Yanno, for someone who's said she doesn't pay too much attention to politics...
That's an awfully astute political summary. It's limited by your interests and beliefs, of course - but your understanding of the key point of civilization is certainly above most of my fellow Yanks, I think.
Vigilanteism is never a good thing. It may rarely be the lesser evil. But it is never good.
And I'm ashamed of how the US, and especially the Boston Irish, view the IRA. One of the many things that I hold against the former administration here (And my crack-smoking junior Senator) was when they welcomed Gerry Adams with open arms. Either he's a political leader associated with a terrorist organization, and of some import because of that, or he's not. He cannot play it both ways on the international stage. I grew up within 40 miles of Boston, I heard all sorts of hate from people who'd never been to the "Auld Sod" about how the English were ruining Ireland.
In the 1980's.
I knew people who sent money to the IRA. I knew people who'd lost friends in the UK, too. It makes an impression.
You're not doing a very good job of showing your lack of thoughtfulness and maturity. 8-P
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Date: 2005-09-30 01:02 am (UTC)That's an awfully astute political summary. It's limited by your interests and beliefs, of course - but your understanding of the key point of civilization is certainly above most of my fellow Yanks, I think.
Vigilanteism is never a good thing. It may rarely be the lesser evil. But it is never good.
And I'm ashamed of how the US, and especially the Boston Irish, view the IRA. One of the many things that I hold against the former administration here (And my crack-smoking junior Senator) was when they welcomed Gerry Adams with open arms. Either he's a political leader associated with a terrorist organization, and of some import because of that, or he's not. He cannot play it both ways on the international stage. I grew up within 40 miles of Boston, I heard all sorts of hate from people who'd never been to the "Auld Sod" about how the English were ruining Ireland.
In the 1980's.
I knew people who sent money to the IRA. I knew people who'd lost friends in the UK, too. It makes an impression.
You're not doing a very good job of showing your lack of thoughtfulness and maturity. 8-P