When I left the certainty of teenage behind, I soon learned that issues that divide people are never clear cut, and that both sides are right or have right on their side.
In our folk music we sing songs from both sides.
But look at a recent example on this forum.
Sweeney included in a list of criticisms that I contributed to the I Met A War Hero thread.
When I asked what I had done wrong, Sweeney said that the man was involved in NI security.
Not asking if he was, or suggesting he might have been.
It was stated as if a fact.
We were even told that the man wore a NI service medal.
Hundreds of thousands grew up in turmoil of the troubles.
Compulsive lie telling is not an inevitable consequence.
It is just being used as a debating tactic.