Friday, March 13, 2009
JIMMY WALSH
SEANAD REPORT: DAVID NORRIS (Ind) said he wondered if the decision of a judge to refer a Shell to Sea activist for psychiatric examination indicated a return to a time when attempts were made in eastern Europe to use psychiatry to control political expression.
I think this is terribly, terribly, dangerous.
Calling for a debate on the Corrib gasfield controversy, Mr Norris said he was greatly concerned at the jailing of Maura Harrington and the process that had led to it.
A minister of the day had given this field away for nothing to Shell, which was one of the worst polluters and one of the most avid multinationals. He would be very sorry if, the Garda having been enlisted on behalf of a multinational, the court system should then begin to play a role in this matter.
Mr Norris said he was concerned when judges felt free to comment widely on the personality traits of someone they were sentencing. In this case, the judge had made it clear she did not believe in the idealism of Ms Harrington because of her enjoyment of the public limelight.
He wondered about the qualifications of an individual to pronounce on a non-judicial matter. The judge had referred Ms Harrington for psychiatric examination, having jailed her for 28 days.
Mr Norris said Ms Harrington had slapped a garda in the face. I had my face slapped and the person did not go to jail for 28 days, he said.
Maurice Cummins (FG) said it was important to recognise that gardaí put their lives on the line daily on behalf of the public. Many of them had suffered horrific injuries while performing their duties.
A strong message should go out from the House that no assault on a garda would be condoned. There should be mandatory custodial sentences for assaults on gardaí or emergency service personnel.
This article appears in the print edition of the Irish Times
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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