tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post5402292535484073613..comments2024-03-29T08:30:16.027+00:00Comments on TPQ: Fr. Alec Reid & The Two Corporals: The Day The RUC Turned A Blind EyeAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-55688013331502804502013-11-30T12:40:30.452+00:002013-11-30T12:40:30.452+00:00At the time of the Michael Stone attack at Milltow...At the time of the Michael Stone attack at Milltown Cemetery, a few days before, Stone's Browning pistol was apparently retrieved by PIRA, then used to kill an RUC constable (Todd) and a UDR man (Butler) in different parts of Belfast. Does anyone know anything more about this particular Browning? Was it ever retrieved by the security forces or was the RUC able to trace the ballistic Michael Mahoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016015701619473456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-5423677505832026092013-11-27T22:41:28.222+00:002013-11-27T22:41:28.222+00:00Alfie,
I tend to think that we try to establish ...Alfie, <br /><br />I tend to think that we try to establish them as moral truths but they are really moral objectives. We have no external power to adjudicate and after that what we have is the product of human endeavour. I much admire Richard Holloway and the rejection/questioning of objective morality. It is complex and we approach it as best we can. Nor am I persuaded by the arguments of moralAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-87392618232107843792013-11-27T21:42:01.620+00:002013-11-27T21:42:01.620+00:00Maybe Mc Aleese will save a few bob from her E144,...Maybe Mc Aleese will save a few bob from her E144,000 yearly pension to build a memorial to "thumbs up" reiddavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01619675783096644312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-74112207808622408592013-11-27T20:12:27.106+00:002013-11-27T20:12:27.106+00:00An interesting read (no pun intended) I remember w...An interesting read (no pun intended) I remember watching the footage although disturbing the argument seems to be who pulled the trigger.<br /><br />It seems secondary as ultimately the Brits may as well have pulled the trigger.<br />I never did believe the State version that these two highly trained elite killers accidently drove into Provo town.<br /><br />Could they have been spared certain Tain Bohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09441592658332493965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-16540562085662755502013-11-27T17:15:27.837+00:002013-11-27T17:15:27.837+00:00A-M & Henry Joy,
I remember studying some int...A-M & Henry Joy,<br /><br />I remember studying some introductory formal logic a few years back using a <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Logic-Harry-J-Gensler-ebook/dp/B003FC9QPK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1385572149&sr=8-3&keywords=harry+gensler" rel="nofollow">textbook</a> written by the Jesuit academic Harry Gensler. I completed about two-thirds of his book, but I Alfie Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403732604779381173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-32147623556562420522013-11-27T16:43:29.645+00:002013-11-27T16:43:29.645+00:00Yes I watched it and wished I hadn't bothered....Yes I watched it and wished I hadn't bothered.Fionnuala Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112456307341779243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-4681990658217940942013-11-27T13:49:07.686+00:002013-11-27T13:49:07.686+00:00Did anybody watch Spotlight last night about SF?Did anybody watch Spotlight last night about SF?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875018019509086357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-42521052571700550112013-11-27T08:27:00.827+00:002013-11-27T08:27:00.827+00:00HJ,
I doubt if many followed it. I got to collec...HJ, <br /><br />I doubt if many followed it. I got to collectivism and switched off! AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-68431423686747845302013-11-26T22:37:57.283+00:002013-11-26T22:37:57.283+00:00Gerry is a man sent from God says a guy called Fat...Gerry is a man sent from God says a guy called Father Alec Reid.. its at times like this when I hear people utter such words that I am delighted not to be a believer in such fictional characters , Stop for a moment speak out loud and repeat what he is saying ….I know I know its very scary …when will we see thru these religious freaks . Alec Reid has possibly helped put back any hope of the non Boyne Roverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10482076205116307157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-33851099208206235352013-11-26T22:34:59.841+00:002013-11-26T22:34:59.841+00:00Maitiu
That Gerry Adams is the 'biggest demon...Maitiu<br /><br />That Gerry Adams is the 'biggest demon' is not (true) truth. That there are any demons at all is not proven. There are events and perceptions of events. <br /> <br />Yes, there are 'Resistance Fighters' and there are 'Collaborators' and but also as Sartre defined there are 'Retainers', those that wait and see, go with the flow and in effect Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-19876161403633148082013-11-26T19:39:08.559+00:002013-11-26T19:39:08.559+00:00AM
I just finished watching that documentary and ...AM<br /><br />I just finished watching that documentary and loved the part where you stated Gerry is the biggest demon. Very true indeed. <br />One SF member spoke of hoping to see SF have 100,000 members and also others mentioning a cult like status for the likes of Adams. <br />I have known a few in SF and they really did look up to Gerry and took his every word as the gospel. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875018019509086357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-6756599969396905392013-11-26T14:33:44.789+00:002013-11-26T14:33:44.789+00:00Itsjustmacker,
it seems that Ed is saying that A...Itsjustmacker, <br /><br />it seems that Ed is saying that Alec Reid disclosed to him the details about how he was not questioned. Not much more that I can read into that.<br /><br />Michaelhenry, <br /><br />while you might be right that Ed knows the identity, he merely says here that he was a senior member of the Belfast IRA. In other words he knows that a senior member did the business but AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-20621256458459545162013-11-26T14:25:40.781+00:002013-11-26T14:25:40.781+00:00HJ,
n different take and not one I would have sha...HJ,<br /><br />n different take and not one I would have shared. I took a different view - that he made a decisive break with that type of thing by denying all intrinsic substance to moral phenomenon, in its stead placing moral interpretation with its emphasis on subjectivity rather than any real externally constituted morality. <br /><br />Nevertheless, it is a great quote.AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-383059052182895292013-11-26T13:38:14.368+00:002013-11-26T13:38:14.368+00:00A.M.
