tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post718930664607294007..comments2023-11-03T08:40:03.424+00:00Comments on Jude Collins: Tale of an Admiral (maybe)Jude Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-27753882638657686132013-04-11T16:32:58.354+01:002013-04-11T16:32:58.354+01:00Anon 15:57 - Your last question is your best quest...Anon 15:57 - Your last question is your best question and would logically be better placed as your first question.Jude Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-89998937710605148962013-04-11T15:57:28.599+01:002013-04-11T15:57:28.599+01:00Catholicus is clearly well able to answer for him/...Catholicus is clearly well able to answer for him/her self bit has not confirmed whether he/she is a pacifist.In any case,is it such a bad thing to be a pacifist?You indicated that you didn't believe in the murder of innocent people and I'm sure we're all glad to hear that.Do you believe in the murder of people who are not classed to be innocent?Who decides on the question of innocence?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-33854144672104071612013-04-11T12:59:30.040+01:002013-04-11T12:59:30.040+01:00I'm sorry I have to use the mask but there are...I'm sorry I have to use the mask but there are good reasons why I have to be anonymous. I don't just come on here to slag you off, I do enjoy your blog. I used to be more Republican in my views but have changed over the years. I believe in a united Ireland and I think the British should be held to account for their actions and inactions over the years. What drives me crazy is the attempt by the Irish establishment to draw lines of good Republicans and bad republicans with each group moving the line to suit their end. Fine Gael have good republicans before 1921/22 and everyone after is a terrorist. FF allow a few extra months for the civil war and then everyone's a terrorist. Labour/Workers Party are confused and don't know what to include. And Sinn Fein have good republicans before 1998ish and bad dissidents afterwards. My reading of things at this stage is that politically inspired violence in Ireland has never had a good outcome. My greatX5 grandfather was a United Irishman, hanged by the British. The result was not a coming together of Irishmen but the disastrous Act of Union. 1916 and the First Dail gave up partition. The Troubles gave us thirty years of misery. I'm not mentioning all the violence of the British and loyalists because it goes without saying that I don't think that worked either. <br /><br />I'm sorry if I read more in what you wrote than what you meant. I know Cork well and there are a lot of old wounds there.Catholicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06817034570148526694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-56128109974463615112013-04-11T11:50:31.785+01:002013-04-11T11:50:31.785+01:00Catholicus (love the mask) - I'd love to spend...Catholicus (love the mask) - I'd love to spend more time discussing this and other issues but Life, I'm afraid, calls. However, I think you reinforce my point about reading what you want to see in my blogs rather than what's there. I really hope I don't present myself (or certainly not consistently) as an honest broker. I make no dark secret of my conviction that nationalism/republicanism makes a great deal more sense than unionism. Maybe you're mistaking my giving both sides of an argument for detached arbiter? And I'll now put your mind at ease on one point: I don't believe in the murder of innocent people. But you presumably are a pacifist, it wouldn't matter if they were innocent or not, would it?Jude Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-11268304549896746472013-04-11T11:40:21.028+01:002013-04-11T11:40:21.028+01:00Well you see Jude I've been reading your blog ...Well you see Jude I've been reading your blog for a long time and I know your style which is of honest broker, I'm just asking the question, I'm not making any point sort of thing. We're well able to read between the lines. Just as the Sindo tries to nudge things in one direction, so do you. But you're careful to never say "I support the murder of innocent people".Catholicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06817034570148526694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-8825269007519917562013-04-11T11:32:21.958+01:002013-04-11T11:32:21.958+01:00Thank you all for your thoughts. I hope you won...Thank you all for your thoughts. I hope you won't feel slighted if I single out Catholicus and his. I'm particularly grateful for your thoughts. In future when I'm making the point that people read what they want to see rather than what is in fact written, I shall cite you. Go raibh cead maith agatJude Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-38719559141505285442013-04-11T10:22:19.023+01:002013-04-11T10:22:19.023+01:00The fact of the matter is the IRA murdered him. H...The fact of the matter is the IRA murdered him. He didn't murder them. There's no balancing "there were wrongs on both sides" to this and trying to defend his killing, which is what you are doing is pretty vile. Catholicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06817034570148526694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-40936387555607848942013-04-07T23:28:01.128+01:002013-04-07T23:28:01.128+01:00Are you not reading a bit too much into this?The s...Are you not reading a bit too much into this?The story is on Page 4 of the Sindo and it seems to have been written by one of the staffers with,one assumes no great appreciation of history.The event happened around 80 yrs ago .If the book is ever reviewed by a professional historian,his/her conclusions may carry more weight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-88223002085278049062013-04-07T15:44:17.601+01:002013-04-07T15:44:17.601+01:00Anon 14:31 (why can't you people give your nam...Anon 14:31 (why can't you people give your names - so much simpler): I included Eoghan Harris in my book because I wanted a representation of a wide range of views on the centenaries. Besides, I kinda like him- he's honorable, in my experience. As to my nudging history, I doubt it - but I'd certainly like to, since there are so many pushing the other direction. It's a bit like (and not like at the same time) at the end of the premiere of one of Shaw's plays, everyone in the audience was applauding wildly except for one guy. Shaw went over to him and said "I know, my friend. I agree with you. But what are you and I against so many?' There are so many anti-republican voices, I feel pretty sure mine is lost in the roar.<br />Jude Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-90551183933008298512013-04-07T14:31:40.398+01:002013-04-07T14:31:40.398+01:00So the "Sindo" is anti-republican !What ...So the "Sindo" is anti-republican !What a surprise ?!There are few certainties in life but its hatred of republicanism is well established over the years and is hardly news to you.Some might be surprised that you included one of its main polemicists(Eoghan Harris) in your recent book.If history is an agreed myth,might you also have done your bit to "nudge things in the required direction ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com