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Thread #16543   Message #155772
Posted By: InOBU
30-Dec-99 - 03:50 PM
Thread Name: Bobby Sands
Subject: RE: Bobby Sands
Hi Viv: I hoped it was apparent that I consider myself a comrad to the British working class. I acknowlege that a majority of the people of England as well as Britain wanted out of Ireland for a variety of reasons, many well meaning. However, in a democracy we must share and acknowlege what our nation does in our name. I actively opposed the Viet Nam war, however, I still apologise to the victems of that war. I was active in the fight for origional peoples rights in the US, however, all white Amercia reeps the benifit of that conquest, and if some natives dont wish to thank or acknowelge my help, I dont mind, what I do repays a debt we all have, and I do because it is right, not out of a sence of shame or guilt. Not to make a some of my best friends out of this... but hte best man at my wedding, my closest and dearest friend lives in Divises, in Wiltsire... I apreciate the depths of understanding you show, in being sympathetic to the Republican cause.
Let us hope there will some day be a world where no one kills in forwarding oppression, and in that day, those who kill to resist oppression will indeed be criminals, if it is possible to emagine such.
Good cheer in the New Year, and Peace. Larry