The Lord alerted my mind to the presence of this EVIL article by Bertie
the Bunyip, and I thusly replied:

Nik wrote in
:

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:29:25 +0000, Falcon
] wrote:

"Conor Booze O Brien" wrote in message
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On 24 Sep 2003 07:52:57 -0000, Falcon
] wrote:


More than 800 service men and women murdered during the
Northern Ireland Troubles have been remembered at a special
service in England. The Ulster Ash Grove, which is part of a
national memorial in Staffordshire, is a permanent "living"
tribute to members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, the
armed forces and prison officers killed in the last 33 years.

Funny place to put it isn't it. It's like where you would put
something from your colonial exploits.

The systematic blah blah blah

There was a political problem in N Ireland that needed sorting out.

There was a serious public order problem in Northern Ireland than
needed sorting out.

Not by you and your lot who only made it worse. Check for yourself,
the death toll before and after January 1972...

The RUC aided by Loyalists battered Catholic protestors into the
ground.

The IRA inflamed and exacerbated an already bad situation,

Ah **** off.

and used it to
launch a vicious terrorist campaign of shooting, bombing and murder.

So did the Paras just give the NICRA protesters just a bit of a
"telling off"?

Then the British Army came and helped the RUC and Loyalist
terrorists batter and murder Catholics.

As well as saving lives, the security forces brought paramilitary
groups to the realisation that they could not achieve their aims
through terror;

It would seem that this lesson has yet to be taught to your Loyalist
allies the UDA.

that politics was the only way to argue their case.

But yet the Elections have been put off....do we have a date yet?
NOooooo....puking at the hypocrisy

They might or might not
persuade through dialogue, but they would never bomb or maim people
into agreeing with them.

January 1972 was a case of gentle persuasion was it?

In short, without the sacrifice of the men and women we
remember today there would have been no peace process and no Good
Friday Agreement.

Thats right. The sacrifices of Mr Cahill, Adams, Sands, Hughes...

However imperfect that process may be, Northern Ireland is now
undeniably transformed from the grim place of 20 or 30 years ago.

Largely NOT due to the actions of the British Authorities.

No one except you doubts the collusion of the British Army with
Loyalist terrorists.

Within Northern Ireland, the systematic denigration of the security
forces by some has become a particularly distasteful feature of the
political landscape. In confronting and thwarting terrorism these men
and women saved thousands of lives, including the lives of many who
now enjoy the freedom to criticise them.

Tell that to Bobby Sands...

So celebrate your terrorist friends in whatever way you want, but
preferably in England.

Those who died are a part of a brighter future. They laid down their
lives so that others could reach a better place. That is why my
feeling is one of gratitude.

So you're grateful to Bobby Sands and his 9 other friends?

I thank those who died and those who grieve for them. And I
thank God that there are men and women for whom personal safety - even
life itself - is less important than the defence of civilised
democracy and the creation of a better future for their fellow men and
women.

How about not invading Ireland in the first place and now removing all
aspects of your colonising invasion, in particular your Military.

Ooow, good argument there liar boy. How could I stand a chance against
such rapier like wit?

You're totally doomed!

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