Gerry Adams : Terrorist or Freedom Fighter?

IrishProd · 10-12-2013 09:34PM

LordSutch wrote: »

Neither, but he was a revolutionary republican statesman supporter of Terrorism

How original......:rolleyes:

Sir Humphrey Appleby · 10-12-2013 09:36PM

coolhull wrote: »

You decide. . . .

Scumbag.

keeponhurling · 10-12-2013 09:36PM

Why are there so many Gerry Adams threads in AH recently? Are they all being started by different people?

arybvtcw0eolkf · 10-12-2013 09:38PM

Politican.

Busted Flat. · 10-12-2013 09:38PM

One thing about his leadership, he and others brought the fighting to an end. That is something his critics get caught in their throat. He achieved a lot, get over it, try and use your energies to a more constructive purpose, like asking where are all the funds going in these corrupt quangos, and charities. I think it could be described as jobs for the boys. Start there.

coolhull · 10-12-2013 09:38PM

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Its another in a long long line of stupid, pointless SF/GA bashing threads. Its been done to death many many many times over and your brand new well thought out "Terrorist or freedom fighter - you decide" thread isnt gonna produce nothing new.

So yeah, its a pity...

But its a free country (thanks to certain "freedom fighters") so carry on.

But if you feel that the thread is useless, then why would you bother posting in it? There are plenty of other threads on here. Don't feel you have to reply to any thread if you don't want to.

Busted Flat. · 10-12-2013 09:41PM

whupdedo wrote: »

By the early 60s hume and other civil rights negotiators had done great work with the British government to ease hardship suffered by Catholics in the north, they had effectively done all this by dialogue and peaceful means,then along came Adams and scum like him and set the whole thing back 30 years, peaceful times doesn't sit well with the ira, their is more money to be made by practising oppression and terrorism

Where de fook did you read that, must be the most childish post ever.

IrishProd · 10-12-2013 09:41PM

whupdedo wrote: »

By the early 60s hume and other civil rights negotiators had done great work with the British government to ease hardship suffered by Catholics in the north, they had effectively done all this by dialogue and peaceful means,then along came Adams and scum like him and set the whole thing back 30 years, peaceful times doesn't sit well with the ira, their is more money to be made by practising oppression and terrorism

What alternate universe do you come from and was it Willie Frazer who wrote the history books?

Howard Juneau · 10-12-2013 09:42PM

Why not ask the man himself...straight from the horses mouth so to speak....man those Fckin teeth! He could dazzle the disappeared with those choppers

Sunnyisland · 10-12-2013 09:44PM

Freedom Fighter or Terrorist?

He is a Freerist domter fighor

My name is URL · 10-12-2013 09:45PM

Whatever he was/is, history will look favourably at him... long after the bitterly entrenched views of others are dead, cold and forgotten; like those that hold them.

Sunnyisland · 10-12-2013 09:46PM

Howard Juneau wrote: »

Why not ask the man himself...straight from the horses mouth so to speak....man those Fckin teeth! He could dazzle the disappeared with those choppers

There shergars

:P

vermin99 · 10-12-2013 09:46PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Who was he soldiering with during his freedom fighter days?

ANC guerilla wing

Busted Flat. · 10-12-2013 09:49PM

realies wrote: »

There shergars :P

Jaysus that is a steak from the past, Mc donalds could have made a fortune marketing that class of meat.

seanie27 · 10-12-2013 09:52PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Who was he soldiering with during his freedom fighter days?

Commander Eamon Gilmore :-)

Nodin · 10-12-2013 09:56PM

whupdedo wrote: »

By the early 60s hume and other civil rights negotiators had done great work with the British government to ease hardship suffered by Catholics in the north, they had effectively done all this by dialogue and peaceful means,then along came Adams and scum like him and set the whole thing back 30 years, peaceful times doesn't sit well with the ira, their is more money to be made by practising oppression and terrorism

Your dimension sounds great. Have they solved global warming there?

