Raggamuffin wrote:LordRaven wrote:Cactus Jack wrote:Raven don't let the fact that you were actually there and actually being shot at, and if my reading between the lines is correct actually losing friends and comrades, lead you into the notion that it or any experience of loss or sacrifice will count for anything with Fenella.
In her determination to derail this thread she has gone into spew hatred mode again is best blocked.
Ignorance is bliss. Unless someone is willing to read up on the history of the troubles and educate themselves I am guessing such silly views will never be changed. There is no point trying to be reasonable arguing against ignorance if someone is unaware of the whole history of Ireland.
And I cannot believe that anyone would question the motivations of bombing the English mainland.
If she read up on Ollie Cromwell and James The Shithead she might start to have a clue.
Oh I know why they murdered innocent civilians on the mainland, I'm just wondering why you seem to think that was OK. Violence should have been kept in Ireland - it was nothing to do with civilians in England. I guess you think I'm "silly" for disapproving of murder.
No I think you are a tad stupid for not knowing that the Irish, having been slaughtered by Cromwell (for one)in their thousands --men women and children alike --have very long memories, and that in 1969 the IRA was just a handful of people. Things were getting better.
But the Civil Rights movement, when peacefully protesting about unfairness in all aspects of life, gerrymandering etc etc etc being brutally attacked at Burntollet Bridge by "the forces of the authorities" run by London (which you might note is the Capital of Britain and not just England) caused a swelling of the ranks of the IRA. And please look up INLA and IPLO while you are at it and have a look at their manifestos and aims.
That is lesson one, have a good read.
And next lesson will be on Loyalist Paramilitaries, who I am beginning to think you will believe are the good guys.