(05-06-2024, 12:28 PM)NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote:(05-06-2024, 10:34 AM)BIAD Wrote: Over on the Emerald Isle, it seems they don't f*ck about.
I had to do a little research to find out why this happened. I know little to nothing about the workings of Ireland, so I had to resort to Google.
It seems this is a common occurrence in North Ireland. The natives seem to have their own system for dealing with local infractions.
I grew up in the backwoods of the American south, where the natives sometimes felt the need to expedite justice.
I fear that here in America that the increase in lawlessness and lost of trust by the American people in a governmental system that is corrupt, and is not concerned with the safety or well-being of the people, that street justice will be on the rise.
Another stone in downfall of America, just as planned.
I welcome such folks to the Appalachian Mindset.
I live in a place where we have NEVER particularly had any faith in government. Every since the Whiskey Rebellion, when a newly instituted government that WE put in place tried to come down on us like the wrath of God, we have realized that they are there for themselves, NOT for "us", nor do they have any interest in our well-being so long as they are getting theirs at our expense.
We feel like we got a bad deal in The Revolution, and it has only been getting worse since then.
So, we take care of business ourselves, and try to involve government shock-troops as little as possible. When they come in, you never know what you're gonna get.
To be sue, this area WAS settled mostly by Irishmen and Scots, with some Germans and a few of the more adventurous Englishmen thrown in for good measure. But mostly, the Celtic races. They came out here precisely to GET AWAY from government interference, to a place where they could handle their own affairs unencumbered, and they've been doing that ever since.
I did notice that the original article never mentioned what infraction the "poor unfortunate" may have committed. I also noticed how the government types uniformly circled the wagons and said that there was "no place" for control by threats of violence... mostly, I believe, because they think that is THEIR exclusive provenance, and they hold a dim view of "the people" honing in on THEIR territory. It also did not escape my notice that they claimed there is "no place for mob rule" in a "democracy"... but what IS a "democracy" if not mob rule? When 51% of a population can dictate how to live and what to do to the other 49%, how is that NOT "mob rule"? When they do so via a police force and military constantly threatening the other half to "stay in line with the program", how is that NOT "rule by threats of violence"?
Posers.
So, "street justice" it is. Government, you are on notice that "you never come back from Copperhead Road".
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