tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post5993111278702546770..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: Confessions Of A Uniformed Ulster Bigot @ ⅠAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-13172608671557099402021-11-30T23:36:42.477+00:002021-11-30T23:36:42.477+00:00I don't think so either. A civil war in the no...I don't think so either. A civil war in the north would have been a certainty.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-4297274229181179182021-11-30T21:57:06.977+00:002021-11-30T21:57:06.977+00:00Dipping in and out of Malachy O'Doherty's ...Dipping in and out of Malachy O'Doherty's Northern Ireland On The Brink Of Civil War suggest ye huns wouldn't have worn it.<br />There's a slim chance O'Bradaigh might have gone for it had Whitelaw or Merlyn Rees been up for it. Once Roy Mason arrived with his policies of securitisation and criminalisation that remote possibility passed, that along with the Northernisation of Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-15551184802454435362021-11-30T20:54:47.621+00:002021-11-30T20:54:47.621+00:00HJ,
You think that would have been enough? I supp...HJ,<br /><br />You think that would have been enough? I suppose they did fudge it in 98!Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-61713136499306352192021-11-30T20:53:26.718+00:002021-11-30T20:53:26.718+00:00Brandon,
I'm always highly suspicious of reli...Brandon,<br /><br />I'm always highly suspicious of religious conversion particularly when incarcerated, though I do know Bates was fond of The Dark and apparently stopped a hit on him, the accuracy of which I do not know however. I squarely blame religion for most ills but I'm also a Deist. I know personally a few old RUC who have absolutely no interest in sectarian bullshit and hated Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-5863018295618760922021-11-30T18:29:51.245+00:002021-11-30T18:29:51.245+00:00@ Also at Steve R
This research I'm doing is ...@ Also at Steve R<br /><br />This research I'm doing is essentially into the decent RUC officers who pursued, successfully, a number of wretched characters like Sgt Armstrong.<br /><br />It's interesting, I can't help comparing the "religious conversion" of egocentrics like Sgt Armstrong and Pastor McClintock with "Basher" Bates. Bates sought no publicity, but didBrandon Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846523287559978645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-41777847688599507112021-11-30T18:20:19.429+00:002021-11-30T18:20:19.429+00:00@ Not Really Here
To be fair to Gary Armstrong, t...@ Not Really Here<br /><br />To be fair to Gary Armstrong, the book does contain a disclaimer that all royalties go to "missionary" work, and the church he's a member of does seem to raise money for charitable causes etc. But the money raised would be, I am guessing, very modest, and I think he wrote the book simply for his own messed up ego. <br /><br />@ Steve R<br /><br />A Brandon Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846523287559978645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-22551744149115613492021-11-29T22:54:18.761+00:002021-11-29T22:54:18.761+00:00Lol Steve!
What republicans were looking for was ...Lol Steve!<br /><br />What republicans were looking for was a <i>declaration of intent</i> to withdraw.<br />A withdrawal ... ah feck that! Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-46638837847028362092021-11-29T20:56:41.064+00:002021-11-29T20:56:41.064+00:00HJ,
I'm curious of your thoughts on whether B...HJ,<br /><br />I'm curious of your thoughts on whether British withdrawal back then would have led to widespread violence, at least in the North?Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-60027585530581390922021-11-29T09:23:59.164+00:002021-11-29T09:23:59.164+00:00Stop Press
>Statelet conceived under threat of...<b>Stop Press</b><br /><br />>Statelet conceived under threat of violence>Statelet birthed by Imperialist coloniser>Police Militia formed to protect enforced partitionist statelet>Member of Police Militia goes rogue.<br /><br /><b>In other news</b><br /><br />>Vatican announces the Pope still remains a catholic.Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-30760087482998940762021-11-29T00:14:31.692+00:002021-11-29T00:14:31.692+00:00Good to see the decent cops went after him too.Good to see the decent cops went after him too.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-18998773920366452112021-11-28T20:57:44.316+00:002021-11-28T20:57:44.316+00:00What an unsavoury character.
Great work Brandon &...What an unsavoury character. <br />Great work Brandon & Winnie. Hadn't even heard of the book up until now. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-29751903750580889802021-11-28T17:30:54.788+00:002021-11-28T17:30:54.788+00:00Thankfully I haven't read the book which Brand...Thankfully I haven't read the book which Brandon has been describing - nor am I likely to! It's disgusting that a creep, bigot and general gangster can make money off his spewing sectarian shite! Not really herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03898760620707146264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-31498477430637757692021-11-28T00:32:16.320+00:002021-11-28T00:32:16.320+00:00It most certainly is.It most certainly is.Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-30109648216244987052021-11-27T21:34:25.834+00:002021-11-27T21:34:25.834+00:00Think I would give this one a miss.
Lethal Allies...Think I would give this one a miss. <br />Lethal Allies which covers The Glennane Gangs murderous campaign in the 1970s is a must read .Harrowing to say the least.VFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07007382394223604885noreply@blogger.com