Comments on The Pensive Quill: Another ‘Pathetic Grubby Little War’

Read the article in the Irish News today about Ger...

2010-03-09T15:04:47.051Z

Read the article in the Irish News today about Gerry Mc Geogh. It's probably true that anyone anti GFA will be picked off and either scandalised or stitched up.
THEY HAVEN'T GONE AWAY YOU KNOW the R.U.C. that is. Why is Gerry Adams not in jail on charges and how can Eamon Mc Cann be chastised for suggesting if Adams were a Bishop he'd have resigned by now?
Watched his speech at the RDS on RTE and the party MLA's were like wee kids getting a pat on the head from the teacher in P3 when he mentioned them by name in the speech. Quite embarrassing.When he goes SF are gone with him. That's why he hasn't resigned..as for the charges issue over protecting and promoting Gary Glitter [ sorry I meant Liam] well that's anyones guess.

This a very relevant quotation of Connolly, thank ...

2010-03-09T13:33:11.476Z

This a very relevant quotation of Connolly, thank you Republican Network. The same does apply to the Basque independance, the independantist movement is very clear on that: The basque independance is worth to be achieved provided its establishes a socialist society. If it it deals with repeating the neo liberal ideology, better forgeting about it.
And yes, even from a foreign perspective, it is high time a united anti GFA front started to appear.

"Another ‘Pathetic Grubby Little War’" ...

2010-03-08T22:43:40.439Z

"Another ‘Pathetic Grubby Little War’"

I don't think it is. To me it's the same 'grubby little war' that's been going on since the start of the 80's. Some of the players are different but the untouchables remain just that untouchable...Like Susan Breen's article about Gerry McGeough when he said . 'Why am I on trial and not McGuinness?'

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Nuala, I never believed it. But when Mitchell'...

2010-03-08T21:27:08.583Z

Nuala, I never believed it. But when Mitchell's home was attacked with petrol bombs I began to wonder. I still don't think it is anywhere near what SF say it is but I have met one or two republicans with a visceral hatred of the Shinners that the thought struck me it would not take much for them to harm them. I imagine that wiser heads prevail and talk the nonsense out of them. Some in the republican community have an outlook that borders on fascist. I recently watched the bile they heaped on the head of Tommy McKearney because he spoke out about the uselessness of the Masserene killings

Does anyone really believe that these dissenters s...

2010-03-08T18:17:20.903Z

Does anyone really believe that these dissenters so to speak, are really threatening Gerry & Co? It just seems every time they land themselves in a quandry, which is practically every day, a new death threat emerges. I recently asked a member of Sinn Fein, why we never get to hear which organisation actually threatens these people?
She answered, "Is it not enough peoples' lives are being threatened without giving you's the gory details" I explained I was asking because, I thought it was all hot air and scare mongering. To which she replied, "typical".

'The IRA in the twilight years' good book,...

2010-03-08T15:22:10.311Z

'The IRA in the twilight years'
good book,lot of food for thought in there too....similar story!

Nuala, good news about Marty. He is much missed. H...

2010-03-07T15:38:26.162Z

Nuala, good news about Marty. He is much missed. Hope we get him back online soon.

Mackers, on a brighter note, solved the riddle of ...

2010-03-07T12:50:00.646Z

Mackers, on a brighter note, solved the riddle of Marty. A lot of people were saying that, he had crossed over to the dark side! not true, internet problems. Yep he is experiencing serious problems with his hard drive.

Loved this piece "grubby little war" certainly gives plenty of food for thought. All those "dissidents" must be heartened by the fact that "Big Pompous" (who no doubt is beating his way up to communion as we speak) will be praying for their black republican souls.

Also thought the input by "Republican Network" was brill!

Tony, it is still there

2010-03-06T19:04:17.727Z

Tony, it is still there

Republican Network, I think republicanism is aliv...

2010-03-06T18:43:38.891Z

Republican Network,

I think republicanism is alive and well and re-grouping after the Good Friday sell out.

The problem is there are many disparate groups each following it's own agenda.

The RIRA faction seems to be gaining confidence, this could lead to an escalation of violence in the near future.

I don't know who you represent, but I think it is time for a 'broad front' of anti-Good Friday Agreement Republicans with some kind of agreed co-ordinated agenda.

Factional violence and terrorism will lead back to the horrors of the troubles, in unity there is strength.

Rory

good morning anthony i know i'm a off the sub...

2010-03-06T13:48:45.032Z

good morning anthony

i know i'm a off the subject, but
i'm wondering if you know why the
rushlight forum isn't up

let me know if you have any
information, will you?
thanks
tony donovan
ivorytonstudio@att.net

The Belfast Agreement is the rock on which radical...

2010-03-06T10:52:32.263Z

The Belfast Agreement is the rock on which radical Irish republicanism has floundered. It not only helped destroy PIRA resistance to the occupation but allowed Sinn Féin to adopt the same mistaken strategy as Fianna Fáil and the Worker’s Party had in the past. That constitutional politics would yield Irish independence and unity. As a result, the Six County State and Unionism were strengthened.

To paraphrase James Connolly; ‘If you remove the English Army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the organisation of the socialist republic your efforts will be in vain. England will still rule you, she will rule you through her capitalists, through her landlords, through her financiers, through the whole array of commercial and individualist institutions she has planted in this country watered by the tears of our mothers and the blood of our martyrs’.

Rory, the failure of Unionism to agree to the deal...

2010-03-06T10:50:10.337Z

Rory, the failure of Unionism to agree to the deal on policing and devolution is going to have people well switched off by the time the marching of July is upon us. They are basically happy to cut off their own nose to spite the Taig face. No change there. So sad SF have bent over so far backwards to accomodate the Union they can see their own tonsils up their own arse. But that's not enough for the Unionists.So needless too, that's the sad part.
On the Liam Adams story, any truth he was last seen in Cambodia with Garry Glitter?

A lot to digest here Antony, There seems to be a ...

2010-03-05T23:48:17.426Z

A lot to digest here Antony,

There seems to be a high level of tension up there at the moment. The next marching season is going to stress test the Good Friday agreement like none before.

Rory