Gerry Adams arrested as son of murdered Jean McConville demands justice

I would love to see how long the US government would have tolerated an ersatz army, about ten minutes I would say. They would all have been executed a long time ago, you only have to look to Kent State to see what would have happened.

And I'd love to see what the British would resort to if an alien power forcefully swept into their land, denied them their civil rights, imposed an alien religion, and treated them as captives in their own country.

With the British hopelessly outgunned within their own borders, what would they do differently?
 
When I am sitting around Jew-bashing, as I am wont to do, sometimes I get a bit carried away talking about how Hitler wasn't all wrong...but I always take care to say to her "not YOU though, of course...you're one of the good ones". Then I pat her on the hand. It seems to mollify her, but who knows, you know how you people are.

You needn't have told me that.

I was quite certain of it all along.
 
I doubt the British Government did other than scream at this development. It could be that it is a political act, but I'd guess that it is more a matter of chickens coming home to roost, the cops being pushed by the evidence and the relatives of the murdered people. A truth and reconciliation commission is desperately needed in the Six Counties.
 
I doubt the British Government did other than scream at this development. It could be that it is a political act, but I'd guess that it is more a matter of chickens coming home to roost, the cops being pushed by the evidence and the relatives of the murdered people. A truth and reconciliation commission is desperately needed in the Six Counties.

THere are occasions when you make sense, this being one of them. It won't happen of course because the IRA are too bloody arrogant to submit to a T&R commission.
 
And I'd love to see what the British would resort to if an alien power forcefully swept into their land, denied them their civil rights, imposed an alien religion, and treated them as captives in their own country.

With the British hopelessly outgunned within their own borders, what would they do differently?

Hold on there, aren't you exactly describing how Americans treated the indigenous tribes of North America?
 
Hold on there, aren't you exactly describing how Americans treated the indigenous tribes of North America?

Odd. I recall you getting all persnickety in our previous conversation when I made historical allusions to "redcoats" and "colonialism." You wanted to focus on contemporary concerns.

And on that front, here in the USA we don't party like it's 1869 as far as Native Americans are concerned. Contrary to Britain's archaic treatment of Ulster Catholics.

Hell, even the South African Boers now have the moral high ground over you curmudgeons.
 
Odd. I recall you getting all persnickety in our previous conversation when I made historical allusions to "redcoats" and "colonialism." You wanted to focus on contemporary concerns.

And on that front, here in the USA we don't party like it's 1869 as far as Native Americans are concerned. Contrary to Britain's archaic treatment of Ulster Catholics.

Hell, even the South African Boers now have the moral high ground over you curmudgeons.

Kent State happened in 1970, Waco was in 1993 and they are just for starters. Oh and remind me, who was it that used white phosphorus on civilians? Was that the British, no it was the US in Fallujah in 2004!! When it comes to true atrocities, you guys win hands down, but you are also pretty damn good at ocean going hypocrisy as well.
 
Sure we do, but you won't see me making excuses for them.

I seem to remember you doing just that when Boston went into lockdown last year.

I am not making excuses so much as trying to disabuse you of this warm fuzzy notion you have of IRA 'freedom fighters', when they were mostly psychopaths and murderers that got a kick out of killing and maiming.
 
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I seem to remember you doing just that when Boston went into lockdown last year.

I don't recall civilians being shot by the US armed forces during that time.


I am not making excuses so much as trying to disabuse you of this warm fuzzy notion you have of IRA freedom fighters, when they were mostly psychopaths and murderers that got a kick out of killing and maiming.

Oh, so it that why you put the blame for Bloody Sunday on McGuinness?
 
I don't recall civilians being shot by the US armed forces during that time.




Oh, so it that why you put the blame for Bloody Sunday on McGuinness?

Holy shit it wasn't from want of trying, I remember one story about a guy who was nearly hit by a stray police round whilst sitting at home.
 
Holy shit it wasn't from want of trying, I remember one story about a guy who was nearly hit by a stray police round whilst sitting at home.

You put that on a level with Derry? :rolleyes:

And Waco and Kent State were not followed by 40 years of coverups and lies.

What do you consider the British security forces doing drive-by shootings in West Belfast other than psychopathic killers?

And what of the latest British fad? Shooting kids skidding donuts in cars?
 
You put that on a level with Derry? :rolleyes:

And Waco and Kent State were not followed by 40 years of coverups and lies.

What do you consider the British security forces doing drive-by shootings in West Belfast other than psychopathic killers?

And what of the latest British fad? Shooting kids skidding donuts in cars?

Oh really, has anybody been prosecuted for either Waco or Kent State?
 
All information came out and no crime was uncovered.

Now, about shooting those kids practicing donuts in their cars?

Oh right, are you smoking something? Four unarmed students were executed by the National Guard and there was no case to answer!! You need to lay off the crack Jack. As for Waco, 76 men women and children died and directly led to the deaths of 168 people in Oklahoma but there was absolutely no culpability!!
 
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