Google| Subject | Re: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother (of england) has died) |
| From | David Flood |
| Date | 2002-04-03 21:40 (2002-04-03 20:40) |
| Message-ID | <a8fp25$rrv2r$1@ID-121201.news.dfncis.de> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien,alt.uk.law,uk.current-events.general,uk.legal,uk.politics.constitution,ie.general |
| Follows | Fergus O'Rourke |
"Fergus O'Rourke" <callasberrGANSPAM@tinet.ie>wrote in message news:bqHq8.4845$e5.29714@news.indigo.ie...
Fergus O'RourkeAs far as I can recall offhand, there were a number of executions of Irish revolutionaries during the rebellions in the mid-1800's, and then of course there was the aftermath of the 1916 Rising, where the senior Irish officers were swiftly executed (before English Liberal and international outrage put an end to further progression through the rebel ranks - too late, though).
"David Flood" <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>wrote in message news:a8d323$r8caj$1@ID-121201.news.dfncis.de... (snip)Fergus O'RourkeChris
I think you are reading slightly too much into the whole "treason" thing. Even in England we're talking more about "selling
governmentFergus O'RourkeChris
secrets to other countries" treason, rather than: "Saying the
RoyalFergus O'RourkeChris
family sucks" treason. British people can say anything they want
aboutFergus O'RourkeChrisDavid Flood
the royal family.
Ahh, but this is where the broader history of that law comes in.
It was AFAIR intended as a measure to 'discourage' Irish political
agitationDavid FloodFergus O'Rourke
in the nineteenth century, and there wouldn't have been the same
reluctanceDavid FloodFergus O'Rourke
to use it in that context.
But was it ever so used in the 1800s ?
I think Parnell and the other Irish Parliamentary Party leaders were imprisoned under something like it (in efforts to destroy constitutional Irish Nationalism) in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
David
2002-03-30-
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