Postin' a tad early
Monday's the 20th anniversary of the Loughall Massacre. Yeah, yeah, they rammed a digger full of explosives into an RUC station (probably while they were arguing over who got the goat first and which pretty little dress it should be wearing), but nobody deserved to have that many bullets pumped into them in the middle of the street. RIP, comrades. Jim, hope yer havin' a blast up there.
Oh, and let's thank the man responsible for it.
Thanks, Gerry, we owe ya one. Hope yer enjoying yer brand new shiny helmet and yer pair of kinky boots.
"Sedition's our tradition and it won't just go away
Say it loud say it proud I will stay an
Unrepentant Fenian Bastard
Unrepentant Fenian Bastard
Unrepentant Fenian Bastard
Respect to all who refuse to be mastered"
-Seanchai & the Unity Squad: "Fenians"
posted by Burntdisk @ 5:09 AM
12 Comments:
Great post, with one obvious exception. =)
I tells it as I sees it... A tout by any other name, would look like Gerry Adams...
Gerry was never in the IRA so how would be know enough to tout them out? =)
Army Council
You'd have to be in the Ra to be on the Army Council, no?
Pure Speculation. =)
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/article2522009.ece
No, he didn't have to be in the RA, but he damn sure knew what was going on. Plus, his political career really took off soon after. I'm telling ya, he's been bending over for the Brits for far more years than we previously suspected.
'sides, he probably was RA at some point. Sure as hell wasn't INLA- they get shit done right ;-)
I was being sarcastic. He was OC of the Ballymurphy PIRA brigade for some time. He actually helped to radicalize the people of the area to make them ready for armed struggle.
He denies membership, but come on now.
Who knows, I don't for sure.
The PIRA would never have progressed to the stage it did WITHOUT Gerry. On the real, yo.
Or without Jim or Michael, either. Still, I think yer overstating the politico. If he was in the States he'd be a Kennedy.
When I said that Gerry was responsible for taking the PIRA to new heights, I wasn't only referring to his political feats. He also provided military tactics that were deployed.
I'm not saying the movement couldn't survive without him, but I am saying he provided vital ideas that shaped the provisional movement.
Gerry is the Irish version of a Kennedy.
Benedict Arnold was also a fascinating tactician. Herman Goering provided a number of valuable tactics and ideas to the Luftwaffe.
And being Kennedy is not a good thing. Bobby was the only one who was worth shit. John had the Secret Service picking up women for him, Teddy had Chappaquiddick, Joseph was booze runner with Irish Mob and Mafia connections.
So, while Gerry t some point in the past was a valuable member of the Republican movement, it's been very long time. He got where he is on the blood of a lot of soldiers.
Goering and Arnold, both good at what they did. Don't assume I mean they were good people, and that their cause was right, but they were effective nonetheless.
None of what you describe of the Kennedy's offend me, with the exception of the Teddy incident. Gerry never drove a young lady into a creek and never told anyone until later. (Take the bait)
You speak as if Gerry never did time for the movement, as if he never was in the line of fire, never buried countless friends. He paid his dues, plain and simple. W
While you may not agree with the current outcome of his actions, you can not disregard his integral place within PIRA and it's past.
I was using rather extreme examples.
Yes, I was noting the exceptions to the rather squeaky clean image of the Kennedys. Frankly, I don't like them- they're a bunch of rich politicos who do everything for their own benefit, which applies here, except for the rich part.
Anybody check the Lagan lately?
I said that at one time he was a "valuable member of the Republican movement". I'm not denying that. At one time Hitler was a valuable member of the German Army. I'm rather pissed and disappointed, however, at Informer Gerry's evolution.
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