Comments on The Pensive Quill: Long Way Down From London

Alfie, when there is some thing to be gained from ...

2009-12-04T21:15:35.628Z

Alfie, when there is some
thing to be gained from it for him he will.

Anthony, do you think that McGuinness and co will ...

2009-12-04T19:16:18.078Z

Anthony, do you think that McGuinness and co will eventually go so far as to repudiate the Provisional campaign itself?

And we had a troll announcing Doc was the tops--LO...

2009-11-26T22:10:35.304Z

And we had a troll announcing Doc was the tops--LOLOLOL.

Anthony, Martin McGuinness won the Slugger O'...

2009-11-26T20:59:24.667Z

Anthony,

Martin McGuinness won the Slugger O'Toole politician of the year award.

I'm pretty reliably informed that despite only getting one nomination by the website readers and not being a particularly strong choice with the readers shortlisting panel, when it came to the 'great and the good' on the judges panel his standing alongside Robinson and Orde and denouncing Republicans as 'traitors' made the sole but big enough impact for this floater to rise to the top of the bowl and get the gong.

Rory You may be correct, but is there a more civi...

2009-11-26T18:50:04.112Z

Rory

You may be correct, but is there a more civilised way to bring about change than politics. I wish there were but I do not see it, after all armed struggle is simply politics by other means and surly only a fool uses violence if a viable alternative exists.

Just to be clear I am not referring to the PRM or partition here. As that is a far more complex conundrum.

Having spent a significant portion of my life surr...

2009-11-26T04:02:23.753Z

Having spent a significant portion of my life surrounded by men of great violence and having been trained, in the gravest extreme, to use lethal force,I have spent many hours on the ethics of killing my fellow man. A man who kills with his own hand and takes full responsibility for his actions,I have come to call a warrior-right or wrong not being mine to judge. A man,on the other hand, who organizes a team of assassins to torture and execute many of his own for their weaknesses, I have come to call a politician and a psychopath. What shall be expected from the latter but perfidy?

Tragic, politics, I am increasingly convinced is a...

2009-11-26T00:24:53.693Z

Tragic, politics, I am increasingly convinced is a pursuit of the ruthless and morally bankrupt. All politics.

Rory