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sabra
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Fri Jan-07-11 10:55 AM Original message |
IRA terror victim speaks out against (Rep.) Peter King |
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azurnoir
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Fri Jan-07-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. Few had any problems with the open and unmitigated |
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molly77
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Fri Jan-07-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You are only a terrorist if you are a leftist. |
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11cents
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Fri Jan-07-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. The provisional IRA was certainly leftist. |
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still_one
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Fri Jan-07-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I disagree with that assessment. Most people did NOT approve of the IRA terrorist acts here /nt |
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Xithras
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Fri Jan-07-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Agree. My grandfather was an open and ardent IRA supporter for years. Financially too. |
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Agent William
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Fri Jan-07-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I've heard similar accounts of that. |
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Xithras
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Fri Jan-07-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Without getting this booted into the I/P forum.. |
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Violet_Crumble
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Fri Jan-07-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. But Peter King was supporting the IRA, not standing up for the Irish... |
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whathehell
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Sat Jan-08-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. Mistaken again, Violet...There were, in fact, not "so many Americans" doing this |
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JDPriestly
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Fri Jan-07-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. When I lived in the UK in the early 1970s, I often heard the |
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Violet_Crumble
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Fri Jan-07-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. So why is it that Americans seemed to only understand that 'feeling' if it's about the Irish... |
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Lars77
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Sat Jan-08-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. because the Irish are white. nt |
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PatSeg
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Sat Jan-08-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. And "Christian" |
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JDPriestly
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Sat Jan-08-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Because many Americans have Irish ancestors. |
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Lars77
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Sat Jan-08-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. The Scotch-Irish are protestants, mostly from Ulster. nt |
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whathehell
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Sat Jan-08-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. You are correct, sir. n/t |
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JDPriestly
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Sat Jan-08-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. That happens to be my ancestry. But just plain Irish are even more |
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Riftaxe
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Fri Jan-07-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. When i was in London in '82, the IRA used bombs to |
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mwooldri
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Fri Jan-07-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. The evening news on BBC NI or Ulster Television was pretty gruesome most nights IIRC. |
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whathehell
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Sat Jan-08-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. Since you weren't in the States during that time, you didn't experience the coverage here.. |
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murdoch
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Sun Jan-09-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
53. The English used bullets to shoot children in north Ireland |
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westerebus
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Fri Jan-07-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. There was this one fellow. |
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Agent William
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Sat Jan-08-11 02:27 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. +1 |
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Sat Jan-08-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. Deleted message |
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Mon Jan-10-11 08:36 AM Response to Reply #37 |
57. Deleted message |
whathehell
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Sat Jan-08-11 06:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Few "who"?..Republicans or Americans in general? |
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westerebus
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Sun Jan-09-11 04:03 AM Response to Reply #32 |
49. I guess that would depend on you ancestry. |
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denverbill
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Fri Jan-07-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. Hypocrisy only bothers people with consciences. |
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Solly Mack
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Fri Jan-07-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. k/r |
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LeftishBrit
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Fri Jan-07-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. I had been struck by this hypocrisy for a long time. |
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RoccoR5955
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Fri Jan-07-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Peter King should be impaled |
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SoapBox
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Fri Jan-07-11 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. I am more concerned about these Radicalized Republicans... |
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valerief
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Fri Jan-07-11 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. We must have faith in King's mendacity. |
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Lions_fan
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Fri Jan-07-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. King was also a supporter of the more violent INRA |
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provis99
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Sat Jan-08-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
30. so Protestants defending their homes are loyalist thugs? |
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Celeborn Skywalker
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Sat Jan-08-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Well aren't you special. |
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LeftishBrit
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Sun Jan-09-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. Quite; and if Peter King had supported the UDA or other Protestant 'paramilitaries' i.e. terrorists, |
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whathehell
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Mon Jan-10-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Yes...and I'm glad you noted the "paramilitary" moniker given the UDA |
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LeftishBrit
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Tue Jan-11-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. No sympathy for either group from me. |
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whathehell
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Tue Jan-11-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. That's good. |
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XanaDUer
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Sat Jan-08-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. When you take the train up from Dublin to Belfast |
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whathehell
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Sat Jan-08-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Absolutely...not to mention the fact that the Brits encouraged it, at least for many years |
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XanaDUer
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Sat Jan-08-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. What WTH said |
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whathehell
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Sat Jan-08-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Thank you, XanaDuer... |
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westerebus
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Sun Jan-09-11 03:39 AM Response to Reply #30 |
48. Had the Brits left all of Ireland in 1922 the wouldn't have been the troubles. |
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whathehell
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Sun Jan-09-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Yes, especially since they reneged on a promise in that years treaty to leave after 60 years.. |
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westerebus
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Sun Jan-09-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Must of slipped their mind. |
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whathehell
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Mon Jan-10-11 05:18 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Good one! |
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westerebus
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Mon Jan-10-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Thanks |
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alp227
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Fri Jan-07-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. But Peter King would rather listen to relatives of 9/11 victims |
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Agent William
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Fri Jan-07-11 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. I can sleep at night knowing |
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whathehell
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Sun Jan-09-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
51. Yes, but do you remember the Ulster Defense Association (UDA) |
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murdoch
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Sun Jan-09-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
55. How many children were shot by the English? Many. |
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whathehell
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Mon Jan-10-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Yes...including the seven unarmed teenagers shot dead by British troops on Bloody Sunday. |
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Altoid_Cyclist
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Fri Jan-07-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. Something's a little off when Gerry Adams gets to dine at the White House |
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mwooldri
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Fri Jan-07-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Definitely wrong. |
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Manifestor_of_Light
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Mon Jan-10-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
61. Gerry Adams married one of the Kennedys. |
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jaybeat
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Fri Jan-07-11 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. Sounds like you're a "freedom fighter" if the people you're fighting for are white |
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TxVietVet
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Fri Jan-07-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. The conservanazis love terrorists. |
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riverbendviewgal
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Fri Jan-07-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. This reminds me of some other whistle blower |
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mwooldri
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Fri Jan-07-11 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. I share Tom Parkers' distaste. |
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mackerel
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Fri Jan-07-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. When the PIRA killed Robert McCartney things changed |
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Speed8098
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Sat Jan-08-11 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
34. I can't stand that jerk..............but |
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