IRA laying down arms...
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Vampire_Hunter_Bob
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As an american Irish hispanic german I'm glad they are putting down their guns. If they really wanted to free northern Ireland they should have done it the right way instead of going around killing and blowing people up.
Well, don't get me wrong, I DEFINITELY don't condone the actions, but the way it being gone about it is kind of...I don't know, just not the way I pictured.
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Also, this is ground breaking news, and so far all three of the American cable new channels have simply had the scroll bar run. Even BBC America cut out at 8:30...I don't know, this just seems like something really big, to me.
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Also, this is ground breaking news, and so far all three of the American cable new channels have simply had the scroll bar run. Even BBC America cut out at 8:30...I don't know, this just seems like something really big, to me.
Well, the sole purpose of the IRA is basically to use and threaten to use their weaponry, so by laying down the weapons they basically cease to exist. They aren't much of a political entity. I just hate that the IRA shut down out of mismanagement and ineffectiveness, rather than any real political progress. I always pictured their shutting down symbolizing a break in the tension, but it has probably increased it, if anything. The Republican die hards are going crazy, accusing them of selling out and threatening action, so it's just disheartening. The best way I know to put it is that, to the Irish, this should have been akin to the fall of the Berlin Wall, but it was more like another pointless treaty between Jews and Palestinians. The IRA was worthless, but it could have done some good by using their existence as a bargaining chip, but they couldn't even get that right...
What I was trying to get across was that most Americans are more concerned about what is going on in Aruba than real news, and our media is absolute shit. Even the British know we don't give a damn, and cut away to give us So Graham Norton and trash like that. Also, it was barely even mentioned in The New York Times and USA Today...It's times such as these that I understand why Europe isn't exactly our biggest fan.
What I was trying to get across was that most Americans are more concerned about what is going on in Aruba than real news, and our media is absolute shit. Even the British know we don't give a damn, and cut away to give us So Graham Norton and trash like that. Also, it was barely even mentioned in The New York Times and USA Today...It's times such as these that I understand why Europe isn't exactly our biggest fan.
MAKE PEACE NOT WAR!!!! 
well as far as i can work out the IRA's purpose was to get independance of northern ireland and as long as they were a military unit a british 'peace keeping' force would have been deployed there. so by disbanding the british forces no longer have a reason to occupy N ireland so they are closer to one of their main goal. seems like a good idea to me lol
but you will always get the extremists so i dont see this as an end to northern ireland terrorism. i assume ex IRA members will now work with the police against other terrorist organisations to make the UK a safer place
(well we can hope)
ps. i gotta stop posting while drunk so sorry if this is an coherent ramble.
well as far as i can work out the IRA's purpose was to get independance of northern ireland and as long as they were a military unit a british 'peace keeping' force would have been deployed there. so by disbanding the british forces no longer have a reason to occupy N ireland so they are closer to one of their main goal. seems like a good idea to me lol
but you will always get the extremists so i dont see this as an end to northern ireland terrorism. i assume ex IRA members will now work with the police against other terrorist organisations to make the UK a safer place
(well we can hope)ps. i gotta stop posting while drunk so sorry if this is an coherent ramble.
Vampire_Hunter_Bob
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bph said:
In the News 4:36am, Fri Jul 29
• Britain police question suspected bomber
• Murder victim's sister: IRA must do more
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• Bar Association reviewing Roberts' credentials
• Record monsoons kill more than 500 in India
• DOJ report slams California mental hospital
• Pianist sues music teacher after dispute
• MLB · NBA · NFL · NHL · Tennis · Soccer
That's what Yahoo news has up at the moment. First two stories they are reporting have to do with the UK and surrounding Islands.
What's going on in Aruba is real news. It has to do with a person that dissapeard. Why are Americans so concerned about it? It has to do with an American that was kidnapped and murdered there. It's easier for Americans to understand that then the RIA breaking up. It's not because Americans don't care just that they have no idea what the situation is about.
I still don't give two shits about Europe. They just sit around bitching and moaning about their bastard child country that's basicly always done much better then their selves.
zooty said:
I actually post while intoxicated. That's why Aazealh has to work extra hard. Now pretending to be drunk is just childish and makes the person doing it look like a big stupid head.
