Nik wrote in
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On 22 Sep 2003 16:06:16 +0100, "westprog"
wrote:


"Chesney Christ" wrote in message
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A certain Féachadóir, of soc.culture.irish "fame", writes :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3117918.stm
Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness condemned the threats and said the
IRA was not involved.
He said dissident groups were responsible and should disband.
"It's absolutely deplorable, it's unjustifiable. I believe that
nobody has the right to threaten [district policing group member]
Mrs Quinn. Nobody has the right to threaten any member of her
family. Nobody has the right to torch her car," he said.

It's good that McGuinness cleared that up. We need to hear more of
it.

I'm quick to condemn SF when they fail to come up with statements like
this, so it's only fair to praise them when they do. McGuinnes was
unequivocal in
condemning the attacks on police board members, and that has to be a
good thing.

Trouble is, on a different but closely related area, during 2001 and
2002 stacks of Sinn Fein members came out in public and said they
wouldn't condemn attacks on people who joined the PSNI, and one even
said that Catholics considering joining the PSNI should think of
their wives and families.

If this signifies a change of policy by SF, they're unlikely to admit
it. They like to characterise their u-turns as the next stage in a
logically developed process.

Pragmatic strategic decisions that show what the ultimate priorities
of Party and their members actually are.

1st Priority: Ending the abuse of the Nationalist/Republican community
2nd Priority: United Ireland

Yeah, like it's anything to do with you.

Except that of course as you write this you are sitting in New Zealand
abusing Mauoris..


Bertie