Monthly Archives: September 2009

Paddy Barry, 82 years of age, died after being beaten in his own home. What a way for an old man to go. No doubt he’d been through times in his life when things were rough but you get to that age and you’ve gotta think you’ve seen the worst of it. Maybe there’s an illness coming but that’s perhaps an inevitability of age.

What you don’t expect is to be beaten, fatally, in your own house. I already spoke about how people who would do something like that are a stain on society. Honestly, I think there are certain things humans do which should illustrate that they do not belong in what we consider decent society. They forfeit the right to live among the rest of us who at least try to behave with a modicum of decency. We try and rehabilitate them to show how decent we are when we would be better off ridding ourselves of them altogether.

That’s besides the point though. The sad fact is that if an 82 year old man is attacked in his own home by three animals there’s not much he can do to protect himself.

But what about you or I? If someone broke into our home and we defended ourselves, our property, it’s possible for the burglar to take a civil case against us if we cause him harm. If attacked in our homes should we not be allowed to defend ourselves without fear of prosecution or being sued?

I’m not talking about using lethal force, only farmers have shotguns after all, but if somebody is on my property or in my home trying to steal my stuff then I should be allowed protect myself. I should be allowed, if I am capable, of kicking the fucking shit out of him. If I swing a golf club at him and break his arm that’s his fault. If he hadn’t been on my property then he would not be injured. Cause and effect.

A Fine Gael bill which proposed to protect homeowners from prosecution or civil action was rejected last week by the government who said it should become a ‘licence to kill’. They really a pack of dramatic cunts. Nobody is talking about killing people, although you would certainly feel like doing it under certain circumstances, but simply having the right to protect yourself, your family, your property, your goods, without having to worry about the so-called ‘rights’ of the criminal.

So, your thoughts. Should we be allowed ‘defend’ ourselves in our own home? Shouldn’t a burglar be responsible for what happens to him when he illegally enters somebody’s property? Would it go some way to making them think twice before they carried out a robbery if they knew they might end up his hospital? Should householders be able to use a weapon, like a taser, if threatened in their own homes?

Well?