Crime Free Galway!

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shnaek

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I am delighted to see that Galway is crime free. I was reading in the paper there yesterday how the Gardai raided a gay club because of simulated Lesbian sex acts on stage and the showing of pornographic images on a backdrop. It is great to see that Galway is so crime free that the Gardai can be moral guardians and spend their time and our money watching clubs like this. That is what I pay my taxes for. And to watch those dodgy GAYS too. I mean, you'd never know what they'd be plotting, those GAYS.
 
Well after putting all those Alcohol Free Teenage Disco's out of business it was only a matter of time before they'd get to the Gay Clubs.

Ssshhh Don't tell anyone but there is going to be a major bust of Prayer Groups in the East and South East over the next few weeks. It is believed that in one case Sacramental wine may have been consumed after 9pm.

-Rd
 
I reckon they just went there for a gawk, to feed their fantasies, but had to have an excuse in case the lads at the station thought there was anything a bit 'queer' in them going to a place like that, so why not raid the place !

I can now sleep in my bed easier to know that they are looking out for my well being ! aaah .
 
and you are right Shnaek, gays are plotting like mad. First it is equal rights, but then it will be WORLD DOMINATION !!!
 
Is the Garda commissioner ever hauled before the oireactas to explain how and why he allocates resources? Surely there's grounds to force him to explain raids like this and the Teen Discos.

Assuming of course he isn't in Mountjoy for contempt of court.

-Rd
 
hardly, as he wouldn't have time to appear, what with all the work he is doing.

As an aside, maybe the whole thing in the club was just an excuse to make money. Maybe someone hired them to bust the place and give everyone a right good frisking. Now , I wonder could they be booked at short notice for my birthday party tomorrow night ?
 
I think to be fair to the Gardai, they had received complaints and were just acting on them. I'm not sure of the legalities of the type of "show" that was on that night, but if it's breaking the law, why critisise them for just doing their job? I've been to that club once, (with my wife - it's not just a GAY club!) and personally found it a bit of harmless fun, although apparently this latest night was a bit more "adventurous".
 
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Apparently there was a hole in the wall of a gay club.

Though don't worry, the Gardai have confirmed they're looking into it...!
 
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to be fair to the club and to the people there , TirOileain, I wouldn't call lesbian kissing or simulated sex that "adventurous" - after all you can see it on most soaps on TV at some stage or another. The people in that club were there because presumably they knew what to expect, and so if one or two didn't and were shocked in that case they should have just left, and to let other people there who are probably enjoying themselves get on with a night's fun. If something criminal is happening that is a different story, but what was happening there was not a criminal offence as far as I am aware. If you can't stand the heat you should get out of the kitchen, but that doesn't mean you should kick everyone else out also. Who is to say that a complaint was made anyway ? to me it sounds like another round of "easy target, lets have some fun lads and show the boss we are working hard" by the gardai.
 
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I mentioned the Teenage Disco's partly in jest but it's related. In that instance Gardai "Raided" and event that was perfectly legal. They clearly didn't understand the law, which is very worrying.

Taking the names of Teenagers and telling them that they are breaking the law is hardly doing much to engender a positive attitude in young people towards the Gardai. Particularly when those same young people subsequently learn that the Gardai didn't actually know what the hell they were talking about.

We do have far too many laws of course. It's probably very difficult for a Garda to know if something is illegal or not. Perhaps we should start issuing Palm Pilots so they can check if something is illegal.

-Rd
 
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it wasn't too long ago that the gardai were regularly "raiding" gay clubs in Dublin either, so forgive me if I am a bit suspicious of their motives for this and their statement that complains were made. They are certainly not considered very highly among gay people, and now that they are targeting other groups for silly reasons then they will be damaging their reputation even more. Sad really, as what with the state of the country and the crime that goes on, it would be nice to have an efficient and capable and trust-worthy police force.
 
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Who is to say that a complaint was made anyway ? to me it sounds like another round of "easy target, lets have some fun lads and show the boss we are working hard" by the gardai.
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Who is to say it wasn't. It's very easy to have a go at the Gardai when you don't know the full facts of what happened. I'm not defending the Gardai, but why all this Garda bashing? when to be honest you don't really know what happened.
 
