sweeney,
it is not helpful to reasoned discussion to keep accusing me of things I have not done.
Please confine yourself to attacking my opinions not me.
You claim more credibility because you are Irish, but most Irish people did not support the paramilitaries as you did. You are not truly representative of the Irish.
But you are entitled to your views and I listen.
The implication of many of your posts is that because I am English I should mind my business.
PIRA made it our business by sending their units here to leave their bloody time bombs in our public places.Streets, pubs shops, stations, holiday sea fronts to terrorise ordinary English folk.
You have not forgotten, I hope, That someone close to me was scarred by one of your devices.
A young shop girl in Manchester, she was shaken when the first bomb exploded shortly after she had walked right past it while its timer was counting down.
Her physical injuries in the second were minor, but she found herself standing in a human butchers shop after the blizard of glass scythed through the people. Her friend, another young girl due to be married, had her face shredded.
So we have every reason to take an interest in your activities.
Now, you say that you are sorry for the bombs, but also how proud you are of the bomb planters.
Your view is that the bombs were worthwhile. My view is that they were politically worthless and actually set your cause back.
And that is the only difference between us. Your political aspirations are fine with me.
Bullets in heads and bombs in shops are no way to seek political change.