Condemning violence in NI

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Condemning violence in NI

#1 Post by orathaic » Sun Jan 20, 2019 3:37 pm

I'm sure there is a quote there somewhere regarding war being an extention of politics... But seriously, fuck those guys, they have no justification for attempting to bomb a courthouse.

Prison may not be a good place to put them, but they need to be sent somewhere... Do we not have some uninhabited islands?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46937061

Thankfully no-one was injured.
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Re: Condemning violence in NI

#2 Post by Octavious » Sun Jan 20, 2019 11:09 pm

It shows how far we've come that such events have become shocking again.
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Re: Condemning violence in NI

#3 Post by Randomizer » Sun Jan 20, 2019 11:39 pm

Not in the US where schools, churches, synagogues, and doctor's offices are bombing and shooting targets.

There was an editorial cartoon where a woman is telling her husband, "Our thoughts and prayers should protect our border just like our schools."
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Re: Condemning violence in NI

#4 Post by orathaic » Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:03 pm

Randomizer wrote:
Sun Jan 20, 2019 11:39 pm
Not in the US where schools, churches, synagogues, and doctor's offices are bombing and shooting targets.

There was an editorial cartoon where a woman is telling her husband, "Our thoughts and prayers should protect our border just like our schools."
That is rather depressing. We've had terror and peace in my life, and politics drove much of it. But the normality of violence in the US feels different. Not like some historic injustice, but a present illness. And not one anyone seems to be trying to cure (or at least those that are trying are trying to do things which have failed many times over).

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Re: Condemning violence in NI

#5 Post by orathaic » Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:53 am

Interesting article on NI and the DUP's position on Brexit: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/opi ... kXsQqVRR48

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