R.I.P Martin McGuinness

[Straight Shooter]

Martin McGuinness, an Irishman whose tactics of armed resistance and then political conciliation made him a hero to nationalists in Northern Ireland, where he fought to end British rule, negotiated a sweeping peace treaty and climbed to the top of the province’s political system, died March 21 in Derry, Northern Ireland. He was 66.

An announcement of Mr. McGuinness’s death by his political party, Sinn Fein, did not cite a specific cause.

Mr. McGuinness had been hospitalized in late February for amyloidosis, British and Irish newspapers reported. The disease causes an abnormal protein to build up in the heart and other organs, and was one reason Mr. McGuinness resigned Jan. 9 from his post as deputy first minister, one of Northern Ireland’s two top political positions.

Mr. McGuinness was an equally stabilizing and polarizing ***** in Northern Ireland politics, where he served as deputy first minister since 2007. The position is part of a power-sharing agreement that splits the British province’s executive branch between two long-warring factions: Catholic nationalists who seek to unite the north with its sovereign counterpart to the south, the Republic of Ireland, and Protestant loyalists who believe Northern Ireland ought to remain a part of Britain.

A former butcher’s apprentice, Mr. McGuinness was known for many years as a leading figure in the outlawed militant Irish Republican Army, which waged a nearly three-decade bombing campaign and guerrilla war against British authorities that it viewed as ******* occupiers. More than 3,600 people were ****** and thousands more were injured during the conflict.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...0d5c6c-033f-11e7-b9fa-ed727b644a0b_story.html

Ultimately how will you remember McGuinness. As a statesman or a ********? Thoughts?

 

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[Johan]

This is a man who's been sentenced twice for terrorism-related crimes (once after he was caught in car with 130 kilos of explosives on board, once for being a member of IRA, which was an Irish terrorist organisation) and you ask how I will remember him, seriously ?

So, no R.I.P. for this guy. More like B.I.H. : Burn In Hell

 

[Jack Davenport]

This is a man who's been sentenced twice for terrorism-related crimes (once after he was caught in car with 130 kilos of explosives on board, once for being a member of IRA, which was an Irish terrorist organisation) and you ask how I will remember him, seriously ?

So, no R.I.P. for this guy. More like B.I.H. : Burn In Hell

Such harsh words for terrorists.
You never seem to be that animated when it comes to Islamic ******.



He was an Irish nationalist, hardly a terrorist. He fought fire with fire.

He was a cotdam Irish treasure.

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RIP.

 

[Johan]

Terrorism : The use of ******** and threats to intimidate or ******, especially for political purposes.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/terrorism

So yes, he was a terrorist . Now, what's debatable is wether or not, in some cases, terrorists can be good people, wether or not, on some cases, terrorists can be on the right side of History.


I've never been that animated against islamic terrorism because
1) I've never been asked what are my feelings about it
2) When a ****** ****** happen, the emotion that I'm in is shock, then comes the anger against the perpretrators

 

[Straight Shooter]

Such harsh words for terrorists.
You never seem to be that animated when it comes to Islamic ******.



He was an Irish nationalist, hardly a terrorist. He fought fire with fire.

He was a cotdam Irish treasure.

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RIP.

Really? So terrorism is only limited to Islam? The definition of terrorism is the unlawful use of ******** and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims. The goal of the IRA was to have a reunified Ireland. That's pretty much the definition of terrorism

 

[Jack Davenport]

Really? So terrorism is only limited to Islam? The definition of terrorism is the unlawful use of ******** and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims. The goal of the IRA was to have a reunified Ireland. That's pretty much the definition of terrorism

No he wasn't a terrorist.

He was a cot damn patriot.

Radicals bastardised the legitimate will of the Irish to be free of Britain.