“Give Them Little Shites A Good Clattering”: Your Solutions To Coolock Disturbances
MANY HAVE BEEN disturbed, shocked, frustrated and delighted by the scenes in Coolock over the past few days which has seen pepper spray deployed by gardaí, fires lit and anti-social violence.
In search of a solution, WWN took to the streets to ask for your solutions to the impasse over the housing of asylum seekers in Coolock:
“As someone who instinctively locks the doors on my car when I see a teenager wearing North Face, I see no other option than nuclear obliteration from the skies” – Yvonne, panicked motorist.
“It’s only a few people giving the whole lot a bad name, I’m sure they are not all as bad at their job as Helen McEntee” – Derek, gruntled voter.
“We have the bright minds here in Ireland, it is a hub of scientific innovation we have to figure out how to give these scrotes military service AND the death penalty simultaneously” – Ken, full-time Newstalk texter-in.
“Solutions? Ah no, I’m quite enjoying this” – Gavin, fomenter of anti-immigrant rumours.
“I hope for politicians to wake up and unreservedly condemn extremism and recognise the threat it poses, a concerted effort by the police to correctly identify the perpetrators, and the judiciary to hand down sentences which are befitting the crimes. No, hang on, when I say that out loud it sounds ridiculous” – Bernie, bus stop attender.
“I can’t find Coolock on a map but my internal GPS can find my deeply ingrained classism fairly quickly so cut everyone’s dole and take their free houses that I personally pay for with my taxes” – Niall, tax payer.
“Common sense!” – Jane, solution suggester.
“I don’t see why these people don’t use the resident’s association connections to a government TD, who is a brother or some such relation, and get him to quash the accommodation plans” – David, Ballsbridge resident.
“Has anyone suggested ‘communication with the local residents’ knowing full well the only communication that will satisfy people is to not move in a single asylum seeker? Worth a try anyway” – Kevin, hostage negotiator.