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Originally Posted by scottbombedout
With years to reflect back on Mr Adams and his ilk Doug. Perhaps a Prime Minister who was prepared to treat the IRA as a political organisation might have been better for both the UK and Ireland.
Think about the hunger strikers in the eighties. There only request was to be treated as political prisoners. Maggie stoked the troubles for years with that one.
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Yeah, ordinary decent criminals who
only wanted to be treated as political prisoners.
Murders, bombers, extortionists, gangsters, drug dealers, and cowardly thugs.
This is a list of the ones who (permitted by the godfathers) committed suicide.
Bobby Sands IRA - Possession of a handgun
Francis Hughes IRA - Various offences, including the murder of a soldier
Raymond McCreesh IRA - Attempted murder, possession of a rifle, IRA membership
Patsy O'Hara INLA - Possession of a hand grenade
Joe McDonnell IRA - Possession of a firearm
Martin Hurson IRA - Attempted murder, involvement in explosions, IRA membership
Kevin Lynch INLA - Stealing shotguns, taking part in a punishment shooting
Kieran Doherty IRA - Possession of firearms and explosives, hijacking
Thomas McElwee IRA - Manslaughter
Michael Devine INLA - Theft and possession of firearms
What would you think if I said that Tim McVeigh should not have been sentenced to death, but should have been treated as a "political" prisoner?