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Martin McGuinness has died
Former IRA chief-of-staff Martin McGuinness has died at the age of 66.
http://news.sky.com/story/former-ni-...ed-66-10809326 |
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No - not good. He has family and friends and he is still a person. Further you don't know if his death may make way for someone worse.
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I must say I thought the air smelled fresher this morning.
There are no excuses for many of the appalling wrongs he took part in and refused to help resolve to his grave. |
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More seriously though McGuinness is going to be a more complicated figure considering his eventual role in the peace process. Hence the mixed reaction this morning. |
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I for one will have a glass of the good stuff and a small cigar tonight knowing he will now be in a hotter place than i am. ;) ---------- Post added at 11:56 ---------- Previous post was at 11:54 ---------- Quote:
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Yep sorry but this isn't someone who should be celebrated he was a cowardly murdering ******* and i don't care if he had family and friends who will miss him and that's the only thing i have in common with martin mcguiness as he didn't care for those family and friends of any of his many victims. Rot in hell and i hope it's as bad as it's meant to be your still getting off lightly.
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The Jimmy Savile of politics.
Savile not remembered for his charity work but his nefarious deeds. this character must be remembered for his crimes not his "peace" work.... |
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I would not wish hell on anyone. And I'm not saying we should celebrate his life but we certainly shouldn't rejoice in his death. We don't forget the bad he did and we must remember those he caused pain. But forgiving is a very important thing and unforgivingness and bitterness has consequences.
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I would just like to pay tribute to all the people and victims who DIED and or suffered at his hands, way before their time.
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I hope he's bouncing up and down on satans fiery spear for an eternity.
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Forgiveness has to be earnt and he didn't earn it he went to his grave without giving closure to some of his victims and likely because as the true coward he was only thought of himself and how things would affect him. I've never wished hell on anyone before but there will be another i wish it for and that's for his equally cowardly ******* friend gerry adams sooner he joins mcguiness the better.
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Those who deal or perpetrate in the death of innocents deserve to receive the same in kind.
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I won't celebrate his death but I won't eulogise him either.
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I'm certainly no apologist for the IRA but I think we should remember the appalling way in which the British treated the Catholics earlier in the 20th century, and indeed, way before that. The IRA was born from a sense of that injustice.
This is an important lesson for everyone to learn for the future. Violence breeds violence. Until that lesson is learned and acted upon, similar conflicts will arise in the future and forever. There are still many people who suggest that we should not have rehabilitated Martin McGuiness as a politician. Understandable though that is, if we had not been ready to accept such a step, the violence would still be going on today and the peace process would remain just an aspiration. It was the right choice to make and this decision must have saved many lives. To be fair, at least he did embrace the peace in the end, which is why we are where we are now. This may be cold comfort for those who have lost loved ones and who themselves may have been injured by the impact of the troubles, but it was the better option to take in the end. ---------- Post added at 10:18 ---------- Previous post was at 10:15 ---------- Quote:
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There would have been no peace agreement without him, and I'd rather have dealt with someone like him than the current batch of terrorists we have to deal with.
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As long as we don't get around to blaming victims of the IRA I will be delighted.
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The praise poured up him was akin to praising Jimmy Saville for his charity work. Sickening.
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The person I credit with getting peace in NI is Mo Mowlam.
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She is sadly not with us anymore but heaven will certainly be proud of her achievements and the great courage she showed in her later years before her untimely passing.
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If only he died a day later, then the attack in London would have removed him from the headlines.
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