Sir Humphrey Appleby · 10-12-2013 09:57PM

Busted Flat. wrote: »

He achieved a lot, get over it, try and use your energies to a more constructive purpose, like asking where are all the funds going in these corrupt quangos, and charities. I think it could be described as jobs for the boys. Start there.

Could we not start with the ethics/morals of so called "Politicans" and "Political Leaders" covering for a sex abuser for 9 years while said sex abuser was employed as a youth worker?

Vito Corleone · 10-12-2013 09:58PM

hungry hippo 4 wrote: »

elaborate

A smelly fool.

Femme_Fatale · 10-12-2013 09:58PM

whupdedo wrote: »

By the early 60s hume and other civil rights negotiators had done great work with the British government to ease hardship suffered by Catholics in the north, they had effectively done all this by dialogue and peaceful means,then along came Adams and scum like him and set the whole thing back 30 years

Lord above. And people actually thanked this...?

If you meant early 70s rather than 60s, what about the whole... internment under Faulkner thing? The IRA didn't just come along either - they were helping catholics defend themselves. Then they went way too far, but initially catholics had good cause to defend themselves. You would have too if you were a catholic living in a poor, flashpoint, ghettoised area in the late 60s.

The ignorance from people down here regarding the history of the North is baffling and dismaying - there really do seem to be people down here who think it was fairly ok up there and then the IRA came along and started everything.

Busted Flat. · 10-12-2013 09:59PM

Bah Feckin Humbug! wrote: »

Could we not start with the ethics/morals of so called "Politicans" and "Political Leaders" covering for a sex abuser for 9 years while said sex abuser was employed as a youth worker?

Good night, not worthy of a response.

moxin · 10-12-2013 09:59PM

He's a tree hugger, one of his past times is hugging trees. Read that somewhere, ain't bluffing!

Nodin · 10-12-2013 10:03PM

seanie27 wrote: »

Commander Eamon Gilmore :-)

That's Comrade Commander to you.

hungry hippo 4 · 10-12-2013 10:03PM

Gwan Gerry!

Son Of A Vidic · 10-12-2013 10:04PM

Knight who says Meh wrote: »

Who then blew it all away by robbing the banks of the country they are fighting for

I'll take that any day over an entire nation being repeatedly raped by the banks.

hungry hippo 4 · 10-12-2013 10:05PM

The brits where a great bunch of lads. That gerry fella was only a savage!

Feisar · 10-12-2013 10:07PM

If you were a Catholic being burned out of your home/beaten/ treated like a second class citizen then he was a freedom fighter. It was basically an apartheid state in the six counties back in the day and no one criticizes Mandela for the bombs.
If you were Unionist/British he's a terrorist.

But why is it OK for sovereign states to bomb civilian targets but not disenfranchised nationals?

Sir Humphrey Appleby · 10-12-2013 10:07PM

Busted Flat. wrote: »

Good night, not worthy of a response.

Nearly word for word what Gerry had to say about his Niece while he protected his brother, well done!

Nodin · 10-12-2013 10:08PM

hungry hippo 4 wrote: »

The brits where a great bunch of lads. That gerry fella was only a savage!

He was one of them 'Irish' and ye know what they're like.

hungry hippo 4 · 10-12-2013 10:08PM

Feisar wrote: »

If you were a Catholic being burned out of your home/beaten/ treated like a second class citizen then he was a freedom fighter. It was basically an apartheid state in the six counties back in the day and no one criticizes Mandela for the bombs.
If you were Unionist/British he's a terrorist.

But why is it OK for sovereign states to bomb civilian targets but not disenfranchised nationals?

We have a winner!

Foxhound38 · 10-12-2013 10:09PM

Murderer, apologist for other murderers and pied piper of easily led idiots and thugs, would be a better description methinks...

Gerry Adams : Terrorist or Freedom Fighter?

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