of course there was free democracy in NI pre 1979 !
The fact that you didnt like the results of those elections is well.....tough, thats democracy.
There was one man one vote......the same as in most democratic countries at the time.
i honestly can't tell if you are in denial or are actually completely ignorant to what was going on in your own country!! i always wondered how the loyalist community in NI walked around with their heads held high while the irish communities lived in poverty....did you all SERIOUSLY not know what was going on!?? do you STILL not know??
i also note that in your assertion that terrorism is a 'black and white' issue, you conveniently ignored the question about nelson mandela.
you must have rejoiced the day he died right? given that he was an evil terrorist....right??
have also seen your assertions that there is no evidence that guards at the maze beat prisoners - then why are there numerous documentaries in which former guards talk about these beatings?
i have personally met a former guard who was there during the dirty protests - it took a long time (he was the relative of a boyfriend) but he did eventually open up about things that he personally did and witnessed. time and wisdom has left him with a very scarred conscience.
your bigotry has unfortunately left you with the inability to see what a sad and complex problem has been left behind by england's colonialism.
i personally abhor violence and can't say there'd be any situation where i'd resort to it. but then i didn't grow up in the north of ireland in a community which absolutely did NOT have proper democratic rights, got murdered in the streets when they protested, was denied employment based on which community they lived in, and the vast majority of which were living in poverty.
who knows if all the gains that have been made would have happened without the IRA? i highly doubt it, given the status quo had already gone on for decades.
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