> -----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
