tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post5582070085725793058..comments2024-03-29T08:30:16.027+00:00Comments on TPQ: Managing DefeatAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-79776867520121046352017-03-24T16:51:23.893+00:002017-03-24T16:51:23.893+00:00Sound Anthony, point taken, hope my next contribu...Sound Anthony, point taken, hope my next contribution will be worthy as a piece.<br /><br />Yours Sincerely,<br /><br />Nicholas Byrne.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01541631038231441272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-37517681656962036292017-03-24T16:22:09.140+00:002017-03-24T16:22:09.140+00:00AM, I was asked a while back my politics, I actual...AM, I was asked a while back my politics, I actually said 'my missus'. Everything I strive for is related to her in someway, I know this isnt scalable for societal organisation, but it is the scale of my ambition, there is no ideology I would place in front of living this relationship because nothing else matters in comparison. This was the theme I took from the Kathleen Gillespie DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-31778826445404519622017-03-24T15:57:22.850+00:002017-03-24T15:57:22.850+00:00DaithiD,
what stirs me is a bully or some intoler...DaithiD,<br /><br />what stirs me is a bully or some intolerant goon insisting their way or no way; those who claim they have a right not to have their opinion offended. This is why I am so hostile to religion. The religious who want to worship a tree don't bother me in the slightest but when they want to hang others from it for not believing it has supernatural powers, that is when I get AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-16207678929579417522017-03-24T15:43:27.038+00:002017-03-24T15:43:27.038+00:00AM, at the very least you have the luxury of being...AM, at the very least you have the luxury of being alive long enough to see yourself vindicated for things it was easier not to say.I dont think Martin could say that. I terms of caring, you must need the threat of gunmen knocking to stir you, so as a public duty, I promise i'll knock with a sledgehammer if you really feel like not writing anymore. Id do it for free, my own venture into DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-49962928927202812762017-03-24T15:41:01.712+00:002017-03-24T15:41:01.712+00:00Nicholas,
that is sort of wasted as a comment. I...Nicholas, <br /><br />that is sort of wasted as a comment. It should be a piece in its own right. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-61976942658841953252017-03-24T15:29:34.430+00:002017-03-24T15:29:34.430+00:00DaithiD,
I have long since tired of it - about a ...DaithiD,<br /><br />I have long since tired of it - about a decade ago to be more specific! I was chatting to Sean Bres yesterday and said to him that I hadn't the interest of old. Charity work is about the height of my activism these days. <br /><br />"I’m uncertain but I don’t think that the Sinn Féin narrative will be totally kind to Martin McGuinness."<br /><br />That is a AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-30005813071847327072017-03-24T13:01:30.301+00:002017-03-24T13:01:30.301+00:00The british intention to bring, the so called tro...The british intention to bring, the so called troubles, through a carefully choreographed route, ending in NORMALISATION, with Northern Ireland remaining within the empire, the empire has most certainly won. The manner in which they both won and in the present condition of normalisation, rendered the possibility and probability of traditional physical force republicanism, ( a tradition as we Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01541631038231441272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-4719122686187521442017-03-24T10:18:07.851+00:002017-03-24T10:18:07.851+00:00A fair appraisal. But people run from truth like a...A fair appraisal. But people run from truth like a vampire from sunlight, I dont know how this sort of effort didnt tire you a decade ago Anthony.<br /><br /><i> I’m uncertain but I don’t think that the Sinn Féin narrative will be totally kind to Martin McGuinness. </i><br /><br />Do you mean his status will change according to SF's needs at that moment (much the same as Bobby Sands motives DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-35245196640317411842017-03-23T23:33:52.184+00:002017-03-23T23:33:52.184+00:00Steve R,
Death Of A HatesmanTitleSteve R,<br /><br /><a href="http://thepensivequill.am/2014/09/death-of-hatesman.html" rel="nofollow">Death Of A HatesmanTitle</a>AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-26982210887253511552017-03-23T23:26:37.740+00:002017-03-23T23:26:37.740+00:00It is an age old political trick that when you wan...It is an age old political trick that when you want to claim success you just retrospectively change the goals to match what was achieved and then claim that was what you were aiming for all the time. In this respect M McG was a master politician.<br /><br />I read a piece the other day, I can't remember where about former volunteers (some once heroes of the struggle and celebrated on murals)jgr33nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17595370045427311990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-55079527783235149792017-03-23T21:44:17.728+00:002017-03-23T21:44:17.728+00:00Honest answers are sometimes the most painful to d...Honest answers are sometimes the most painful to digest but the current narrative of statesman has to be questioned.<br />On another note if I ever kick the bucket before you remember Annie Wilkes is in the crowd! <br />Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-16924499464961114702017-03-23T21:12:27.373+00:002017-03-23T21:12:27.373+00:00AM,
Sorry, not following you. What did you mean b...AM,<br /><br />Sorry, not following you. What did you mean by 'Hatesman'?Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-25662470562684414902017-03-23T20:01:51.997+00:002017-03-23T20:01:51.997+00:00One always has to respect integrity, especially wh...One always has to respect integrity, especially where one agrees with it.<br />Maith tú Anthony, and young Lorenzo.menacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15688888726966925636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-40922371457654381302017-03-23T10:53:23.074+00:002017-03-23T10:53:23.074+00:00Well said Anthony.
Ruthless in war, ruthless in...Well said Anthony. <br /><br />Ruthless in war, ruthless in peace. Unfortunately we did not realise then what some today see as the futility and horrors of war, how people can be used and abused by political leaders and establishment forces. Perhaps our ignorance or manipulation is the result of historical revisionism, romanticising or hiding historical events. It seems even in the midst of Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04166605274886767312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-17762206344185520652017-03-23T10:48:36.641+00:002017-03-23T10:48:36.641+00:00Managed or IMPLEMENTED?Managed or IMPLEMENTED?larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.com