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No Mahatma Gandhi in Irish Politics...ever!

  • 26-09-2011 12:08pm
    #1
    eyescreamcone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭


    There is a lot of talk about Martin McGuinness and whether he would make a suitable President for our Republic.
    The fact is that that there have been plenty of gunmen involved in the formation and running of our state.
    From Pearse and Collins to Dev and Lemass.
    Throw in Haughey if you like.

    The truth is we have never had a Mahatma Gandhi style politician in this land because it has never worked here.
    We learnt this when Daniel O'Connell and Parnell's attempts came to nothing against a powerful Empire.

    Pearse, Collins and the like of McGuinness were products of their times.
    They were also successful in their endeavours and in advancing their goals to some degree.

    This is good politics (whatever the tree hugging liberals will say).

    Anyone who thinks that McGuinness is unsuitable because of his past should realise that without the "freedom fighter/terrorist" we would have no Irish state or civil rights in the 6 counties.


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  • #2
    The Scientician
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭The Scientician


    John Hume


  • #3
    eyescreamcone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭eyescreamcone


    Hume: Was a very small part of the jigsaw!


  • #4
    Zubeneschamali
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,686 ✭✭✭✭Zubeneschamali


    eyescreamcone wrote: »
    Hume: Was a very small part of the jigsaw!

    Won a Nobel Peace prize (with Trimble.)


  • #5
    eyescreamcone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭eyescreamcone


    Zubeneschamali wrote: »
    Won a Nobel Peace prize (with Trimble.)

    So did Obama with two wars going on didn't he? ;)

    You wouldn't rate Trimble as a big gun (oops) would you???


  • #6
    RandomName2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,572 ✭✭✭RandomName2


    eyescreamcone wrote: »
    We learnt this when Daniel O'Connell and Parnell's attempts came to nothing against a powerful Empire.

    What ?


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  • #7
    Red Right Hand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭Red Right Hand


    eyescreamcone wrote: »

    Pearse, Collins and the like of McGuinness were products of their times.
    They were also successful in their endeavours and in advancing their goals to some degree.

    It takes more than the 'times' a man is born into to form what sort of a person he becomes. Personal integrity, honour and values will be the same in any era.

    Oh, methinks Pearse and Collins were a lot more successful than McGuinness.


  • #8
    niallers1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 800 ✭✭✭niallers1


    Zubeneschamali wrote: »
    Won a Nobel Peace prize (with Trimble.)


    So was that other Terrorist Nelson Mandela..

    Sorry, I take that back, Nelson Mandela was removed from the terrorist watch list 3 years ago..


  • #9
    Mucco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 717 ✭✭✭Mucco


    The NI civil rights movement was probably partly inspired by the US black civil rights movement. Unfortunately, there was no Martin Luther King in NI.


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