Tomorrow (1.7.17), I’ll be at the Save the 8th Rally for Life in Dublin along with tens of thousands of others who support the right
to life for the unborn child.
No doubt, at some point we will pass the few screeching
pro-aborts in counter demonstration as they hiss, spit and shout obscenities in
our direction while holding aloft their placards displaying a variety of
bizarre and vulgar messages:
“My body – my choice” - is a fairly common placard and
its message is oblivious to the reality that the developing foetus
is in factan individual with its own unique DNA.
“Keep your rosaries off my ovaries” - is an old
favourite and is an attempt to portray pro-lifers as being motivated simply by religious
belief while ignoring the facts that some of us are atheists and human life
does not begin at ovulation.
“If abortion is murder then blowjobs r cannibalism”
- now that is a new one, which really highlights the level of scientific ignorance
in the ranks of the pro-choice brigade.
Just as human life does not begin at ovulation, neither
does it begin at ejaculation; it actually begins at conception and this is not
a belief of mine, it is a long established undeniable scientific fact. Unlike the spermatozoa depicted on the placard, the facts are hard to swallow
for many pro-choice campaigners, so they either deny or blatantly ignore them.
They don’t like the fact that human life begins at conception, so they uses phrases like “a clump of
cells” to deny the humanity of the unborn child.
They don’t like the fact that the term “fatal foetal
abnormality” is not actually a real medical
diagnosis, but they use it anyway to try and convince others that it is.
They completely ignore the fact that medical
inquiries (HIQA and HSE) found that Savita Halappanavardied
of sepsis that went undetected due to negligence and they continue to use her
tragic death to promote their twisted agenda for abortion-on-demand in Ireland.
Yes indeed, the facts can be triggering for some
pro-aborts; I have been spit on and screeched at on more than one occasion and I
have encountered pro-choice campaigners that refused to engage in debate simply
because I am a man; saying that I shouldn’t even have a vote in the referendum!
Despite the fact that I spent the first nine-months
of my life in my mother’s womb I should be excluded from the debate because my
father’s spermatozoon carried the Y chromosome? Of course this demented
argument doesn’t apply to all men.
It doesn’t apply to celebrechauns like Liam Neeson
or Cillian Murphy when they campaign for abortion. Nor does it apply to billionaires
like George Soros and Warren Buffet when they lavishly fund abortion campaigns
and pay for women to have abortions. It certainly doesn’t apply to men like Amnesty International’s Colm
O’Gormon when they’re leading pro-abortion campaigns; their lack of a womb
doesn’t seem to matter to the twits on Twitter who furiously tweet out #NoUterusNoOpinion.
It only applies to pro-life men; men like Dr. Anthony
Levatino, a practicing obstetrician, gynaecologist and
former abortionist who performed over 1,200 abortions before realising that he
was, in fact, taking human life.
Dr.
Levatino’s testimony to the so-called Citizen's Assembly
clearly fell on deaf ears as it recommended that the Oireachtas should
legislate for abortion without restriction in Ireland. An Oireachtas committee has now been established
and a referendum will be held next year because the fact is, despite the catchy
slogan, you cannot simply “Repeal the 8th” like legislation. Our
Constitution must be amended and it will be up to the people of Ireland,
Irishmen and Irishwomen, to decide how much we actually value human life.
The value that Irish society has for human life is
central to this debate, just as is our desire to ensure that women receive the
support and compassion they need when they face an unexpected pregnancy.
Valuing human life and looking for real support and care for women is something
that everyone, regardless of gender, should support. Just as our Constitution seeks to protect the right
to life of the unborn with the 8th Amendment it also guarantee’s our
right to vote “without distinction of sex”, so it is daft for pro-choicers to
even raise this as an issue. Trying to exclude men from
the debate is an attempt to distract from the facts - and as a former
pro-choicer I know how important those facts are in the battle for hearts and
minds.
