you mean british police

odubhain: you mean british police

The British newspaper ain't claimin' them...

Cops without a Country?

Subby fails at basic reading comp.


The N. Irish forces are purchasing a few tasers, because the Garda (that's the Catholics on the rest of Ireland,) already have them.

Sunday... bloody Sunday.

everybody should get tasered

Do the Brits actually spell authorisation with an S or is that a typo in the article?

/colOr mother farkers

/almost approves of this thread (but no cigar)

SharkUW: Do the Brits actually spell authorisation with an S or is that a typo in the article?

Yes, they spell it that way. Don't be such a chav.

Egon Spengler: Subby fails at basic reading comp.


The N. Irish forces are purchasing a few tasers, because the Garda (that's the Catholics on the rest of Ireland,) already have them.

Religion has nothing to do with it. The PSNI is in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland is policed by An Garda Siochana. The Guarda to have Tasers available. Their acquisition was in part influenced by the death of John Carthy.

Einsamvarg: SharkUW: Do the Brits actually spell authorisation with an S or is that a typo in the article?

Yes, they spell it that way. Don't be such a chav.

Are chavs known for their spelling critiquing?

Still waiting for that taser tag...

Either way, the headline made me chuckle. DNRTFA

odubhain: you mean british police

Are you suggesting the headline should go bragh-less?

are you forgetting the 1913 uprising?

Its a nationalist/religous embroglio, original comment stands.


Jameson = Catholic ; Bushmills = Protestant

Sure its a generalization, but to deny the clear link between fervent religious belief and ardent nationalism in this conflict is intellectually dishonest.

Not Irish per se, but whatever. Don't these guys lack guns as it is? What's the point of the taser? Foreign youtube action?

From The Article -

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) meanwhile has claimed Tasers could potentially violate Articles 2 and 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights concerning inhumane treatment and the right to life.

Holy Crap! Makes tasers sound very dangerous. But in reality the alternative is (meant to be) guns. So I vote YES on tasers.

Bro, tase me.

BrainRotMenacer: Are chavs known for their spelling critiquing?

Moreso, I expect, than the average yob.

Richard Pye:
Holy Crap! Makes tasers sound very dangerous. But in reality the alternative is (meant to be) guns. So I vote YES on tasers.

Bro, tase me.

If they copy our Barney Fifes, they'll be using tasers in lieu of a tap on the shoulder to get attention. That might perhaps be the concern. Ya think?

Egon Spengler: are you forgetting the 1913 uprising? ....

If you're referring to the Easter uprising, it was in 1916. April 24-30th to be exact.

Anagrammer: odubhain: you mean british police

Are you suggesting the headline should go bragh-less?

As long as it turns into a hot redhead named Erin, yes.

BrainRotMenacer: Are chavs known for their spelling critiquing?

I've heard they rip the heads off of live babies and feed them to mØØse.

Sahrial: Sunday... bloody Sunday.

I laughed, and then the song got stuck in my head.

drharmful: /almost approves of this thread (but no cigar)

That man is Scottish, is he not?

feckingmorons: Religion has nothing to do with it. The PSNI is in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland is policed by An Garda Siochana. The Guarda to have Tasers available. Their acquisition was in part influenced by the death of John Carthy.

I'm one who considers himself relatively uncultured in world politics, but even I know that everything in Ireland, be it peaceful or otherwise, is motived by religion. The segregation there is as hateful and probably more ignorant than the south with slaves.

I actually worked in a volunteer program with an older gentleman from Ireland (came to the US to volunteer at age 50) who says people are still tortured and murdered because of their religion, and that the IRA is still as dominant as ever no matter what the press says. He lost family members in bombings as recently as two or three years ago.. Religion is the lifeblood of northern and southern Ireland.

scape: feckingmorons: Religion has nothing to do with it. The PSNI is in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland is policed by An Garda Siochana. The Guarda to have Tasers available. Their acquisition was in part influenced by the death of John Carthy.

