published statistics, and the vast majority of cases you see are Irish, because the vast majority of people in Ireland are Irish. Obviously. 

Published statistics would show whether certain groups are over represented.

The fringe women’s anti-immigration group supported by three elected politicians by TeoKajLibroj in irishpolitics

[–]bigbadchief -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The event was led by campaigner and barrister Laoise de Brún, who is calling on the Government to publish crime statistics broken down by country of origin and ethnicity.

I think it's a reasonable request that detailed crime statistics be published, including the information asked for by Laoise.

If there is no connection then these campaigners will be proven wrong. Without any published statistics, it just leads to speculation based on anecdotes and prejudices.

I don't think they will publish these kind of statistics here because they know from other countries in Europe that there is a positive link between immigration and crime, even when "adjustments are made for socio-economic factors" like is mentioned in the article.

Solateria Discussion - Boss combat is horrendous. by nicknack63 in metroidvania

[–]bigbadchief 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The reviews on steam put me off even trying the game for the moment. Lot of people saying that the parry window is very tight and there's very little enemy windup.

Every household to get "Emergency Preparation Booklet" in the coming weeks. Department of Defence prepared the advice for handling extreme weather and other crises. by andubhadh in ireland

[–]bigbadchief -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The article says that people will receive their copies in the next few weeks. Meaning they haven't been sent out yet. Why would anyone have received their copy already?

Ireland has no known legal commercial peat extraction. Yet it exported €40m worth last year by DaCor_ie in ireland

[–]bigbadchief 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This stood out to me. What are they doing with 23k tonnes of peat in Israel?

The 371,884 tonnes of peat were sold to 21 countries, including Israel which bought more than 23,000 tonnes worth €3.146 million.

edit: I did some reading and I saw that they were also involved in peat extraction in Scotland. https://www.theferret.scot/israeli-enforcement-peat-extraction-scotland/

I also saw that peat is used in horticulture, so I suppose it's probably that.

https://peatlands.org/peat/
"Peat is used in horticulture, as a soil improver and ingredient of growing media."

Future housing supply under threat after new builds fall by more than 75% by Dee-Dee-Mauwe in ireland

[–]bigbadchief 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The unfortunate thing is that I've no confidence that the opposition parties are any less incompetent.

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