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discocrisco01 (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 12:23 PM Original message |
400-pound car bomb fails to detonate in Belfast |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. Its a shame I just got back from there, the "will" to have a peace is strong... |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Indeed. There are crazies on both sides who are desperate for the violence and hate to resume |
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Proletariatprincess (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm suspicious... |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I mean, maybe, but it remains true that there are Irish elements who are eager to resume bloodshed |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Most of the are Unionists.... |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Brits, too. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Why? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. What do you base that on? |
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Andronex (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. and you are probably right... |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Conflating "dissidents" with people who leave 400-lb bombs (aka terrorists) is a bit of a tell, IMO. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. There was an incident while I was there this Spring. A man was beaten to death & his wife beaten... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. Man, I HATE when that happens. |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Not any branch of Sinn Féin nor IRA. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. yup IRA splinter groups are still doing the same shit they did as members of the PIRA |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. That shit's still going on? n/t |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. I thought the IRA disarmed |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Technically yes, but there are splinter groups |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Silly you |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. They should root out the death squad folks and heap praise on the peacekeepers. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. Quick! Round up all the brown people!! |
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AuldLochinvar (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. I lived there for 14 years |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. As you may know, many Ulstermen and their kin are here calling themselves Scotch-Irish. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:50 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. dude scotch is a drink, Scots are a people :) its Scots-Irish |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:52 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Alright, but you've had too much Scotch. I'm definitely not a dude. n/t |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:55 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. hell at 2am everyone is a dude :) wish i was drinking |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:13 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. At 3:00 everyone is an insomniac, not a dude. n/t |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:20 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. lol no at 3am im getting ready to feed my block, in the back straight now of a long weekend.. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:42 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Are you saying that you've already had your night's sleep and are |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:44 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. no way, im on the graveyard shift all this weekend, and them school run in the morning |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. Shur'in the bays must be outa practice......nt |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. islam is a bad bad religion. |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Religious fundies are bad bad bad |
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Andronex (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. there are no muslim terrorists... |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. its not even religion, its just gangsters who hide behind a cause |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
25. Horrible. I was just there this Spring -- I'm so sorry to hear this. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:24 AM Response to Original message |
34. They took the time and risk to weigh it???? (nt) |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:27 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. after teh device is made safe, the shit is taken away and weighed as part of the investigation |
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