When Is Stealing not a Crime?

[CoolOnion]

From Baltimore IMC:
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The British elite are all in a grand tizzy! No, it’s not about Prince Charles marrying his mistress, Camilla Parker Bowles. They are roaring mad over the IRA supposedly robbing a bank in British-Occupied Belfast, on Dec. 20, 2004, of $50 million dollars. The IRA denies any involvement. The hypocrisy of these British Imperialists is simply breathtaking. They “stole” Ireland from the Irish people! Now, they complain when the tables are turned!
“Stealing is theft... the felonious taking of the...property of another, without right...or consent of the owner...” Black’s Law Dictionary.

There is a huge brouhaha going on at the moment. No, I’m not referring to Prince Charles’ planned marriage to his mistress, Camilla Parker Bowles. I’m talking about whether the IRA pulled off a bank heist in the British-occupied north of Ireland. The loot taken from the “Northern Bank,” in Belfast, on Dec. 20, 2004, was about $50 million in U.S. dollars. The IRA has denied any involvement. More print space and keyboard punching, however, has been exhausted by UK editorialists, self-righteous moralists and out-and- out Irish haters, condemning the IRA about that incident, than was ever spent ranting about all of WWII! Well, at least, it seems that way to me.

What struck me as ironic about this over-hyped affair is that the Brits stole Ireland from the Irish people, which they later partitioned. Naturally, they don’t see it that way. The British elite claim that their “right” to murder the Irish, starve them to death, steal their lands, crush their culture, prohibit their Catholic religion, destroy their Gaelic language, bar them from public office and void their ancient customs, was legally justified...
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