tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post5493775151531539735..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: This Is What Terrorism In America Really Looks LikeAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-38690574680269330522015-07-08T22:00:06.514+01:002015-07-08T22:00:06.514+01:00Peter, AM and Daithi
Thank you all for your feedb...Peter, AM and Daithi<br /><br />Thank you all for your feedback, much appreciated. Yes Daithi, The Crying Game is truly prophetic and while many focus on its second part, I've always found the Fergus and British soldier segment more interesting and affecting. <br /><br />Peter and Anthony, you make me even more impatient to see '71. The missus has me stuck doing bathroom remodelling this Michael Mahoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016015701619473456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-88352091422126517812015-07-08T20:00:09.516+01:002015-07-08T20:00:09.516+01:00Michael, In terms of themes and moods, Ive always ...Michael, In terms of themes and moods, Ive always thought the Crying Game (one scene in particular) fortold the shock and trauma of what was to come to the Republican Movement.It would probably make a good essay.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-23373660949782780172015-07-08T18:24:29.642+01:002015-07-08T18:24:29.642+01:00Mike,
my memory of the movie is that it was for t...Mike,<br /><br />my memory of the movie is that it was for the most part sparsely populated. There was a riot scene but apart from that the community was glimpsed through individuals. <br /><br /><a href="http://thepensivequill.am/2014/10/back-in-time-with-71.html" rel="nofollow">My take</a><br />and <a href="http://thepensivequill.am/2014/11/darkness-71.html" rel="nofollow">Beano Niblock's AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-55032067685403731592015-07-08T15:29:38.298+01:002015-07-08T15:29:38.298+01:00Michael, there really isn't anything new on th...Michael, there really isn't anything new on the church burnings beyond what I mentioned in this post. Both the ATF and FBI have investigated. Here's a link to the most up-to-date article that I've seen. It's from CNN last week. <br /><br />http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/30/us/south-carolina-church-fire-mount-zion-ame/<br /><br />On another point you raise above, I seem to recall that PFTrumborehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13549998962147570012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-6386178692647039712015-07-08T13:08:24.669+01:002015-07-08T13:08:24.669+01:00DaithiD, Peter, AM, et al
Baghdadi, good one Dait...DaithiD, Peter, AM, et al<br /><br />Baghdadi, good one Daithi, yep like Big Daddy smelling mendacity up in his house and all over the land. Maybe smelling his own too. Bag Man George, one of the gang that set us free, from the fawning and the Crown, well safe across the sea. <br /><br />AM, what was your impression of how the IRA and the people of the Falls Road were portrayed in the film 1971? Michael Mahoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016015701619473456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-75739798943411119672015-07-08T08:34:30.507+01:002015-07-08T08:34:30.507+01:00Small world indeed Michael.
