Comments on The Pensive Quill: Political Harassment

As I read this I thought just what 'itsjustmac...

2013-05-28T20:47:38.117+01:00

As I read this I thought just what 'itsjustmacker' was writing, 'nothing has changed'.
So much for the Éire nua we were promised and where we wanted our children to grow up in without the harassment, threat, beatings, internment and possible murder.
His greatest asset is the recording capacity of the internet and it's ability to highlight his, and his families case, globally since, if the bowsies in brit-security maintain their approach it can be highlighted to more than just a revived ICJP or British-Irish Rights Watch while, unlike the free-state justice minister, the evidence can be maintained.

Compare the treatment of this man to that of the a...

2013-05-28T13:28:45.007+01:00

Compare the treatment of this man to that of the average Sinn Fein supporter who is able to go about his/her normal business unmolested by the British state. Those who dissent from the current political arrangements are subject to continuous police harassment and targeting by the security services. Family life is disrupted to the point were even the young children feel the burden of unwanted attention For these republicans there has been little or no change to the repressive nature of the state. They exist on a daily diet of police scrutiny and interference in almost every aspect of their lives.

Mi5 is unaccountable and unlimited in its scope. "National security" overrides everything including individual and collective rights which are viewed as merely obstacles to be ignored. Oversight and accountability measures have no bearing on the activities of the security services. The politicians are powerless to rein them in and no amount of complaining will alter that fact. Those who attempted to convince us of the merits of supporting policing are now exposed to the realities of political policing. What a shame!

Aodan , good piece and it's right that this po...

2013-05-28T12:56:51.503+01:00

Aodan , good piece and it's right that this police political harassment be brought to the attention of everyone on the WWW , alas , I have to say , Nothing has changed, We are still under Unionist Domination , just as they planned it when SF signed the GFA , Still under British Police/MI5 rule , next will be the psni/ruc/MI5 drones flying over every nationalist area and all data goes straight to MI5 for there secret evidence collection , it's an addition to the touts , but with video which no one is allowed to see.

Aodan your post is indeed a synopsis of daily life...

2013-05-28T12:00:11.957+01:00

Aodan your post is indeed a synopsis of daily life for many republicans here, the new beginning never really happened to all but a few,one can see the difference how those carpetbaggers on the hill represent their constituents the lol and flag protesters are supported and aided and abetted by the unionist parties,while nationalists are as you rightly say are subjected to pre 94 ruc daily harassment only this time quisling $inn £ein are in full support of the psni/ruc mouthing the odd critical soundbite but never anything that may force them to stand up for the people from these areas, the recent arrest of their supporter Downey shows what a complete bollocks they made of negotiating the gfa and Weston park agreements, it really is a new beginning and it looks like the future for a long time to come is orange.

Good piece Aodan. Questions raised that some want ...

2013-05-28T11:15:26.971+01:00

Good piece Aodan. Questions raised that some want hushed up.