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Sinn Fein and The will of the people

gk5000 · 2011-02-18 00:24:01

Sinn Fein - Would they support the will of the people? OR would they impose their will on the people? Just thinking of Pearse Doherty on about Irish and the Gaeltach Jobs it brings; without any consideration of the impact on the rest of us. The mindset is more like Dev in the 20's and 30's, isolationist and devoting much…

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Sinn Fein - Would they support the will of the people? OR would they impose their will on the people?

Just thinking of Pearse Doherty on about Irish and the Gaeltach Jobs it brings; without any consideration of the impact on the rest of us.

The mindset is more like Dev in the 20's and 30's, isolationist and devoting much of the states energies to reunification and the celtic revival; where compulsory Irish comes from - education used as a cultural (and religious) tool.

Maybe there was some justification to help forge a nation; but I genuinly doubt it. We would feel just as Irish without Peig and all her sorrows.
It wasn't very sucessful either in that 500,000 people emigrated during the first part of the last centuary.

And Sinn Fein are still mired in the reunification and isolationist economic policies.They are in that similar evolution stage; Northern Ireland today and Ireland of the 1920's/30's post civil war. Are they really relevant for us now?

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