paulh
On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 13:33:33 +0100, "David Flood" <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>wrote:

David Flood
the PSNI (the new squeaky-clean RUC, mar dhe?) has yet to issue so much

as a

mugshot to the public, preferring instead to have the usual 'anonymous sources' mutter dark rumours about an imaginary crack Provo gang.

Instead, it appears to have seized the excuse to turn Nationalist parts

of

Northern Ireland upside down, perhaps in a nostalgic mood for the good

ol'

days...

Russ
Can you imagine if the IRA were actually *that* good?

There would have been a united Ireland 20 years ago.

David Flood
This tale of "the IRA did it" requires such a massive suspension of disbelief that I'd be surprised if any person with a modicum of intelligence and an open mind (obviously, Davy Trimble excludes himself on at least one count) could take it seriously.

paulh
Ya know...when I heard about I just accepted it was who they said it was (the IRA). But it did strike me as curious.. it was too ..I dunno.. esoteric, too easy, too wild and crazy...its not like I'd ever head of them doing this before, and the timing seemed wrong too. 10 years ago mebbe, now.. no, kinda pointless.

So I was inteested to hear this alternative view, one I had never considered, cos it sounds more right.. not that I can really statewhy..