Wanton violence, state sanctioned or not, is reprehensible, there is no honour in murder whosever perportrates it. The IRA were no better than the Crown forces, the true division should have been across socio economic lines, vis-vis The working class catholics had more in common with the working class protestants so the IRA and the Crown needed their conflict to disenfranchise the working classes and subjugate them. The conflict was always about which set of elites would run the country not to change the status quo and improve the lot of ALL working classes. Neat trick to use culture to inspire, like music, don't buy any of the shit. Killing is wrong full stop.