@RoisinMichaux Of course, they’ll find some reason to say it wasn’t the fault of the people’s who actually did it. We should have been nicer and more deferential, changed our culture. It’s simply not enough to provide a place to live, opportunity, welfare, equal rights, protection under the law
@JillFilipovic It’s a personal thing to every woman and family. Obviously traditionally, before the Industrial Revolution, the Enlightenment, modern democratic systems society was different and it made more sense. Today many do it to keep all names the same in the family inc those of children.
@_CryMiaRiver Why are we confusing and subjecting children to stuff like this?
We’re keeping the county 50/50. If a party could just be normal they’d sweep a general election.
@Niall_Boylan I know many Democrats. While they support the policies you mention, they themselves typically have strong, traditional, conventional families, and focus on the children’s education & well-being. When I previously lived in a GOP majority area in the south, I couldn’t say the same.
A general observation: I’m disturbed by the number of people born after the Troubles, or have no memory of them, who now have a romantic view of paramilitary activity.
Father Larry Holland, a Catholic priest in Canada, was offered euthanasia twice after being hospitalized with a broken hip.
He was not terminally ill. Despite knowing that he was a priest and opposed to euthanasia, hospital staff suggested ending his life.
Today it’s “voluntary“ euthanasia. Tomorrow, forced. We must stop both.
This is Ramallah police station. The image captures the moment after a Palestinian mob lynched two Jews, and mutilated their bodies. Aziz Salha proudly shows his blood stained hands.
Ramallah is the city the Greens want to twin Manchester with.
@OdohertyI64991 The Middle East is a complex problem. Instead, why not invite students from both sides of the divide as a kind of ‘peace and reconciliation scholarship’? That’s the kind of thing a nation like Ireland that is both neutral and has a history of conflict and reconciliation could do.
This story should impress upon us the seriousness of a number of issues.
Firstly, it does not surprise me that the individual in this case is a young, educated woman. We talk a lot about the radicalisation of young men, but relatively little about the radicalisation of young women; an increasingly prevalent issue specifically with respect to movements that are perceived as ‘social justice’ oriented.
Secondly, while we shouldn’t assume influential factors, many of us have warned for quite some time now that the normalisation of Hamas terrorism would contribute to a normalisation of dissident Irish Republican terrorism. Our media class has consciously sanitised terrorism abroad for three years now, did they really not consider that this would sanitise terrorism at home? The hubris is astounding.
The Good Friday Agreement was painstakingly fought for and it truly depresses me to see this. I am concerned for the future of my country.
@1rorycowan Reminds me of the 80s when the IRA were friends with Gaddafi. One difference today is that it’s fashionable or trendy. Back then the population including young people saw them for the terrorists & gangsters they were. If it kicked off in UK/Irl again though,how would they feel?
@EnglandUK Just sad to see. This isn’t immigration of families looking for a better life. This is largely males from backward areas in countries with very different and aggressive cultures, in great volumes. This is inevitably the result. It didn’t happen with people from EU countries.