The facts are gender neutral and
as a man I will continue to distribute them with my fellow pro-lifers
door-to-door and person-to-person, changing one mind at a time. As a father I
will continue to raise my children to value all human life, and as a community
activist I will continue to help vulnerable families as best I can and promote
better alternatives to women that are considering an abortion or suffering from
Post-Abortion Syndrome.
When I pass those screeching harpies tomorrow, I
will be holding my head high.
Seemingly oblivious to the fact that pro-lifers can be women and can also be gay, that was the chant from across the street from the far-left "pro-choice" group ROSA (Reproductive rights, against Oppression, Sexism & Austerity) to the pro-lifers assembled to challenge their vile abortion bus campaign when it arrived in Limerick on 7 March 2017.
Not content with dehumanising the unborn child with their misinformation, they also want to demonise pro-lifers as "bigots", but all they have are lies and slogans.
A good example of their deceit was provided by Limerick Councillor, Cian Prendeville (Socialist Party/AAA-PBP/Solidarity...whatever their name is now), when he claimed that the Life Institute wanted to have ROSA arrested for distributing information from their bus and that this was a sign that the pro-life movement is afraid.
The fact that we were their to counter their narrative is proof that pro-lifers are not afraid and nobody had called for their arrest for distributing information.
ROSA had originally declared that they intended to distribute the abortion pill from their bus, which would have been an illegal and arrestable offence.
A number of pro-life organisations had called for them to be arrested if the went ahead with their dangerous stunt (the abortion pill is far from safe: https://youtu.be/lRDnVSMr5j0 ) to illegally distribute the drug to vulnerable young women. However, the brave ROSA gang changed their minds and instead gave out a website address where it can be bought online.
On Monday, 13 July 2015, at approximately 10:20pm I witnessed a vicious
assault on my street.
A 15-year-old boy was cornered and
beaten around the head and chest by two other youths; one brandishing a hurley
and the other what looked like an iron bar.
They struck the boy at least 4-times each about the head and chest, as
he fell to the ground unconscious they fled into Ballinacurra Weston via the
right-of-way at the top of my street.
I was upstairs when it happened; I was first alerted that something was
going on by the sound of girls shouting “leave him alone”.
I looked out the window and saw a youth wearing a hoodie standing at
the top of my street and brandishing a hurley.
The youth started to run down my street and that’s when I saw the other
two youths standing in the middle of the road outside my neighbour’s house.
Both of them had their back to me and one youth had a hold of the other by his
arm.
When the youth with the hurley reached the other two he stood still
looking at them for a few seconds. Then his pal released his grip on the other
youth and they began to beat him to the ground; the girls watching from the top
of my street starting screaming in terror.
The assault lasted less than 30 seconds and by the time I reached the
victim his attackers had run off. The girls were making their way towards the
unconscious youth, one of them sobbing “oh my God, oh my God” repeatedly with
another asking “is he dead?”, but when they saw me coming out my front gate
they panicked and ran off.
The youth was laying still, his blood pouring from his head onto the
road.
He was barefoot.
I could see that he was breathing. Mindful of his head, I put him into
the recovery position and he opened his eyes.
He tried to stand, but fell to his knees and crawled to the footpath
and sat there with his head in his hands, blood streaming down his face.
I asked him his name, I asked him if he knew where he was, but he
wouldn’t answer. I got my phone out and told him I was calling an ambulance, at
that he got up and began to stagger in a slow zig-zag up my street. I followed
him and called the Gardaí.
The Gardaí told me that my wife had already been on to them and that a
car had been dispatched, I said that I was heading up our Boreen to the main
road and I would get back to them with directions if we didn’t meet the car on
the way.
At the top of our Boreen he paused, holding himself up against a garden
wall before throwing himself left and nearly getting hit by a car only I caught
a hold of him in time, I kept a hold of his shoulder keeping him in off the
road as we walked.
As I was getting back on to the Gardaí
we passed a group of girls; they stopped in shock and called him by name
“Oh my God what have they done to you” says one of them, with her hands
over her face in horror.
