tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post1112070360563539292..comments2008-10-10T20:23:57.410+01:00AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-51257786736030920912008-10-10T20:23:00.000+01:002008-10-10T20:23:00.000+01:00Mick, it is possible that the British did video Bobby. That type of surveillance would have been relatively easy. It is even possible that one of them made some record as a 'trophy but if so it is a long time making it out.AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-23993634025482542272008-10-10T08:24:00.000+01:002008-10-10T08:24:00.000+01:00Anthony,<BR/><BR/>Your comment that no footage of Bobby Sands exists is quiet shocking when one thinks about it. Looking back it was clear the UK state understood that they were involved in a titanic struggle struggle with Sands and his nine comrades. Thus a conscious decision must have been made to attempt to spike their legacy.<BR/><BR/>In your opinion could/would the British have video Sands surreptitiously within the prison?Mick Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627288401631451362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-62021064095165673432008-10-03T19:56:00.000+01:002008-10-03T19:56:00.000+01:00Lucille, we never know. It was once said that no pessimist in the North was ever proved wrong. The truth debate will be the next great issue to divide them. The truth is it was all your fault and if you blame me you are not being truthful! Our truth is more honest than your truth!AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-39031310338603535532008-10-01T20:47:00.000+01:002008-10-01T20:47:00.000+01:00Another great read Anthony. I dispair at times when I read the comments of Unionists and Republicans, that there ever really will be a time in Northern Ireland when people will be able to move on and live equally in a united land. It's sad to think of the children who are given just one side of the picture and to this day in the 21st century, carry on the prejudices of their parents.<BR/><BR/>I hope things can change soon.Lucillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01387078063937125463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-79614285997173461702008-10-01T19:40:00.000+01:002008-10-01T19:40:00.000+01:00Not much more to be added to this. You addressed the issues very well on your own blogAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-30077779452913861432008-10-01T14:52:00.000+01:002008-10-01T14:52:00.000+01:00I <A HREF="http://alaninbelfast.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-can-we-breakout-from-our-past.html" REL="nofollow">would agree</A> that there's a need to be able to tell stories from personal points of view, and a need across communities to listen to those stories, listen to the inconsistencies, the hurts, the new insights into motivation and thinking.<BR/><BR/>We've got to start talking and listening somewhere. And personal viewpoint and bias is a strength, not a weakness.<BR/><BR/>History books are based upon the distillation of many people's recollections and the artefacts of the time - few of which won't be somehow biased in their nature.Alan in Belfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647690758839987063noreply@blogger.com