tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post112776543822641804..comments2023-12-23T18:17:33.955+00:00Comments on Tunnocks Teacakes Forever: The Bullet and the Ballot Box.garferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127938270297970002005-09-28T21:11:00.000+01:002005-09-28T21:11:00.000+01:00Fuck I forgot.Forget it.Fuck I forgot.Forget it.S.I.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15360630347283039214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127863945754517612005-09-28T00:32:00.000+01:002005-09-28T00:32:00.000+01:00Fucking freezing, and full of THE ROCK lovers. Tra...Fucking freezing, and full of THE ROCK lovers. Train gone round the bend.garferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127857160420693242005-09-27T22:39:00.000+01:002005-09-27T22:39:00.000+01:00Don't start me on the politics of NI.Living in thi...Don't start me on the politics of NI.<BR/>Living in this sectarian little shit hole is enough to put you to an early grave and for my friends and relatives on both sides,thats exactly what it has done.<BR/><BR/>Whats Canada like?S.I.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15360630347283039214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127851031763045312005-09-27T20:57:00.000+01:002005-09-27T20:57:00.000+01:00Wot she said.Wot she said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127850962972640322005-09-27T20:56:00.000+01:002005-09-27T20:56:00.000+01:00I'd agree with that.I'd agree with that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127850926885921692005-09-27T20:55:00.000+01:002005-09-27T20:55:00.000+01:00'Lay down our lives and be slaughtered'. No ta.I q...'Lay down our lives and be slaughtered'. No ta.<BR/>I quite like 'Bring your daughter to the slaughter' by Iron maiden though.<BR/>I am broadly pacifistic in outlook, but I do think that the use of force can sometimes be justified. Contradictions. I'm a mass of them.garferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127850360795689452005-09-27T20:46:00.000+01:002005-09-27T20:46:00.000+01:00Depends on the enemy. The Nazis could NOT have be...Depends on the enemy. The Nazis could NOT have been allowed to carry on.Sniffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373942595139748242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127847731164994242005-09-27T20:02:00.000+01:002005-09-27T20:02:00.000+01:00You may consider Ghandi advice naive when he sugge...You may consider Ghandi advice naive when he suggested that we lay down our lives and be slaughtered. But is it better to die for a cause or die for a cause after killing as many of your enemies as possible? Seriously? In the end you're still dead, and when you're dead how many new enemies have you left behind to continue the killing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127842778759681752005-09-27T18:39:00.000+01:002005-09-27T18:39:00.000+01:00Pacifism is an understandable moral position to ho...Pacifism is an understandable moral position to hold, and should be respected. I went to a Quaker school, so I know where the tradition of non violence originates.<BR/>Ghandi's advice is naive nonsense. There can be such a thing as a just war. WWII was exactly that.garferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127839071637108462005-09-27T17:37:00.000+01:002005-09-27T17:37:00.000+01:00From Wikipedia:In 1940, when invasion of the Briti...From Wikipedia:<BR/><BR/>In 1940, when invasion of the British Isles by the armed forces of Nazi Germany looked imminent, Gandhi offered the following advice to the British people:<BR/><BR/> "I would like you to lay down the arms you have as being useless for saving you or humanity. You will invite Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini to take what they want of the countries you call your possessions.... If these gentlemen choose to occupy your homes, you will vacate them. If they do not give you free passage out, you will allow yourselves, man, woman, and child, to be slaughtered, but you will refuse to owe allegiance to them". (Non-Violence in Peace and War)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127837710076484222005-09-27T17:15:00.000+01:002005-09-27T17:15:00.000+01:00Hello Blogspot.I agree entirely with Ghandi, altho...Hello Blogspot.<BR/>I agree entirely with Ghandi, although I don't think he would have advocated holding out the hand of friendship to someone holding a gun to his head.<BR/>Friendship requires trust. Trust has to be earned. Thus spakes the Garfer.garferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127830826974664712005-09-27T15:20:00.000+01:002005-09-27T15:20:00.000+01:00"I don't trust those bastards in the IRA one bit."..."I don't trust those bastards in the IRA one bit."<BR/><BR/>It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.<BR/><BR/>Mohandas K. GandhiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127803078289501092005-09-27T07:37:00.000+01:002005-09-27T07:37:00.000+01:00Now if only the other Republicans and the Loyalist...Now if only the other Republicans and the Loyalist/Unionist Paramilitaries would disarm as well !Aginothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03593749625105192550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127788096059101352005-09-27T03:28:00.000+01:002005-09-27T03:28:00.000+01:00I was in Enniskillen in September of 1987. I have...I was in Enniskillen in September of 1987. <BR/><BR/>I have a hard time believing that they destroyed their entire armoury. Bollocks I say.pissoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02507652867586105271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127779467699171292005-09-27T01:04:00.000+01:002005-09-27T01:04:00.000+01:00You lot had something similar. It was called the F...You lot had something similar. It was called the FLQ!garferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127778612194383862005-09-27T00:50:00.000+01:002005-09-27T00:50:00.000+01:00hmm, wish I had something to add, but I don't :( I...hmm, wish I had something to add, but I don't :( I know next to nothing of UK politics.Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446435491941733971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127771051526128392005-09-26T22:44:00.000+01:002005-09-26T22:44:00.000+01:00They're all a bunch of crooks. No different to th...They're all a bunch of crooks. No different to the "insurgents" in Iraq. No different to idiots who pick up any scumbag cause (e.g. let's get the Asians in Oldham because the BNP told us to) as an excuse to be a violent, criminal tosser. The IRA were just seemingly organised and very trecherous, with the backing of Noraid and Ronald McDonald to fund their activities.Sniffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373942595139748242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127768499660737632005-09-26T22:01:00.000+01:002005-09-26T22:01:00.000+01:00If they gould bring themselves to apologise they m...If they gould bring themselves to apologise they might be a bit more credible.garferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127768438375026482005-09-26T22:00:00.000+01:002005-09-26T22:00:00.000+01:00The loyalist paramilitaries are a pain in the arse...The loyalist paramilitaries are a pain in the arse. Fuck knows who they think they're being loyal to.<BR/>Ultimately they're just hoodlums.garferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127768337994768462005-09-26T21:58:00.000+01:002005-09-26T21:58:00.000+01:00Hear hear, Garfer. I don't trust those bastards i...Hear hear, Garfer. I don't trust those bastards in the IRA one bit. They should never be forgiven for what they did. For this bunch of grinning murderers to be given the credibility of a political party is absolutely sickening. They're laughing at Britain.Sniffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373942595139748242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127768192208955522005-09-26T21:56:00.000+01:002005-09-26T21:56:00.000+01:00Hmm. I listened to this on the news and to be hon...Hmm. I listened to this on the news and to be honest, I don't nkow whether to believe it, or not.<BR/><BR/>When they state that they've completely destroyed or made unusable their entire armoury, does that include EVERY handgun, set of knuckle-dusters, knee-capping equipment too?<BR/><BR/>Or am I just being cynical?<BR/><BR/>Oh and I take it the other lot, the loyalists, will be following suit later this week? No. Thought not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com