Comments on The Pensive Quill: Standing at Silly Point

Anthony, "Justice and legal inquiry are far ...

2011-09-10T11:37:40.093+01:00

Anthony,

"Justice and legal inquiry are far from synonomous. To what extent is legal inquiry shaped by bias?"

This is very true Anthony - I expect my point is based on principle than on pratice. If indeed the law is an ass then legal enquiry has proved itself to be a biased ass.

Aye Robert truth and justice a rare commodity in t...

2011-09-05T12:52:58.180+01:00

Aye Robert truth and justice a rare commodity in this part of the world, its a fact is it not that when those who make the laws break the laws then there is no law,a fine example of this will be the show trial of state agent Haddock this week,

all depressein. i knew a cross-eyed depressed gir...

2011-09-05T12:21:53.322+01:00

all depressein.

i knew a cross-eyed depressed girl once, she refused to look forward to anything.

RSF have 1 councillor (in Conamara)across the 32 c...

2011-09-05T11:36:04.270+01:00

RSF have 1 councillor (in Conamara)across the 32 counties.Laughable.

André, Bragg got it nicely. Of course SF and th...

2011-09-05T07:15:54.494+01:00

André,

Bragg got it nicely.

Of course SF and the IRA were extensively penetrated. The extent to which is breathtakingly high. But what the archivee might reveal is not the point. It is the right of the interviewees not to have it revealed until a time of their choosing that is at the crux of the matter. It is also essential that history is not written by the state agencies; that history, journalism, academic disciplines are not contaminated by the 'evidence virus'.

That's remind me of a Billy Bragg song that g...

2011-09-05T00:23:01.317+01:00

That's remind me of a Billy Bragg song that goes approximately like this : "this is not a court of justice it's a court of law". But I have a question: It's well known that
the IRA and Sinn Fein were deeply infiltrated, so what could the Boston college tapes reveal to the authorities?

Robert, if that were true we would have had murde...

2011-09-04T23:01:59.680+01:00

Robert,

if that were true we would have had murder convictions in the Bloody Sunday case years ago. And all the files about Dublin/Monaghan would be brought to light. Justice and legal inquiry are far from synonomous. To what extent is legal inquiry shaped by bias?

Anthony, Surely legal enquiry like free enquiry s...

2011-09-04T22:09:17.836+01:00

Anthony,

Surely legal enquiry like free enquiry should take no account of the ramifications, political or other wise, that may arise from it's persuance?

Lot, I personally am concerned because they claim...

2011-09-04T21:42:42.187+01:00

Lot,

I personally am concerned because they claim to represent the majority view of republicans on both sides of the border.

Any serious ananylis will show that they are not republicans anymore at all. No more than Fianna Fail, who interned and executed their former comrades in the 1930s and 1940s.

Learn from history.

Rory

A Antóin, ar dtús barra caitheadh mé a rá gur bhai...

2011-09-04T20:28:38.889+01:00

A Antóin, ar dtús barra caitheadh mé a rá gur bhain mé an sult go deo as an gcluiche inniu idir Chill Chainnigh agus Tiobraid Arainn. Togha fir muintir Chill Chainnigh!
Ar aon chaoi...Is minic a chaithim súil ar na hailteanna atá foilsithe agat ar an idirlíon agus i mo thuairimse tá tromlach dóib suimiúil go maith. Ar an ábhar sin, tugaim faoi dheara go bhfuil scata maith daoine atá i dteagmháil leat go huile is go hiomláin gafa le tuairimí agus ráitis na Shinn Finnegan's! Cén fáth? Why are you people so fucking concerned & preoccupied with the views of Helper Adams, Martin the Apostate et al?

This just bemuses me. might it not be more a poin...

2011-09-04T13:33:00.516+01:00

This just bemuses me.

might it not be more a point that people in SF leadership fear exposure?

Billy wright was 'prevented' from writing or recording his memoirs. Maybe Danny and co. have more to fear from the truth than from the concealment of it.

The entire thing confuses me. Can't see for the life of me SF wanting the info 'out' unless to jail more people against the golden-calf they created in the GFA.

What is it they say, "nothing to hide nothing...

2011-09-04T12:45:14.198+01:00

What is it they say, "nothing to hide nothing to fear"! With Adams not being in the IRA what has he to fear???

What is it with the Sinn Fein project, can't they have criticism of the dear leader, after all that is what robust politics is all about.

Or do Sinn Fein want to be the only party that can hand out innuendo???

Good article Anthony, The willingness of the psf ...

2011-09-04T08:13:39.865+01:00

Good article Anthony,

The willingness of the psf leadership to bend over backwards to help the PSNI and M15 persecute republicans continues to astound me.

The fact that so many good republicans continue to follow these carreerists makes the situation even more tragic.

Rory

Agreed Anthony you.d be a fool to listen or believ...

2011-09-03T21:20:44.607+01:00

Agreed Anthony you.d be a fool to listen or believe anything that came out of bangers mouth or pen,on a point of interest a cara,who actually owns these tapes,I would have thought that they should belong to each contributer,and that Boston college were just the gaurdians,and on legal advice if they believed these tapes were in danger of falling into the hands of these securocrats then on instruction from the owners they should destroy them. it would be a historical pity,but far better than giving the brits ammo to hound even more republicans,