I wouldn't take it all that lightly, Grab. Ignorance is a dangerous thing. Especially when you start passing on that ignorance to the future generations, and claim it as fact
"...and Gerry Adams was the leader of the IRA"
You need to give proof of this, Grab. "Bernadette McAlesky's point is quite simply stated - it was better for the IRA to be shooting loyalists and soldiers to keep power than for the civilians they claimed to be representing to be accorded the power to make their own decisions in the ballot box."
Nonesense, Grab. You don't get it, do you? Read Larry's post again...and again, if necessary.
And try reading her words, this time, and not what you believe is between the lines.
"..the British mainland had a good number of protests disrupted by violent police response"
Can you tell me what parts of Scotland, Wales, and Cornwall were affected by such protests, Grab?

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