There was next to no support for the civil rights movement outside of the nationalists communities of the north of Ireland. The greater UK community has never given a shit (pardon my language) about events pertaining to the plight of nationalists in Ulster. The turning point for the troubles was the murder of 13 innocent civilians in Derry on Bloody Sunday. Up to that point the IRA were a non-force with little to no support. The British army's job has always been to help prop up the protestant state for a protestant people. But this is way of topic.

Keith, Sands was more active in prison than he ever was outside of it. He was convicted with four others on a weapons charge. It has never been proved that Sands was in actual posession of the particular weapon. You still haven't addressed my other point. The point about you misrepresenting what I said above.