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RIP Martin McGuinness

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    #1052
    blanch152
    Registered Users Posts: 27,260 ✭✭✭✭blanch152


    Alf Stewart. wrote: »
    Just a snapshot of some of the mourners at Martin's funeral.

    mW9MSY.jpg

    Have I seen this somewhere before?
    Alf Stewart. wrote: »
    It was ultimately the bomb and the bullet that brought everyone around the table, and hammered out the deal they reached.

    I have heard people say for years about how the campaign should have been a peaceful one, but we all know the way peaceful protests were dealt with up there.

    History will be kind to McGuinness etc. In fact, we can already get a glimpse of how popular he was, by many people, from many walks of life.

    Here it is.

    Martin-McGuinness-Funeral-20_-Lewis.jpg

    Ah yes, here it is, why did you post it again?


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    #1053
    please helpThank YOU
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,390 ✭✭✭please helpThank YOU


    blanch152 wrote: »
    Have I seen this somewhere before?



    Ah yes, here it is, why did you post it again?
    Wow.


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    #1054
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 67,114 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    blanch152 wrote: »
    Have I seen this somewhere before?



    Ah yes, here it is, why did you post it again?

    It's a crime to repost a stunning photo of the funeral of the person the thread is about - who knew!


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    #1055
    Cortina_MK_IV
    Registered Users Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭Cortina_MK_IV


    blanch152 wrote: »
    Have I seen this somewhere before?

    Ah yes, here it is, why did you post it again?

    And you were so upset by it you re-posted it again twice!


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    #1056
    blanch152
    Registered Users Posts: 27,260 ✭✭✭✭blanch152


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    It's a crime to repost a stunning photo of the funeral of the person the thread is about - who knew!

    Never said it was a crime, just thought it a bit strange.


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    #1057
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 67,114 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    blanch152 wrote: »
    Never said it was a crime, just thought it a bit strange.

    Tell us what was strange about it. People hang pictures on their walls that they find stunning and compelling so that they can look at them ALL the time. They also show people pictures too. Strange eh?


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    #1058
    Alf Stewart.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,789 ✭✭✭Alf Stewart.


    blanch152 wrote: »
    Have I seen this somewhere before?

    **posts two different pictures**

    Ah yes, here it is, why did you post it again?

    I bet you were shìte at "spot the difference" pictures in your younger days too.


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    #1059
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 67,114 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    Alf Stewart. wrote: »
    I bet you were shìte at "spot the difference" pictures in your younger days too.

    Only noticing now it's a different pic. :D


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    #1060
    Alf Stewart.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,789 ✭✭✭Alf Stewart.


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Only noticing now it's a different pic. :D

    Blanch needs to go to specsavers.

    :D


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    #1061
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 67,114 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    Alf Stewart. wrote: »
    Blanch needs to go to specsavers.

    :D

    And stay away from the great photography thread, more repeats in there than on BBC 4. :) strange people!


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    #1062
    blanch152
    Registered Users Posts: 27,260 ✭✭✭✭blanch152


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Only noticing now it's a different pic. :D

    Even stranger to collect two photographs of the same scene. I suppose it takes all types.


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    #1063
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 67,114 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    blanch152 wrote: »
    Even stranger to collect two photographs of the same scene. I suppose it takes all types.

    You never told us what was 'strange' about finding an image compelling. Do try.


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    #1064
    DrWu
    Registered Users Posts: 250 ✭✭DrWu


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    You are aware of the existence of allusion in writing? Like 'battle hardened' does not actually mean you have fought in military campaigns nor 'war weary' mean you are weary of war? :rolleyes:

    I think delusion is the word you're looking for.

    Trenches of warfare! And there was Marty scuttling around NI like a rat, planning bombs in shopping centres, hotels and pubs. Some hero, he wasn't even a man.


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    #1065
    blanch152
    Registered Users Posts: 27,260 ✭✭✭✭blanch152


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    You never told us what was 'strange' about finding an image compelling. Do try.

    An aerial shot of a funeral compelling? Do explain?


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    #1066
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 67,114 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    DrWu wrote: »
    I think delusion is the word you're looking for.

    Trenches of warfare! And there was Marty scuttling around NI like a rat, planning bombs in shopping centres, hotels and pubs. Some hero, he wasn't even a man.

    What about those guys that drop devastating bombs from 20,000 feet and scuttle off home to die in bed?
    War/conflict is nasty stuff, but only one side involved in the conflict/war here is still bombing and killing people. The British.


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    #1067
    DrWu
    Registered Users Posts: 250 ✭✭DrWu


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    What about those guys that drop devastating bombs from 20,000 feet and scuttle off home to die in bed?
    War/conflict is nasty stuff, but only one side involved in the conflict/war here is still bombing and killing people. The British.

    Meanwhile, back on topic...


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    #1068
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 67,114 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    blanch152 wrote: »
    An aerial shot of a funeral compelling? Do explain?

