> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of
> Bru Peckett
> Sent: 19 December 2008 13:09
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [canals-list] Re: News from 19 century
> 
> Indeed so and probably for the best all things considered. Peace in NI was
> never going to be achieved without some form of accommodation with the IRA
> 
> Tacitly ignoring the fact that the leading figures in Sein Fein in recent
> years are former IRA activists is a small price to pay (albeit a bitter
pill
> to swallow) for an end to the bombings and shootings
> 
And therein lies the undoubted truth that one man's terrorist is another's
freedom fighter! Like it or not, Britain did have a terrible  colonial
history in Ireland

Ian Cardinal
aka Norman the Narrowboat 


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