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IRA wrongly blamed for North Irish bombing - report
IRA wrongly blamed for North Irish bombing - report
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IRA wrongly blamed for North Irish bombing - report
It's a bit like saying the SS did not murder thousands of Polish
intelligentsia at Katyn. Well they didn't, but they were still the worst bunch of murderers in the history of the world. Now the IRA are just the worst bunch of murderers in the history of the British Isles. "Simon Lunn" wrote in message ... IRA wrongly blamed for North Irish bombing - report http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/ ... VG20110221 |
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IRA wrongly blamed for North Irish bombing - report
On 27/01/2012 19:20, R. Mark Clayton wrote:
It's a bit like saying the SS did not murder thousands of Polish intelligentsia at Katyn. Well they didn't, but they were still the worst bunch of murderers in the history of the world. Now the IRA are just the worst bunch of murderers in the history of the British Isles. "Simon wrote in message ... IRA wrongly blamed for North Irish bombing - report http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/ ... VG20110221 Well, they were certainly bad, but some historic figures (kings, Cromwell, etc. ) probably killed (or instigated the killing) of far more people than the IRA. Bevan |
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IRA wrongly blamed for North Irish bombing - report
On 27/01/2012 19:39, Bevan Price wrote:
On 27/01/2012 19:20, R. Mark Clayton wrote: It's a bit like saying the SS did not murder thousands of Polish intelligentsia at Katyn. Well they didn't, but they were still the worst bunch of murderers in the history of the world. Now the IRA are just the worst bunch of murderers in the history of the British Isles. "Simon wrote in message ... IRA wrongly blamed for North Irish bombing - report http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/ ... VG20110221 Well, they were certainly bad, but some historic figures (kings, Cromwell, etc. ) probably killed (or instigated the killing) of far more people than the IRA. Bevan But they weren't funded by the USA, champions of "The War On Terror". -- Moving things in still pictures |
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IRA wrongly blamed for North Irish bombing - report
On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:20:22 -0000, "R. Mark Clayton"
wrote: "Simon Lunn" wrote in message ... IRA wrongly blamed for North Irish bombing - report http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/ ... VG20110221 It's a bit like saying the SS did not murder thousands of Polish intelligentsia at Katyn. Well they didn't, but they were still the worst bunch of murderers in the history of the world. Now the IRA are just the worst bunch of murderers in the history of the British Isles. That depends how far back you want to go in history and whether or not you wish to deal with absolute or proportionate figures. Jews, Catholics, Protestants, Welsh, Irish and Scots might nominate others as the worst bunch of murderers. There is also the problem of who you are actually describing as "the IRA". |
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IRA wrongly blamed for North Irish bombing - report
On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:00:32 +0000, ®i©ardo wrote:
On 27/01/2012 19:39, Bevan Price wrote: On 27/01/2012 19:20, R. Mark Clayton wrote: It's a bit like saying the SS did not murder thousands of Polish intelligentsia at Katyn. Well they didn't, but they were still the worst bunch of murderers in the history of the world. Now the IRA are just the worst bunch of murderers in the history of the British Isles. "Simon wrote in message ... IRA wrongly blamed for North Irish bombing - report http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/ ... VG20110221 Well, they were certainly bad, but some historic figures (kings, Cromwell, etc. ) probably killed (or instigated the killing) of far more people than the IRA. But they weren't funded by the USA, champions of "The War On Terror". ITYF the British Isles are a rather older entity than the rebel colonies. |
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IRA wrongly blamed for North Irish bombing - report
"Charles Ellson" wrote in message ... On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:20:22 -0000, "R. Mark Clayton" wrote: "Simon Lunn" wrote in message ... IRA wrongly blamed for North Irish bombing - report http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/ ... VG20110221 It's a bit like saying the SS did not murder thousands of Polish intelligentsia at Katyn. Well they didn't, but they were still the worst bunch of murderers in the history of the world. Now the IRA are just the worst bunch of murderers in the history of the British Isles. That depends how far back you want to go in history and whether or not you wish to deal with absolute or proportionate figures. Jews, Catholics, Protestants, Welsh, Irish and Scots might nominate others as the worst bunch of murderers. In the British Isles this is the IRA, althgough Cromwell came close at Drogheda. It was also deliberate murder, not men at arms killed fighting during a battle, civilian casualties of military operations such as the 1940's blitz or consequential deaths (e.g. after the harrying of the north). There is also the problem of who you are actually describing as "the IRA". Anyone who describes themselves as IRA or their precursors, but in this context essentially the provisional IRA from ~1972 onwards. |
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