Mudcat Café message #3786422

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Thread #45911 Message #3786422
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
21-Apr-16 - 03:58 AM
Thread Name: BS: Easter Rising - April 24-29, 1916
Subject: RE: Easter Rising - April 24-29, 1916

Jim, I only said that the rising was a contemptible joke, not the legitimate struggle for Irish independence.

The fact is that home rule was going to happen anyway.
The rising did nothing to hasten it.
Violence and death for no purpose.