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Liona Clio
Angel in Disguise
Join date: 30 Aug 2004
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07-28-2005 12:45
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4720863.stm
Oh, it will be so nice to know that Eire is finally free of the spectre of violence. I haven't heard a bit about this in the US press, tho....Anyone across the pond wanna give us more info?  _____________________
"Well, my days of not taking you seriously have certainly come to a middle."
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Arcadia Codesmith
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Join date: 8 Dec 2004
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07-29-2005 06:28
I think the skepticism of the Unionists is understandable. But I have great hopes that this will be a substantive step in reducing political violence in Northern Ireland.
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"I like you better when you start pretending to be the person you want to be" - David Thomas
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Ghoti Nyak
καλλιστι
Join date: 7 Aug 2004
Posts: 2,078
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07-29-2005 07:53
He said: "People are so sceptical, having been burnt so many times before. I'm sure the Catholics and poor of Northern Irish know how this feels. Repress people for a few hundred years, these feelings tend to arise. I applaud Sinn Fein for taking the chance at peace, but I hope they keep their rifles in a safe place. They may need them again. -Ghoti _____________________
"Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
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Alexa Hope
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Join date: 8 Dec 2004
Posts: 670
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07-29-2005 15:24
Well Ghoti it wasn't your town they bombed, or your brother, sister, child, parents who died or were maimed. Catholics and Protestants alike were slaughtered in the IRA terrorist acts.
There is no excuse for indistriminate slaughter. Alexa _____________________
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Pendari Lorentz
Senior Member
Join date: 5 Sep 2003
Posts: 4,372
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07-29-2005 15:31
Well Ghoti it wasn't your town they bombed, or your brother, sister, child, parents who died or were maimed. Catholics and Protestants alike were slaughtered in the IRA terrorist acts. err, Without getting into my thoughts on the topic of the thread, I do have to ask.. Alexa, how do you *know* this about Ghoti? Do you know Ghoti personally? How can you make such a claim otherwise? _____________________
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Ghoti Nyak
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Join date: 7 Aug 2004
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07-29-2005 17:02
There is no excuse for indistriminate slaughter. Yah, agreed. I am not making excuses for the slaughter of innocents. There's nothing good about violence. I'm just saying given the history of Northern Ireland, the Unionist quoted in that article is one to talk about being burnt. -Ghoti Ps. And just to reiterate, the ceasing of hostilities is awesome!! _____________________
"Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
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Richie Waves
Predictable
Join date: 29 Jun 2005
Posts: 1,424
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07-30-2005 07:34
lets hope they stick to it aye!
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