I'm one who considers himself relatively uncultured in world politics, but even I know that everything in Ireland, be it peaceful or otherwise, is motived by religion. The segregation there is as hateful and probably more ignorant than the south with slaves.

I actually worked in a volunteer program with an older gentleman from Ireland (came to the US to volunteer at age 50) who says people are still tortured and murdered because of their religion, and that the IRA is still as dominant as ever no matter what the press says. He lost family members in bombings as recently as two or three years ago.. Religion is the lifeblood of northern and southern Ireland.

OK thanks, I guess being from there and working most of the year there I missed all that. You are completely right everyone in Ireland is R.C and everyone in NI is COI.

What bombing 2 or 3 years ago? You have no clue what you are talikng about.

There is no 'southern Ireland' they are two fecking different countries.

feckingmorons while i only lived there for about four months, i'm gonna have to agree with you there.

the only time i ever felt tension was in northern ireland. people in the republic didn't seem to care at all.

From the world of nonsequitur weirdness, I give you a Google Image Search result for 'irish taser':

Enrico Pallazzo Egon Spengler: are you forgetting the 1913 uprising? ....

If you're referring to the Easter uprising, it was in 1916. April 24-30th to be exact.

Yessir, you are correct. A quick internet reference check would have saved me... thanks

It's the North of Ireland (British territory) so as a couple of posters have already pointed out they would probably consider themselves British, and would most definitely not speak Irish (yes, that's right, the language is Irish *not* gaelic).

Still a nice headline though.

/didn't realise the Gardai already had tasers.

First, they stripped every person of their guns. Now, they want to taser "disobedient citizens" aka citizens who expresses disagreement with the government. This will not end well for the Irish.

Cormee Quote 2008-01-06 05:51:06 AM
It's the North of Ireland (British territory) so as a couple of posters have already pointed out they would probably consider themselves British, and would most definitely not speak Irish (yes, that's right, the language is Irish *not* gaelic).

Still a nice headline though.

/didn't realise the Gardai already had tasers.

In fairness they probably have one set gathering dust in a box in Templemore after some court recommendation. The Gards have a lot of crap (like spikes for cars) they don't get around to using.

The Gards don't need tasers they've still got this guy.

Cormee

yes, that's right, the language is Irish *not* gaelic).

Exonym! Tar éis an tsaoil, a dhearbhú gurb é is iontamhail i mBearla do teanga a bheidh sonraithe i nGaeilge...fan nóiméad or bomaite...

Ach ina dhiaidh sin, is iomaí nair Deutsche/Dutch/German i mBearla...teanga falsa...

/didn't realise the Gardai already had tasers.

They only started a few months ago. I don't think your average Garda has them, just their emergency response guys. I think they want to avoid the "mental fella in Longford executed by Gardaí" sort of thing.

Sunday... bloody Sunday.

Sunday... zappy Sunday

The alternative to a taser is not a gun. If you bring a taser to a gun fight, you're going to get shot.

The alternative to a taser is common sense.

No wonder so many cops use tasers instead.

necro_steve: Still waiting for that taser tag...

That would be AWESOME!!!!

I can see it now... TAZER TAG outlets in every suburban strip mall. The gift shop would sell fresh souvenir underwear imprinted with "I pissed myself at Bob's Tazer Tag". A big screen tv would show the current matches at the bar next door. This could be bigger than Monday Night Football!

Don't shillelagh me bro.

Great headline, bragh

Is there ANY holiday that David Hasselhoff CAN'T make better?

I submit to you that there is not.

Yeah, they want to apply a TASER spark to people who have a diet mainly consisting of Whiskey and potato starches?

BOOM!

I hope they have a scoop and a mop in their police cars.

Used to be hand-grenades. Count your blessings.

Everybody gets tased!

tased tased tased tased tased tased tased tased tased ta-tased!

Commie Nazi Terrorist: First, they stripped every person of their guns. Now, they want to taser "disobedient citizens" aka citizens who expresses disagreement with the government. This will not end well for the Irish.

They never stripped me of my gun. It is still in my house in Cork City. It is an old shotgun.