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Mother of Mark Quinsey dies

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  • #32
    Mario Jardel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭Mario Jardel


    Ye are all very naive.


  • #33
    Praetorian Saighdiuir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,968 ✭✭✭✭Praetorian Saighdiuir


    Mario Jardel wrote: »
    Ye are all very naive.

    Enlighten us


  • #34
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    Mario Jardel wrote: »
    Ok that's your own opinion.

    Out of curiosity, what's your definition of war?


  • #35
    Jimoslimos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭Jimoslimos


    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    I think it's possible.Taggart died a week after his wife. Family members said he died of a broken heart.
    Confirmation bias


  • #36
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,839 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I don't get what you mean jimo ?


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  • #37
    Yitzhak Rabin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,225 ✭✭✭Yitzhak Rabin


    SamHall wrote: »
    In the name of fairness.

    He was due to go to Afghanistan the next day.

    I say this as a pacifist. But do you think he would have killed another human being over there, if need be, and in the name of war?

    What has that got to do with anything? I don't think he was killed by some anti-war campaigning pacifist.

    Shooting up soldiers and a Polish pizza delivery boy in the name of 'da cause' is a very different thing than a professional army deploying to Afghanistan.


  • #38
    Mario Jardel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭Mario Jardel


    Seachmall wrote: »
    Out of curiosity, what's your definition of war?

    ''War is an organized and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by states and/or non-state actors. It is characterised by extreme violence, social disruption, human suffering, and economic destruction''


  • #39
    Mario Jardel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭Mario Jardel


    Yitzhak Rabin wrote: »
    What has that got to do with anything? I don't think he was killed by some anti-war campaigning pacifist.

    Shooting up soldiers and a Polish pizza delivery boy in the name of 'da cause' is a very different thing than a professional army deploying to Afghanistan.

    Killing is killing. Professional or not


  • #40
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    Mario Jardel wrote: »
    ''War is an organized and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by states and/or non-state actors. It is characterised by extreme violence, social disruption, human suffering, and economic destruction''

    And I'd infer from that that war requires two or more parties to be actively engaging in "extreme violence, social disruption, human suffering, and economic destruction'' against each other, correct?


  • #41
    hare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭hare


    Is 800yrs prolonged enough for ya,


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  • #42
    Mario Jardel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭Mario Jardel


    All I'm saying is that the grief that this poor woman suffered would have been prevented if she stopped her son from joining the army in the first place.


  • #43
    Mario Jardel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭Mario Jardel


    Seachmall wrote: »
    And I'd infer from that that war requires two or more parties to be actively engaging in "extreme violence, social disruption, human suffering, and economic destruction'' against each other, correct?

    Republicans against Loyalists correct?


  • #44
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Yitzhak Rabin wrote: »
    What has that got to do with anything? I don't think he was killed by some anti-war campaigning pacifist.

    Shooting up soldiers and a Polish pizza delivery boy in the name of 'da cause' is a very different thing than a professional army deploying to Afghanistan.

    Pretty sure the odd Afghan family would disagree with you there.

    Like i said, i didn't /don't agree with the killing of those young lads, but the fact remains they were about to be deployed to Afghanistan to possibly kill in the name of their country.

    You cannot scorn one without the other.

    That's my opinion on it. (I, incidentally scorn both)


  • #45
    Yitzhak Rabin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,225 ✭✭✭Yitzhak Rabin


    Mario Jardel wrote: »
    All I'm saying is that the grief that this poor woman suffered would have been prevented if she stopped her son from joining the army in the first place.

    Yeah and that girl wouldn't have been raped if she didn't wear such a revealing outfit... :rolleyes:


  • #46
    Jimoslimos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭Jimoslimos


    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    I don't get what you mean jimo ?
    People tend to see patterns that match their preconceived beliefs.

    By the law of averages some people will die in close proximity to that of a loved one. We spot these but don't notice the ones that live for another 20 years


  • #47
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    Mario Jardel wrote: »
    Republicans against Loyalists correct?

    Presumably we're discussing the RIRA vs. BA, not republicans vs. loyalists.


  • #48
    Witcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,521 ✭✭✭✭Witcher


    Mario Jardel wrote: »
    All I'm saying is that the grief that this poor woman suffered would have been prevented if she stopped her son from joining the army in the first place.

    Her son was a grown man. A parent can't control their adult child.


  • #49
    humbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    Mrs Brankin, from Birmingham, was found dead this week, a fortnight after the fourth anniversary of the killings.

    Completely made up "news" story.


  • #50
    [Deleted User]
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    Jimoslimos wrote: »
    People tend to see patterns that match their preconceived beliefs.

    By the law of averages some people will die in close proximity to that of a loved one. We spot these but don't notice the ones that live for another 20 years

    That makes sense. I guess then, if a grief stricken loved one died 20 yrs later you should say "died with a broken heart" rather than "died of a broken heart".


  • #51
    darced
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,056 ✭✭✭darced


    This post has been deleted.


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  • #52
    Seachmall
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    darced wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Are you talking spoof or do you actually think there average British soldier kills at least a few innocent Afghanis?


  • #53
    Yamanoto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,489 ✭✭✭Yamanoto


    darced wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Guaranteed employment for 12 years and a reasonable pension on exit is understandably attractive to many prospective recruits.


  • #54
    [Deleted User]
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    The man was killed before he went to Afghanistan! I have no idea why some of you here are blaming him for killing people that are not even dead!


  • #55
    darced
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    This post has been deleted.


  • #56
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,816 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Mario Jardel wrote: »
    All I'm saying is that the grief that this poor woman suffered would have been prevented if she stopped her son from joining the army in the first place.

    That's like saying a Polish mother should have stopped her son becoming a pizza delivery guy.


  • #57
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    darced wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Indirectly?

    Oh, I hope you expand on that :D


  • #58
    darced
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,056 ✭✭✭darced


    This post has been deleted.


  • #59
    Trotter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,362 ✭✭✭Trotter


    People talk about Afghanistan like the locals doing the shooting aren't the ones blowing up schools that allow girls to attend and aren't the ones executing rape victims for bringing 'shame' to their families and aren't the ones pumping Western Europe with heroin.


  • #60
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    darced wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    I really can't, please go on!


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  • #61
    catallus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭catallus


    Trotter wrote: »
    People talk about Afghanistan like the locals doing the shooting aren't the ones blowing up schools that allow girls to attend and aren't the ones executing rape victims for bringing 'shame' to their families and aren't the ones pumping Western Europe with heroin.

    I suppose this thread is so far off topic now but I have to ask what kind of statement is this, to justify the sending of occupying soldiers to a country on the other side of the world bringing untold misery to them because of what you deem to be their unacceptable culture?
    Seachmall wrote: »
    I really can't, please go on!

    If you have to ask then you don't need to know.


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