Real IRA attacks family of N.Ireland police officer

[Murphy]

I know you do I wont question your commitment on that.

There, we are united on that front.

If you re-read my thread again, I made no comment on the validity of the attack, I am implying that this mimics the beginning of the 1969 campaign, it started off the same way almost.

Perhaps you should read the thread again yourself?

What the Fuck is this, thread after Fucking thread in this section glorifying Orange murders against Irish natives, and I construct a pro RIRA thread and it is considered outrageous sparking condemnation!!!

I think you can forgive me if I took this to mean you considered it a valid attack. I also fail to see how this mirrors the beginning of the Troubles...?

You cant promise a 'peace process', and then 12 years on it is still the same. The Irish want a united nation, 12 years of inactivity and nothing in return, the seeds have been sown by the British.

Oh I agree with you here. But a united Ireland wont be achieved over night and it wont be achieved by a renewl of armed conflict.

Regards,
Eóin.

[Murphy]

Aching to go back to the "good old days", are we Brian ?

In all honesty, what will it matter to him? He wont have to be the one to live in fear, he isn't the father who'll have to send his son to an early grave or the mother weeping for her husband and sons as they are dragged from their beds in the early morning by gun-brandishing butchers.

Regards,
Eóin.

[The Lawspeaker]

In all honesty, what will it matter to him? He wont have to be the one to live in fear, he isn't the father who'll have to send his son to an early grave or the mother weeping for her husband and sons as they are dragged from their beds in the early morning by gun-brandishing butchers.

Regards,
Eóin.

Exactly. That is what makes it so incredibly hypocritical.

[Creeping Death]

There, we are united on that front.

Of course we are.

Perhaps you should read the thread again yourself?

I meant the actual start of the thread, you have taken one of my later replies.

I think you can forgive me if I took this to mean you considered it a valid attack. I also fail to see how this mirrors the beginning of the Troubles...?

I wrote Pro RIRA, the attack was nothing, but a warning or a precursor to more turbulent times ahead Eoin.

Oh I agree with you here. But a united Ireland wont be achieved over night and it wont be achieved by a renewl of armed conflict.

Armed conflict got back 26 counties in 1916 and armed conflict started in 1969 brought the 'peace process', a renewal of the armed conflict in 2009 may just bring it to a head very quickly.

[Creeping Death]

In all honesty, what will it matter to him?

My Brother and Sister with their children who live in Ireland???? My Brother with my nieces and nephews who reside in Derry? It wont matter to me??? And you who reside in Scotland??

[Murphy]

My Brother and Sister with their children who live in Ireland???? My Brother with my nieces and nephews who reside in Derry? It wont matter to me???

So what if it's your brother next? Or your nephews and nieces? How can you sit there and advocate a return to violence when your family is in a city where most likely they'll suffer more than most?

And you who reside in Scotland??

I have family in Ireland as well you know, not to mention that fact that I spend time their my self and have every intention of settling permanently. But even then, growing up in Scotland I can sympathise with the people in the 6 Counties greater by far than the majority in the Republic. Loyalists are sadly widespread here and are no different from their brethren in the north!

Regards,
Eóin.

[Óttar]

First and foremost I want peace. Not only disarmament literally on both sides, but more importantly, an "inner disarmament." A disarmament of the spirit, where both Protestant and Catholic can sit and drink side by side, without violence. One thing I will say however is, it is quite hypocritical of you people (you know who you are) who have never once spoken out or expressed even the slightest disappointment at the equally blameworthy actions committed by the Loyalist faction. It's convenient when they have the support of MI-5, and the British government, isn't it? up

[Creeping Death]

So what if it's your brother next? Or your nephews and nieces? How can you sit there and advocate a return to violence when your family is in a city where most likely they'll suffer more than most?

What if I tell you that my Brother in Free Derry was/is a supporter or was/maybe member of the ....shhhhh.... INLA (Marxist), and believes in a return to violence as of today, you see we dont read about the continual harassment of native Irish in occupied Eire from scum Loyalist squatters. Im just telling it like it is, from people I know there, they are impatient.

And my Sister in Dublin with her Kids, well that is like a world away

I have family in Ireland as well you know, not to mention that fact that I spend time their my self and have every intention of settling permanently. But even then, growing up in Scotland I can sympathise with the people in the 6 Counties greater by far than the majority in the Republic. Loyalists are sadly widespread here and are no different from their brethren in the north!

Regards,
Eóin.

I was the first of my family born in Australia I missed out being born in Ireland, but I am very close to that nation, I was schooled in Ireland back in 1971 when my Mother took me back for awhile I have lived and worked in Ireland twice for extensive periods. I will be there next year working on a job when the one here in New Zealand finishes later this year. And I know about Scotland and Loyalists there, trust me I know.

All I am saying is that I will stand by the Irish people through thick and thin, if the Irish people choose peace so be it, but if the Irish people choose violence then I will support and defend them for that choice. I will always see the Irish as my Brothers and Sisters, that is excluding British Squatters and the 'New Irish'

[Osweo]

Armed conflict got back 26 counties in 1916

COUGH! (the imperial power emerging dazed, war-weary and near-bled-white from the GREATEST MECHANISED MASS BUTCHERY OF MEN EVER and unwilling to tackle Irish problems any longer) COUGH!

No Great War, no Irish Republic. De Valera and co. would have lived out their days in fruitless agitation and coffee-shop posing, as would Lenin and his mates. Armed conflict was just a side-show in the processes at work here. Thompson's Motor-Car, Sean South of Garryowen... Don't make me laugh. After the Somme and Paschendaele?!?

[Black Turlogh]

I agree much with what's been said already. This is condemnable and more than enough reason to feel a great deal of shame. These are the actions of pathetic criminals, not men, and so he who takes this disgusting act as a source for pride is neither a man nor a republican. Low as they come.