tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post5318904898075834111..comments2013-06-22T18:54:46.080+01:00AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-18056152541936875482013-06-22T17:54:40.783+01:002013-06-22T17:54:40.783+01:00<i>Turkey police receive orders to arrest protesters who stand still, proving Marx&#39;s dictum: &quot;History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.&quot; </i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/news-analysis/men-who-cast-long-shadows-through-history-29009065.html" rel="nofollow">The celebrated American lawyer Clarence Darrow once wrote: &quot;History repeats itself and that is one of the things that is wrong with history.&quot; He might have added: &quot;Especially in Ireland.&quot; </a><br /><br />Mick you don&#39;t have to look as far as Turkey to prove Marx&#39;s dictum. All you have do is look at the six counties. The troubles was a tragedy. Post GFA Monty Python couldn&#39;t have scripted things any better. <br /><br />Every other week ex political prisoners on both side of the oxymorons are getting investigated by the HET or hauled before the courts and charged and interned with some offence pre 1998. And the very people who are carrying out the investigations are former RUC SB.<br /><br />You couldn&#39;t make it up if you tried.frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00452424095829736700noreply@blogger.com