The IRA

[Lucky13]

What could they have done differently?

Did you think they should have sat back and done nothing?

Also the British Army have killed a lot more innocent people.

Why did the IRA need to attack soft targets? Why the need to kill and maim innocent civilians going about their everyday business? It was Callous and indiscriminate! A bomb doesn't differentiate between Black or White or Catholic or Protestant.

The IRA could have taken the fight solely to the Army, but they chose not to, maybe because unarmed civilians can't shoot back?

If they'd took it straight to the army and wern't anonymous they would have just got arrested.

Remember they see it as their country and the Army as invaders/oppresors.

Again though the British army killed a lot more innocent civilians, the more you go back the worse it is. I don't think we're taught the truth in England, I know I wasn't in school, or haven't been by the media.

I do think they went too far at the end though and the guy showing the warringto picture, I could show pictures of 100s of innocent people killed by the british army, are they not as important in your eyes?

If it was a war , have the courage to fight the opposition , shoot at people who can shoot back , cowards blow up children , cowards blow up the Household Cavalry on parade , cowards blow up Rememberance Services and cowards blow up town centres , but thats something you admire , says a lot about you.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

What could they have done differently?

Did you think they should have sat back and done nothing?

Also the British Army have killed a lot more innocent people.

Why did the IRA need to attack soft targets? Why the need to kill and maim innocent civilians going about their everyday business? It was Callous and indiscriminate! A bomb doesn't differentiate between Black or White or Catholic or Protestant.

The IRA could have taken the fight solely to the Army, but they chose not to, maybe because unarmed civilians can't shoot back?

If they'd took it straight to the army and wern't anonymous they would have just got arrested.

Remember they see it as their country and the Army as invaders/oppresors.

Again though the British army killed a lot more innocent civilians, the more you go back the worse it is. I don't think we're taught the truth in England, I know I wasn't in school, or haven't been by the media.

I do think they went too far at the end though and the guy showing the warringto picture, I could show pictures of 100s of innocent people killed by the british army, are they not as important in your eyes?

An innocent killed or maimed by whatever side is just as tragic, I've never said any different. I just find it staggering that people such as yourself can "admire" the perpetrators of callous indiscriminate murder.

Like I said, the IRA could have fought the Army but they chose that they were better served shooting unarmed civilians and exploding bombs in public places.

Anyway I don't really want to get to involved into this mate. Hopefully things will continue to move forward in N.I, and all the violence and hatred off the past will continue to diminish over time.

 

[Mike N]

Quick question; why do most of the people on this thread not care what happened in Ireland to thousands and thousands, over hundreds of years, at the hands of the British?

 

[PJMCC1UK]

Quick question; why do most of the people on this thread not care what happened in Ireland to thousands and thousands, over hundreds of years, at the hands of the British?

Who on here has justified it????
the topic is about the IRA not Britain's involvement over hundreds of years. Someone thinks it's admirable and brave to plant bombs that kill kids.
No one has said Britain's misdemeanour's are admirable.

 

[TCIB]

Quick question; why do most of the people on this thread not care what happened in Ireland to thousands and thousands, over hundreds of years, at the hands of the British?

It's the human condition, it is irrelavent to us now. The debate here is focusing on the modern ira it seems.

Also the Irish gave as good as they got, don't make out we were some kind of big bully. If you do why not mention in your post about the poor old french, we used to give them i right hiding when we felt like it, or the spanish or any of the other countries we knocked the shit out of whilst building our empire.

Do you care personally about the plight of some amazonian tribes being wiped out due to aggresion from the government ? No you probably don't, why ? because it doesn't affect you.

 

[red 2 hats]

Quick question; why do most of the people on this thread not care what happened in Ireland to thousands and thousands, over hundreds of years, at the hands of the British?

No one has stated that they don't care about the loss of innocent lives in Ireland, murder is murder whether it is British or Irish, it is repulsive.

The op started the thread with his respect for the IRA, other posters have gone down the same line. The IRA were cowardly murdering scum, they chose soft targets and innocent people died as a cosequence, the loyalists did the same.

It is beyond me how any human being can glorify death at the hands of these lowlifes, that says more about them than any words can.

 

[Ducado]

Quick question; why do most of the people on this thread not care what happened in Ireland to thousands and thousands, over hundreds of years, at the hands of the British?

Quick Answer; no one is discussing that 9it's a very loaded topic, with different versions of what happened and why), what is being discussed is the OPs (and some others) respect and admiration for the PIRA, it seems that some of you seem to be making moral equivalents here, I don't know why some of you just don't come out and say it, you admire and respect the blowing up of innocent British civilians, be they children or whatever because of some perceived injustice, there really are some sick puppies out there

 

[SWP's back]

Quick question; why do most of the people on this thread not care what happened in Ireland to thousands and thousands, over hundreds of years, at the hands of the British?

Quick Answer; no one is discussing that 9it's a very loaded topic, with different versions of what happened and why), what is being discussed is the OPs (and some others) respect and admiration for the PIRA, it seems that some of you seem to be making moral equivalents here, I don't know why some of you just don't come out and say it, you admire and respect the blowing up of innocent British civilians, be they children or whatever because of some perceived injustice, there really are some sick puppies out there

Yep

 

[Anonymous]

As expected, the thread degenerates into 12 rounds of what-aboutery resulting in a draw. And therein lies yet another reason why it will never get solved.

 

[frasermcfc]

I just asked my best mate's mum if she thought the people who pumped 7 rounds into her eldest son should be respected. She cried.

Vermin each and every cowardly one.