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SubjectRe: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother (of
Frompaulh
Date2002-04-17 21:03 (2002-04-17 21:03)
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On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 18:24:12 +0100, "David Flood" <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>wrote:

David Flood
I guess it depends greatly on your personal point of view - who you

consider

guerillas/revolutionaries/freedom fighters, and who terrorists.

paulh
yes... there is always that. I'm sure some people find the IRA/INLA..ect

David Flood
to be

paulh
freedom fighters and some think the various UDA/UFF forces to also be

David Flood
freedom

paulh
fighters. I can only speak for my opinion that they are all terrorists...

David Flood
(And some would consider certain BA units which 'handle' the Loyalists to be undoubtedly terrorists, from what has emerged into public knowledge in the past decade)

To move this to a deeper level of debate - are they (the paramilitaries) the cause or merely the symptom of yet another bloody episode in British colonial history?

I think the symptom, I get a 'feel' that all sorts of these things are the results of far more complex actions than the decisions of individual peoples. In some respects you can look to the Reformation (and the resulting divisions) as part of it.... it is perhaps more of a recipe of causes than any one thing. Surely there would be no NI problem if there weren't 300 yr old divisions in the community itself. And when it comes to history I tend to not try and lay blame as such and try not to identify with any particular side hundreds of years after the event (which I tended to do as a yoof...)

paulh