tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post8580958504711222537..comments2023-11-03T08:40:03.424+00:00Comments on Jude Collins: Ian Paisley Jr, 1912, 1916 and all thatJude Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-90789590480305004132013-05-21T08:26:47.216+01:002013-05-21T08:26:47.216+01:00Good day! This is my first visit to your blog! We ...Good day! This is my first visit to your blog! We are a team of <br />volunteers and starting a new project in a community in the same <br />niche. Your blog provided us valuable information to work on.<br />You have done a outstanding job!<br /><br />Here is my site - <a href="http://Dailymotion.com/video/xzkw4k_psn-code-generator-amazing-free-psn-codes" rel="nofollow">Psn Code Generator</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-32695127953402614402013-02-16T12:56:56.110+00:002013-02-16T12:56:56.110+00:00pearse wrote of blood, paisley's grandfather w...pearse wrote of blood, paisley's grandfather wrote in it, so what does that tell us about the sanity of his genealogical lineage?<br />as a man he strikes me as fatalistic and a pessimist, not good qualities for a leader. if he never talked politics with his father his career choice is at the very least, co-incidental. <br />a good old nouveau riche unionist, content to milk the disaster of a region (that unionism and its' divisionist policies created) for his own good. <br />dodgy golf courses, white elephant investment and outdated, pie in the sky dangerous thinking. welcome to 21st century union. their pathetic demise would be humourous were it not for the damage to the community that it is causing. go raibh maith agat agus slán abhaile, beag mór ian.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-78943629361474252992013-02-14T01:29:54.844+00:002013-02-14T01:29:54.844+00:00How can Ian Óg call Pearse a madman when Pearse me...How can Ian Óg call Pearse a madman when Pearse merely said what Rupert Brooke & other UK contemporaries were saying about 'blood sacrifice', 'blood rejuvenating the land', etc re: the far greater slaughter on the Western Front?<br /><br />That language seems odd to us, but to be fair to Pearse, that's how his nationalist contemporaries across Europe were talking before & during this unprecedented war, before the anti-war sentiment of Wilfred Owen etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-82259574999285201662013-02-13T18:36:15.307+00:002013-02-13T18:36:15.307+00:00"There are other people, however, who fought ..."There are other people, however, who fought at the Easter Rising who had what I can only describe as noble ideals...I’ve seen the same thing all over the African continent where people awoke and said ‘No, we want to move away from this imperialism’. I can understand that."<br /><br />For me the most interesting thing is that the likes of Ian Óg appear understand the realities of Imperialism and "noble ideals" etc ...there are times I wonder how seemingly intelligent, highly educated people can spout the stuff they do; ignorance isn't an excuse then, it's all perfectly conscious...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-79391116409794389542013-02-13T12:10:37.928+00:002013-02-13T12:10:37.928+00:00Just a general question ,Jude.Was there any partic...Just a general question ,Jude.Was there any particular reason for not interviewing anyone from the Ulster Unionists and S D L P for your book?Would it not have been helpful to have as broad a spectrum of views as possible?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-84401307128063855892013-02-13T12:03:55.333+00:002013-02-13T12:03:55.333+00:00Isn't the Boyne in the republic also?Isn't the Boyne in the republic also?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com