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Politics : Did the Great Experiment Fail? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Carragher who wrote (347)	2/3/2013 3:04:28 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Respond to of 926

I missed the women, children, 'kids', and 'clergy' throwing rocks. I'm not sure what the difference is between children and kids. Would 'clergy' of a Christian nature normally be throwing rocks at people? I can understand jihadist clergy throwing rocks, but a Christian would not normally attack people by throwing rocks at them. Especially not a clergyman who is presumably imbued with more stringent understanding of Christian ideas than the man or "child" in the street. Women too are normally not so inclined to heave bricks at people. Perhaps there was somebody in the soldiers who took the opportunity for gratuitous murder and yes, they should be prosecuted for murder. But like the policeman in Waitara, who shot the approaching Stephen Wallace, I can understand them shooting at that mob rather than let the mob get too close. As you know, once the mob is upon you, rocks are a pretty useful weapon and as good as a gun. The USA at Kent State had a similar problem, but apparently the mob was not so violent. That was apparently the crowd control method back then. The soldiers in the video were hiding from the mob but that wasn't going to be a good solution if the mob arrived on them. It looks like ancient history. The USA government has apparently bought umpty billion bullets. I wonder what those are for. It might be more interesting to consider the future than the past. IRA means Irish Republican Army. That means something different from a peaceful demonstration by the Irish Setters Fanciers Club protesting that dog licences should be free. Martin McGuinness was apparently carrying a serious piece of artillery. Perhaps it was just for "self-defence". People associating with somebody carrying a gun are part and parcel of the same gang and should not be surprised when treated as such. "You look like a friendly mob and I'll poke the machine gun through and let them have it". Martin McGuinness was armed with a submachine gun on Bloody Sunday and may have fired it - damning evidence that lays bare the Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister's role as a terrorist godfather during the troubles. The Saville Report found that the Provisional IRA was highly active in the hours before and after the shootings, with McGuinness playing a central role. Evidence heard by the inquiry reported that he helped oversee the moving of Provo arms caches in advance of the march that sparked the violence and then, after the 13 deaths, he authorised the firing of IRA guns at the city walls to convince the Nationalist community that a fightback was under way. Read more: dailymail.co.uk Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter \| DailyMail on Facebook Mqurice