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Thread #101746   Message #2361694
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
09-Jun-08 - 03:41 PM
Thread Name: BS: Bobby Sands hunger strike film
Subject: RE: BS: Bobby Sands hunger strike film
I posted earlier here, I think. Couldn't be bothered to trawl back through all that negativity to be honest. Point I want to make now, if I didn't make it before, is that the bloody thing is over all bar the shouting. The violence seems almost at an end. The army are all but moved out. The republicans have gained huge support. Ireland may well be united soon. The question is who is going to be left with the legacy of the screwed up bit in the top right corner? The English don't want it any more. Nor, apparantly, do the rest of Ireland. Having seen how the reunification of Germany caused no end of political and financial problems I don't blame them one bit.

It seems to me that by deliberatley raising and reraising these issues some people seem to be unhappy that the fight is over. They want it to carry on. Why can't you all just accept that the past is in the past and while we can learn from it, it should realy stay where it is.

Cheers

Dave