    The sheer size of the crowd, the poignancy of the coffin being carried through his home area. Lots of things in that photo give pause for thought. It is part of the reason people go to the effort of getting up in an aircraft to get the pic. If nobody found it interesting they wouldn't.
    This is pretty basic stuff

    So why 'strange'?


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    #1069
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 67,114 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    DrWu wrote: »
    Meanwhile, back on topic...

    Predictable. I would allude to you making a trite 'assassination attempt' on the character of Martin McGuinness but you might take it literally. ;)


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    #1070
    Jack the Stripper
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭Jack the Stripper


    Rip


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    #1071
    Alf Stewart.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,789 ✭✭✭Alf Stewart.


    blanch152 wrote: »
    Even stranger to collect two photographs of the same scene. I suppose it takes all types.

    Aye, that's why once upon a time, some fella somewhere took a pic of the Giant's Causeway, and that's the only one that's being doing the rounds ever since........

    Look it old hand, you were too quick of your mark in an attempt to make a funny (in fact, I've never seen much from you in AH before, have you found your principles again?) Without copping the two, rather poignant pictures were completely different photos of the same event. :o

    Bifocals lad.


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    #1072
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Alf Stewart. wrote: »
    Just a snapshot of some of the mourners at Martin's funeral.

    mW9MSY.jpg

    Why is Bobby Sands wearing a skirt on that mural?


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    #1073
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 67,114 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    Jawgap wrote: »
    Why is Bobby Sands wearing a skirt on that mural?

    That is a mural(The Death of Innocence) of Annette McGavigan, the 100th victim of the Troubles and the first child. She was shot in the back of the head, by a soldier while in her school uniform.
    No one was ever charged and no investigation carried out.

    Another compelling aspect of the picture.


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    #1074
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    That is a mural(The Death of Innocence) of Annette McGavigan, the 100th victim of the Troubles and the first child. She was shot in the back of the head, by a soldier while in her school uniform.
    No one was ever charged and no investigation carried out.

    Another compelling aspect of the picture.

    not according to the CAIN database......but whatever.

    Do the 'RA paint murals depicting the children they killed? Or do only the poor kids shot/killed/blew up by the security forces get used for propaganda purposes commemorated in this way?


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    #1075
    LordSutch
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    Optics, its all about the optics.

    Republicans are very good at optics & soundbites.


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    #1076
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    LordSutch wrote: »
    Optics, its all about the optics.

    Republicans are very good at optics & soundbites.

    Except when Mary Lou and Martina voice them - two words for them....."voice coaching"


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    #1077
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 67,114 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    Jawgap wrote: »
    not according to the CAIN database......but whatever.

    Do the 'RA paint murals depicting the children they killed? Or do only the poor kids shot/killed/blew up by the security forces get used for propaganda purposes commemorated in this way?

    The 'RA' don't paint murals as far as I know.

    You think a mural depicting the death of the first child in the troubles is 'RA' propaganda? Says more about you I think.

    Does the broken gun mean anything to you? Or the notable absence of flags or provocative symbols?

    But it reminds you of Bobby Sands. :rolleyes:


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    #1078
    Cortina_MK_IV
    Registered Users Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭Cortina_MK_IV


    Re: The Death of Innocence: Annette McGavigan
    Jawgap wrote: »
    Why is Bobby Sands wearing a skirt on that mural?

    Just when you think things couldn't get any lower on this forum you make a joke about a dead child then get thanked for it.


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    #1079
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    The 'RA' don't paint murals as far as I know.

    You think a mural depicting the death of the first child in the troubles is 'RA' propaganda? Says more about you I think.

    Does the broken gun mean anything to you? Or the notable absence of flags or provocative symbols?

    But it reminds you of Bobby Sands. :rolleyes:

    Except, she wasn't the first child killed in the Troubles - but you know this because you already have access to CAIN.

    .....and of course the 'RA don't paint murals :rolleyes: - but let's be pedantic, does anyone supportive of the 'RA paint murals commemorating kids in NI killed by the 'RA?

    ......and the broken rifle was a later addition - originally it was whole but it was rendered broken to reflect the lack of progress in the peace process at the time - so despite the absence of flags, its arguable the broken rifle is a political statement - in other words, propaganda.


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    #1080
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »
    Re: The Death of Innocence: Annette McGavigan



    Just when you think things couldn't get any lower on this forum you make a joke about a dead child then get thanked for it.

    It wasn't a joke it was a question about a mural - and thanks to the poster who provided the name I was able to go off and learn more about her, and the background to the mural - that led me to wonder if the 'RA or artists who produced this work ever commemorated kids killed in NI by the 'RA?

    But you feel free to take all the umbridge you want :rolleyes:


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    #1081
    bigbrotherfan
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭bigbrotherfan


    Jawgap wrote: »
    Except when Mary Lou and Martina voice them - two words for them....."voice coaching"
    There are people I do and don't admire in all political parties but Mary Lou is definitely not one of those I admire. I find the whinging and sanctimonious voice she always seems to use to be particularly off putting.


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