Yes, good old Frederick sure drilled down in...A.M.<br /><br />Yes, good old Frederick sure drilled down into many of the fundamental questions of the human experience.<br /><br />In that quote he re-articulates (I believe) the generally neglected diktat of Judeo-Christian philosophy. <br /><br />"Thou mayest feast upon any tree in the garden, but thou must not feasted from the tree of knowledge of right and wrong."Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-25710013224462541162013-11-26T13:29:11.042+00:002013-11-26T13:29:11.042+00:00MH..Marty was in the ra till 74.That must have bee...MH..Marty was in the ra till 74.That must have been when he left the sticks.See him in todays irish news standing like Egor at clonard church at reids funeral.I never seen him about it when the orangemen were trying to burn it down.hypocriteAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06064939271685098260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-2303401502351091482013-11-26T13:23:01.348+00:002013-11-26T13:23:01.348+00:00The RUC wanted to question him but they never did....<i>The RUC wanted to question him but they never did. The reason why I can now tell, given that Fr Reid is no longer with us and the promise I gave more than a decade ago to keep silent no longer holds.</i>.<br /><br />I was wondering when someone would be using Father Reids Name (R.I.P.).<br /><br />At first I thought I was reading extracts from his book (Secret History of the IRA), I started itsjustmackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14443285690765886118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-91920546694832342702013-11-26T13:21:39.431+00:002013-11-26T13:21:39.431+00:00Frankie
Cheers for the head up on my sex change. ...Frankie<br /><br />Cheers for the head up on my sex change. Never noticed it before. Now back to being a male lol. <br /><br />I will check out the video via what you mentioned. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875018019509086357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-82749673023708824432013-11-26T11:57:12.750+00:002013-11-26T11:57:12.750+00:00Strand Peanut-
" The point isin't that F...Strand Peanut-<br /><br />" The point isin't that Father Reid knew,or if Ed knows "<br /><br />But that is the point-Ed tells on this article that he knows the identity of the Volunteer who killed those two brit soldiers-yet Ed kept quiet for the Peace Process and wont make it public for the familys of the dead soldiers to see-he is doing what he accuses others of doing-<br /><br />michaelhenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02922594308606665908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-25779353638924535972013-11-26T11:30:48.638+00:002013-11-26T11:30:48.638+00:00Maitiu,
wanted to watch that show last night but...Maitiu,<br /><br /><i> wanted to watch that show last night but sadly do not have TV3. <br />I hope it is online.</i><br /><br />I tried watching it this morning on TV3 iplayer, got 'geo-blocked' and by passed it by using a proxy. I haven't seen it on youtube or other yet. On your 'Google+ profile', it says <i>Maitiu Connel changed <b>her</b> profile photo.</i> . If you wantfrankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452424095829736700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-83685257339542204962013-11-26T10:08:35.520+00:002013-11-26T10:08:35.520+00:00As long as you don't drop tablets of stone on ...As long as you don't drop tablets of stone on our head from the top of it!<br /><br />That is a great quote from Nietzsche. I have been reading around him for years ever since Hodgie first put me onto him in jail, and his quotations are forever appearing but I doubt very much if I came across that one before. It is just one of those moments when so much is distilled down to its purest form AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-60613297822392848802013-11-26T10:03:33.934+00:002013-11-26T10:03:33.934+00:00A.M.
Thanks for the link.
I'll have to go to ...A.M.<br /><br />Thanks for the link.<br />I'll have to go to the top of the mountain before I offer a response (maybe several times).Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-65324699293962851632013-11-26T09:44:59.875+00:002013-11-26T09:44:59.875+00:00Maitiu,
I thought it a good documentary. Bangers ...Maitiu,<br /><br />I thought it a good documentary. Bangers Morrison apparently was calling me a 'tout' after it. That is like being labelled an informer by Freddie Scap LOL. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-21009041991764503762013-11-26T09:29:05.079+00:002013-11-26T09:29:05.079+00:00Gerry Adams is a very interesting character in the... Gerry Adams is a very interesting character in the least. I think he is pure evil and certainly willing to climb any obstacle to get where he wants. Focus on the word ' he '. <br />I wanted to watch that show last night but sadly do not have TV3. <br />I hope it is online. <br />I wonder why he always maintains he was never in the IRA. We know Marty was only in it for a year. Been no Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875018019509086357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-87646759678481448112013-11-26T08:58:19.850+00:002013-11-26T08:58:19.850+00:00Strand Peanut,
The spotlight may have been turned ...Strand Peanut,<br />The spotlight may have been turned away from some, especially those who front some of their justice movements but it remains fixed to this day on others.Fionnuala Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112456307341779243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-81363601173169064882013-11-26T07:52:39.968+00:002013-11-26T07:52:39.968+00:00HJ,
a very instructive quote.
the link you ask...HJ, <br /><br /><br />a very instructive quote.<br /><br /><a href="http://thepensivequill.am/2013/09/talking-at-newtowncunningham.html" rel="nofollow">the link</a> you asked forAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com