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Was the Republican campaign justifiable?

hoorsmelt · 2011-12-03 22:36:03

The PIRA's campaign began in 1969 and didn't end until 2005. They were responsible for the deaths of about 1,800 people, mostly security service personnel, with smaller Republican groups like the INLA and the OIRA responsible for another 160-200 deaths on top of that. Could/should their actions be justified? Ireland was…

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#1082 09-01-2012 7:58pm
RandomName2

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maccored wrote: »

No-one is talking about things being justifiable.

Check thread title.

Also you seem to counter criticism of the republican movement by
a) Saying that people who are not directly involved in a crime (either as victim or perpetrator) cannot rationally judge it
and
b) that proximate causation is sufficient grounds for moral absolution

Neither argument holds much water.

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