Washington was neithe...Small world indeed Michael.<br /><br /><i>Washington was neither Osama bin Laden nor Che Guevara. Nor was he Francis Hughes or Dominic McGlinchey.... </i><br /><br />Well since both have a surname related to the captial city of their country, maybe we could say Washington was the Baghdadi of his day. Haha.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-12225337668073912152015-07-08T01:23:49.979+01:002015-07-08T01:23:49.979+01:00Peter
Thank you so much for your observations, an...Peter<br /><br />Thank you so much for your observations, and I completely agree that popular culture, and film in particular, has shaped American perceptions of the IRA. In his book Armed Struggle: A History of the IRA, Richard English describes the extremes that Hollywood and Co. have chosen to portray, obviously because romantic heroes and psychopaths have enduring dramatic potential. All Michael Mahoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016015701619473456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-11131555441690142012015-07-07T23:07:00.190+01:002015-07-07T23:07:00.190+01:00DaithiD
I teach at a school in Goshen, Kentucky, ...DaithiD<br /><br />I teach at a school in Goshen, Kentucky, a school that I attended through eighth grade. Nearly fell out my chair when I read your comment - it's a small world indeed. My wife Graciela, our two kids, and I live in Prospect just five miles from Goshen. Here's hoping that we cross paths with your sister somewhere along US 42. As for that Washington fella, you were right toMichael Mahoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016015701619473456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-64915928942357740822015-07-07T21:02:24.845+01:002015-07-07T21:02:24.845+01:00Michael, I was parodying how he was presented in t...Michael, I was parodying how he was presented in the British Press, being the progenitor of the Republican vs Loyalist conflict etc. PS I have a sister living in Kentucky (Goshen), my encounters with Americans there (and Wisconsin and Missouri) revealed a healthy view on a citizens right to wield violence against the state.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-41073338556225097022015-07-07T20:26:20.892+01:002015-07-07T20:26:20.892+01:00Hi Michael,
Let me first clarify that I'm not...Hi Michael,<br /><br />Let me first clarify that I'm not in California, despite my university name. Oakland University is a state university of 20,000 students in metro Detroit, in northern Oakland County, Michigan. So my perceptions of the West Coast aren't going to be of much help.<br /><br />As for attitudes about the IRA today, for those who have heard of it and don't have a PFTrumborehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13549998962147570012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-84010458618559561862015-07-07T15:29:41.590+01:002015-07-07T15:29:41.590+01:00Peter
I agree that we Americans have a much more ...Peter<br /><br />I agree that we Americans have a much more ambivalent attitude toward "terrorists" than many in this country would like to acknowledge or admit. As the old saw goes, one man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. The survey results that you note make me think about my own running debates with my wife about American perceptions of the Provisional IRA, Michael Mahoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016015701619473456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-91643248103080392962015-07-07T08:07:44.307+01:002015-07-07T08:07:44.307+01:00But as we know, history is written by the victors....<i>But as we know, history is written by the victors.</i><br /><br />Although Sinn Fein do their damnedest to be the exception to that rule...DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-59845111818340417402015-07-07T01:25:43.613+01:002015-07-07T01:25:43.613+01:00The equivalent of Bin Laden? I wouldn't go tha...The equivalent of Bin Laden? I wouldn't go that far. The equivalent of Menachem Begin, certainly many of our founders would fit that bill. As I tell my students, by modern definitions, the Sons of Liberty, patriots all, would today be classified as terrorists. But as we know, history is written by the victors.PFTrumborehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13549998962147570012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-40686751538839960702015-07-06T09:55:33.402+01:002015-07-06T09:55:33.402+01:00Peter, It would be interesting to establish what t...Peter, It would be interesting to establish what those who voted viewed as McVeighs target. For some, he is a person that attacked a building knowing a day care center was in there, for others he struck at the ATF, and ingore the collateral (like the ATF did/do).<br />Its strange that you have to teach that about terrorism to Americans Peter, the founder of your nation was the Bin Laden of his DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-69285314214149733632015-07-06T00:08:51.369+01:002015-07-06T00:08:51.369+01:00Thanks Daithi. I'd agree that Waco, and Ruby R...Thanks Daithi. I'd agree that Waco, and Ruby Ridge, and other cases played a role in radicalizing McVeigh and others on the American far right. That said, it was still a big surprise to find so many who had a favorable or neutral view of him in light of the huge number of fatalities and injuries.<br /><br />I guess the larger point is one that I try to convey to my students when I teach on PFTrumborehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13549998962147570012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-49373156034930720752015-07-05T17:29:04.898+01:002015-07-05T17:29:04.898+01:00Peter, I like your articles, certainly difficult s...Peter, I like your articles, certainly difficult subjects.<br /><br />Specifically with the OKC attack, it cant be understood with reference to Waco exactly 2 years prior. That is not to mitigate, but that would be the context in which %5 had positive feelings toward him. (Similarly the 'Corperal Killings' brutality cannot be understood without referencing Miltown)DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.com