“Where does he live?” I ask. She tells me and I ask “who did this?”,
she doesn’t answer.
I let the Gardaí know where we are headed.
We passed two small boys sitting at the entrance to his street; one of
them was holding the victims leather slip-on shoes; they followed after us. A few minutes later and
we’re at his front door. His mother lets him in, he brushes passed her and
collapses on to the couch. His father comes out to me and I tell him what has
happened and that the Gardaí are on the way; he asks me to wait for them while
he tends to his son.
The Gardaí arrive and an ambulance is called; the boy is unconscious
and they are concerned that there might be a bleed on his brain as his head is
starting to swell.
The commotion causes a neighbour to come out. I told him what was going
on and he told me that for the past 6-months a gang of youths had been coming
into his area and causing trouble; several residents had had their windows
broken, himself included.
He told me that the victim and his family were from Afghanistan, they had
only moved in the week before and that within days they had become the focus of
attention for the gang. He told me that
3-days earlier the victim’s younger brothers (aged 6 and 8) were outside their
home playing ball when the gang started throwing stones at them.
He said that he went out and confronted them saying that the Gardaí had
been called and told the boys to go in home; the gang numbered up to 20,
ranging in age from 6 to 16 and the older boys were encouraging the younger
ones to throw the stones. He got dogs abuse and a few stones, but they did eventually
clear off.
I told him that I was familiar with this gang and agreed that “yes”,
they are a problem.
I was asked to wait for the Gardaí to take me home so that I could show
them the crime scene; the area was taped off from my neighbours gate to the
boundary fence (he got some land when he arrived home later that night) and a
squad car with two Gardaí stayed guard until forensics were carried out the next
day.
The Gardaí said that because it was a head injury involving blunt force
trauma that there was the possibility that it could turn into a murder
investigation by the morning.
Thankfully it didn’t.
I made a full statement to the Gardaí. Unfortunately I couldn’t properly
identify the assailants because I didn’t actually see their faces, so they
weren’t named in my statement. I did name the girls we passed, as they were
known to me and I thought they might know who the culprits were.
In the end two youths were arrested, CCTV from the ESB and our Boreen
placed them at the scene and showed them running into their homes immediately after
the attack. They admitted their guilt to the Gardaí when questioned; they were
charged and pleaded guilty in separate trials.
One youth (iron-bar boy) was sentenced to 2-years in jail on 30th
October 2016 for the assault and 34 other charges (yes, it took nearly a
year-and-a-half) and the other (hurley boy) got off with Community service and
the Probation Act on 28th December 2016.
Now, this brings me to one of the reasons for posting about this publically.
DADDY’S LITTLE ANGEL
For some reason the judge saw fit to name me and my wife in court
during the October trial. Even though our statements didn’t identify anybody
and we weren’t called or needed as witnesses (because they both pleaded guilty)
the judge decided that we needed to be named and commended for merely doing our
civic duty.
The judge also saw fit to remind the guilty party that it was just as
well he had pleaded guilty because the evidence was damning and would have
resulted in a longer sentence if he had contested the charges.
The judge also asked the media not to name the guilty party as he was
underage and still legally a child. Apparently, his mammy hardly looked up from
her phone while all this was going on.
Unlike his Mammy, his Daddy didn’t attend any of his son’s trial, but
ever since I was named in court Daddy has been telling anyone that cares to
listen to him that I got his son jailed and this is something that really needs
to be addressed, especially now that his little angel is free to roam the
streets again (yes, he barely served 2-months).
This is how one news report described Daddy’s little angel:
“The youth was refused bail at
Limerick Children’s Court after being charged with the assault on the boy, as
well as 34 other offences, including 17 counts of criminal damage; nine counts
of theft; six counts of burglary; and two counts of stealing cars. Despite Garda
objections, the defendant was granted High Court bail on 7 December 2015. Three
days later while on bail, he attacked and seriously injured a 24-year old man
in Debenhams, in the centre of Limerick. The man had to undergo surgery for a
fractured cheekbone.”
