tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post7347792289135114896..comments2024-03-28T13:35:30.500+00:00Comments on TPQ: Prisoners Of Conscience AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-30197464907059424552019-02-27T07:08:48.749+00:002019-02-27T07:08:48.749+00:00Henry Joy - good pointHenry Joy - good pointAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-67210489863575346622019-02-26T23:36:56.331+00:002019-02-26T23:36:56.331+00:00AM
my comment was a follow-on to Niall's post...AM<br /><br />my comment was a follow-on to Niall's post rather than on the piece as a whole. My previous contribution was a much abridged reflection of my thoughts and responses to Ozzie's article.<br /><br />Your own comment to Niall in some way also reflects what I was initially attempting to draw attention to. Differentiating excessively is the stuff of identity politics, which in Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-72490848092360759092019-02-26T18:13:09.999+00:002019-02-26T18:13:09.999+00:00Henry Joy - while a valid point, sometimes focusin...Henry Joy - while a valid point, sometimes focusing on how the I is dotted or the T crossed, blurs the wider sentence. Of course NICRA didn't cause the crisis and was a target of government violence. However, the article does not swing on that.AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-33065901138000174712019-02-26T08:52:46.109+00:002019-02-26T08:52:46.109+00:00" It is unsurprising then that when NICRA pro...<i>" It is unsurprising then that when NICRA <b>provoked the crises</b> of the late 1960’s, that violent interaction between the two opposing factions would soon follow."</i><br /><br />Ah yes Ozzie, the traitors and croppies got beyond their station yet again!Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-2567713812414998042019-02-25T21:11:32.979+00:002019-02-25T21:11:32.979+00:00Alas, without an amnesty none of the past combatan...Alas, without an amnesty none of the past combatants can ever rest easy.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-75824766626350806682019-02-25T19:01:45.300+00:002019-02-25T19:01:45.300+00:00Ozzie's god is a false one and ours is the one...Ozzie's god is a false one and ours is the one true godAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-82314803174709857322019-02-25T10:45:29.884+00:002019-02-25T10:45:29.884+00:00Ozzie seems to be fighting a mental battle with hi...Ozzie seems to be fighting a mental battle with his own demons and is somehow seeking solace by assuming that if everyone else admits their failings then that will soothe his....<br />Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-41298975067148064772019-02-24T16:17:16.278+00:002019-02-24T16:17:16.278+00:00In the end of the day, the Loyalist people of east...In the end of the day, the Loyalist people of east Belfast, similar to certain Republican cohorts throughout the North, must be incentivised, encouraged and supported in finding ways to exorcise themselves of their ideological possession. <br /><br />Until they become de-radicalised they will remain prisoners ... prisoners of history, yesterday's men doomed and bound by their largely Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-90453232388938268062019-02-23T10:10:40.569+00:002019-02-23T10:10:40.569+00:00I found this piece a stimulating read. Some of it ...I found this piece a stimulating read. Some of it on attitudes to violence echoed things discussed by Steven Pinker in his <b>The Better Angels Of Our Nature</b> which I am currently reading. The standout line is <i>Good men did bad things and bad men did even worse</i>.<br /><br />Quality loyalist writing is always a welcome addition to political discourse. Writing like the above begs the AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-34818831999298100142019-02-23T09:35:57.853+00:002019-02-23T09:35:57.853+00:00As a Republican, I liked your article and personal...As a Republican, I liked your article and personally speaking I see a lot of desire among ordinary people reconciliation. Not in the reconciliation of grand gestures but in the small everyday acts of neighbourliness between people with different views. I've always taken for granted that the Loyalist community was largely comprised of people that I'd instinctively like and get along with.,,https://www.blogger.com/profile/11820134819776296043noreply@blogger.com