Trash burning? Why is it this way?

See there are these things called people

And these people are cunts

And cunts do cunty things

Because they’re cunts

And there’s no cure for it

My uncle used to burn all of his rubbish inside his tiny flat instead of paying bin charges (even when he was on the dole). Some people will really just cut off their nose to spite their face

Sounds like someone doesn’t know how fun playing in a pile of ashes can be.

Because some people are awful. That’s about the size of it.

I’m surprised people haven’t arrived to claim that the people who did this weren’t wrong and how it’s the government’s fault.

Anti-social behaviour is a symptom of the problems in ireland. People have no intrinsic connection to their communities nor to the world around them because the systems that exist are not made to see them succeed, they are made to see them conform and turn someone a profit somewhere.

Look at teenagers as a good example. They have no community based activities, no engagement programmes, no third spaces and nothing to do unless they are willing to part with money. You could argue that there are clubs but for the most part either these clubs are private clubs that require personal investment or they are public but the scope of them is incredibly limited. They can do nothing unless it’s of profit to others on the whole. Loitering is either frowned upon or not allowed in alot of places. The only thing that teenagers can do these days is maybe play videogames or dick around on a green somewhere. They are told regularly that they are a burden unless they get a part time job or engage in the education system which has had diminishing returns as time has gone on and more and more excuses are made on behalf of the educational institutions. All of that is happening while they are being shown by the adults who are out drinking on their nights out, absolutely exhausted from shits jobs for shit pay. For kids who don’t have money, all of that culminates in this; Kids setting up random fires, dicking around and probably gatting. Plenty of people on here won’t admit it but they did the exact same shit. Maybe not on a green like this, maybe they did but this is not a new problem at all.

These things don’t just happen because of successive personal or moral failings by kids or even adults. These things happen regularly as a symptom of Irish Social Policy going back decades. We don’t need gardaí patrolling all the time. We were hardly safer back when all the barracks were full. What we need is competent social policy that starts with the youngest kids and sees them develop into happy and fulfilled people who don’t need to set up bonfires to get their kicks.

I’m not supporting illegal dunping or waste burning, but it could boil down to the current cost of living crisis. Unfortunately, some people on low income have to resort to drastic measures to make ends meet. Paying to have their waste removed legally could mean skipping meals or not being able to afford their rent.

The current cost of living is a disaster.

A kids football pitch was set alight recently near me.

Not becoming America has become way too easy an excuse for not doing anything in Ireland.

“We don’t want to have health-care where patients end up bankrupt like America’s”

*Do nothing. Hear you loud and clear*

“We don’t want police corruption that kills innocent bystanders like in America”

*Pay Garda less than the cost of living so no one wanta the job. Good suggestions, keep ’em coming*