It was also reported that the man he assaulted while out on bail “had to undergo reconstructive surgery and
have a metal plate inserted in his cheek”.
My statement only accounts for one of those 35 charges and it didn’t
even identify him. I think it’s safe to say that he was jailed because his
actions showed him to be a danger to the public. More importantly, and this is
the crux of the matter, I did not raise this boy and he is not my
responsibility.
I have my own son’s to raise I and I can tell you this without any
doubt in my mind that if any one of them
did what I witnessed those youths doing to another human being , I would be
thoroughly ashamed of myself as a father.
No, I am not responsible for this boy getting jail, nor I am
responsible for any of his sibling’s getting incarcerated when they were caught
for various crimes. I think Daddy needs
to look a little closer to home if he wants to apportion blame.
HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO - IRON-BAR BOY RETURNS
Now, the other reason I decided to post this. The little angel is free and for the past two
Saturdays he has organised drinking sessions at the top of our street, but
worse than that he has been giving my wife menacing looks as she drives past.
Last Saturday I called the Gardaí, they arrived promptly and
the gang (pictured above) ran off into Weston as they drove down our Boreen.
I made a point of going out and talking loudly to the Gardaí as iron-bar
boy and pals looked on, hoping that the message would sink in – we are not
going to put up with this shit starting again.
Then last night my wife comes home and tells me he’s up there again
with two girls drinking and making menacing faces as she drove past.
As she called the Gardaí I said I’d stroll up and have a look to
confirm his identity, by the time I got there their number had increased by 4
(3 of them aged 10 or under).
Words were exchanged, I informed them that they were loitering at a
right-of-way, drinking in public and that the Gardaí were on the way.
Iron-bar boy told me that he was doing nothing and could hang around
wherever he wanted to.
It was his ‘dindu nuffin’ attitude
that prompted me to ask him how he managed to get released after what he had
done.
“What I done?” he says “he had a knife and was going to rape a girl”
Wow!
Turns out I was wrong; iron-bar boy was actually a hero defending a
damsel in distress. Not really, this is
just the tale he tells to justify his savagery to others. Funny how he didn’t try and mount a defence of
his actions based on his heroic motivations, or do his utmost to ensure that
his victim, (a sexual predator according to him) was charged and taken out of
circulation.
Oh what a hero. I can only wonder what his true motivations were for
breaking my elderly neighbour’s windows in March 2015; perhaps she is really an
evil witch that eats children like Hansel and Gretel. What were his motivations for assaulting an
breaking the jaw of a 24-year old man in the city centre (3 days after been
released on bail for the assault he committed on my street), maybe his victim was
a terrorist about to explode a bomb and but for our hero we’d all be dead.
I’m not saying that there have been no incidences of sexual assault
committed by immigrants in Limerick, only last week it was reported by the
Limerick Leader that a 19-year old Afghani was charged with sexually assaulting
a 17-year-old schoolgirl, such stories help our hero to add a grain of truth to
his big lie.
TRUE MOTIVATIONS
Some commentators have claimed that the motivations for the attack on
my street were “racial” or “islamophobic” and that the attackers were
“fascists” – this is just utter nonsense spouted by identity politics
ideologues. Let me assure that these
youths are completely devoid of any ideological beliefs.
There is a commonality shared by all the victims of such gangs roaming
around Limerick city. Whether it’s the youth that was beaten on my street, my
elderly neighbour getting her windows smashed or a first time visitor to
Limerick waking up in Hospital after a savage beating last week. They all have
one thing in common, they were vulnerable.
Vulnerability is something that these cowards look for and nothing
screams it more than a foreign family or elderly person with absolutely no
extended family in the area. Their only
motivation is their own entertainment.
They have absolutely no sense of personal responsibility because their
parents never gave it to them. How could they when most of the parents don’t
have it themselves?
