The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #15998   Message #146604
Posted By: Mbo
08-Dec-99 - 12:46 PM
Thread Name: Today in Ireland's History
Subject: RE: Today in Irelands History
Everyone talks about peace, but no one wants to remember what it took to achieve it. What about all those who believed in the cause of peace so much, they gave they lives to attain what others might enjoy? NEVER NEVER forget what those men and women with guns, swords, or words did for us. To forget the war and resistance that forged that peace is to invalidate the lives of those who died trying to make our lives better. Americans remember Nathan Hale, English remember Lord Nelson, so why can't the Irish remeber Eoghan Ruadh O' Neill or Wolfe Tone? Let peace reign over the land, and peace reign over the sleep of those we owe our comfortable modern lives to.

--Mbo