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true I don't know the full facts as I wasn't there. However I can only go on reports of what happened , in this case in the Irish Independent yesterday. This stated :

"The events of the night under investigation included simulated lesbian sex, the screening of gay and hetrosexual pornography and "general off-the-wall decadence", according to a garda source. "

what I am suspicious about here is whether a garda's view of what is decadent or not reflects acurately what is legal or not. After all everyone has different moral standards and views on various things. Just because a garda found what he saw decadent, doesn't mean it was illegal, or that it was offensive to the majority of people who were there. Another thing is the 'simulated sex' , the newspaper report goes on to say that they were topless only. Doesn't sound much more decadent than you would find in many a pub at 3 in the morning or on the streets after closing time.

the article also said :
"Several drugs seizures were made during a routine Garda raid and charges will be brought in relation to these, but no charges will be brought in relation to any of the performances. "

again drug seizures are a common way of getting a free license to raid a place. While i don't condone drug taking ,and because I don't, a raid on a pub or club to nab drug takers or sellers should be done discretely and without disrupting the night for everyone else in the place who are not taking drugs. If you are on a bus minding your own business and someone is taking drugs, would you expect the guards to crowd onto the bus and raid the entire bus ?
Again as the report in the paper said , no charges will be brought against the club in relation to the performance so one can only assume that it was entirely legal.

The report went on to say :
"Senior garda personnel have already met with Black Box management over the stage act. "We have received assurances from management that these events will be monitored in future and that there will be no repeat performances," said a garda spokesman."

again this looks like the guardai being moral guardians to me. If something illegal was taking place charges should be brought, but it it was not illegal then nothing more should have come of it.

The report says that several gardai made complaints in a private capacity. Now unless this club is much frequented by the guards when off duty ( which I would doubt - but this is just an assumption ), to me is sounds like it was planned in advance. Again something which the guardai are very adept at doing ( or were until recently ) in many other clubs in Dublin.

again, as I wan't there I can only go on assumptions made from what I read, the same as anyone else who wasn't there.
 
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but why all this Garda bashing? when to be honest you don't really know what happened.
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Because the explaination of the events by the Gardai (as reported by the Indo), make it sound even worse. On first reading you would assume that something illegal was going on, perhaps this was a brothel or whatever.

You read the Garda explainations and you learn they had no business raiding the place.

While they spend their time raiding these clubs, 999 calls are going unanswered as we've also learned recently. That's why their actions need to be challenged.

Someone makes a conscious decision to raid these clubs disco's etc. That someone is damaging the reputation of the force and wasting scarce resources. That should be cause enough to remove them from their post.

It must be unbelievably frustrating for the many good Gardai who just want to do their job.

-Rd
 
Address

All aside, ya gotta admit, the address is pricesless!

The Black Box
Dyke Road
Galway
 
What else could they do ?

We are a Catholic country, and mercifully the Gardai in Galway still acknowledge this despite the sneering of the chattering classes.

Fair play to you lads.

This sort of filth should be stamped out.

If you lads don´t like it, why not feck off to a depraved country in Europe ?

80% of Irish people still go to mass and confessions regularly, TG.
 
RE.What else could they do ?

80% of Irish people still go to mass and confessions regularly, TG.
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Jasus, everyone I know under 40 and a good part of those over it are part of the same minority!
So this is what it feels to be in the Labour party........Wow!
If you lads don´t like it, why not feck off to a depraved country in Europe ?
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Good man! You have enough morals for both of us so I can still hunt around the cable late at night for a bit of titillation with a clear conscience.

The Black Box
Dyke Road
Galway
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Is that true!!!! I have to go there. Do they do T-shirts?
 
Black Box

It's true, and urban-myth has it ,that a Harlem, Lesbian Troupe tried to book a venue for the Arts Festival some years ago and hung-up when the address was suggested by admin...........thought it was a **** take!!!
 
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