MAKING A STATEMENT
As usual, I will be making a complaint to the Council Tenants’
Enforcement Office and to the Gardaí, but I am sick of having to make
statements all the time.
The Gardaí, our public
representatives (TD’s and Councillors) and Council Officials are more than
aware of these youths engaging in anti-social and criminal behaviour; they are
privy to the highly detailed anti-social and criminal behaviour logs kept by
the Weston Gardens Residents’ Association (WGRA) and have watched the numerous
unlisted You Tube videos highlighting the problems.
The WGRA is excluded from participating on the local regeneration
committee and attempts to have us included met with a brick wall; seemingly the
rules governing the committee are set in stone and cannot be changed to include
us at the table. Nevertheless our Councillors were instrumental in arranging
for a series of scheduled meetings in 2015 involving the Gardaí and the
Council’s Office of Regeneration.
These resulted in the installation of extra street lighting for our
Boreen, an extra CCTV camera and the Boreen was painted – all positive
developments aimed at improving public safety and security.
The Gardaí have been very supportive, however they have limited
resources and their response time ranges from prompt to no-show. We never got
the dedicated Garda service promised in the 2007 Fitzgerald Report and today
Garda numbers are lower than ever.
The WGRA has no control over Garda numbers, but we did propose to the
Council physical works that would greatly enhance the safety and security of
our area. Our common sense proposal, “Less Prison….More Park” proposed that the
Council could carry out works on public land on a smaller scale than the works
they had carried out elsewhere in the Southside Regeneration Area on private land in 2015 - the Council replaced fencing on private property with a more appropriate wall and railings.
The proposal seemed to send every one running for cover, especially our
Councillors.
The Gardaí and the Council’s Tenants Enforcement Office continued to
work with us and by August 2016 it looked like we might be seeing an end to our
troubles – the gangs had been moved on and residents could use the right-of-way
and our Boreen without fear of harassment and intimidation.
Now iron-bar boy is back on the streets and it looks like it’s all
going to kick off again. During his trial Gardaí had described him as the
“ringleader” of the group, and said that he showed “little remorse for any of
his victims”.
Are residents going to have to go back to checking our Boreen to make
that the coast is clear whenever we are expecting guests or a loved one returning home from school or work? I don’t have to tell the Council officials and our
public representatives how bad it was for us, they are well informed. The
question is what are they going to do about?
The Council seem intent on ignoring any suggestions or proposals that
would improve the safety and security of residents. Their poor interpretation
of the phrase “passive security” has led to a ridiculous “open spaces” policy
that actually encourages and facilitates anti-social behaviour. The Clarina Park site for example:
Of course there may be a conflict of interest for the Council when it comes
to making the areas safer. Their 2014 Limerick Framework Implementation Plan
has red-lined many occupied homes for demolition and there is little incentive
for homeowners to part with their property for a pittance if they feel safe and
secure in their homes.
I don’t know what can be done about these youths and their carry on.
Maybe an outreach programme aimed at teaching them personal responsibility
rather than blaming others for their situation and after a few years they might
be transformed into something resembling a decent human being. I really don’t
care about that to be honest because what’s really needed is some law and
order; intensive policing in the immediate to challenge and prevent their
behaviour.
Finally, just a note about making an actual statement to the Gardaí; It
is not enough to simply give the names and address of your tormentors to the
Garda and have it written down in a Garda note book. The Garda has to take a
formal statement from you, which both of you sign. This obliges the Garda to take
appropriate action based on your statement, whereas the contents of the
notebook may never be pursued. And remember, you have no more than 6-months
from the time an incident occurs to make a statement.
RELATED ARTICLES:
Note: some of the articles below report that the victim of the attack
on my street “was initially hit with a
stone, which knocked him to the ground…” this not what I saw and I don’t
know why it was reported. Some of the article try to imply that the family were
refugees; they are not, they immigrated here legally, they have their own means
and are not dependent on the state
