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Tommie Kelly on May 1, 2008

It's Friday yet again and here is the latest page. I am enjoying reading your response to the comic and am glad that you guys like it so much.

I think Liam makes a great point in this page!

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sethteter at 7:07PM, May 4, 2008

Wow. Heavy stuff. Being a New Yorker and living though 9/11 I don't think we will ever, ever forget. Maybe I'm biased cause I see it every day. I work right at Ground Zero . . . But I can see the Priests' argument. I just disagree. It's already been almost seven years ago that it happened and it's still a huge part of living in the city. I keep waiting for the next shoe to drop cause you just never know. I never suspected anything of the sort to have happened like it did. I guess that's why terrorism is so freaking horrible. It's unexpected, uncalled for and so freaking scary. And 9/11 changed everything. I don't think it will ever be forgotten. But again I might be biased and am open for being enlightened.

Tommie Kelly at 2:49AM, May 3, 2008

All I can say is that if you don't like his morality judging from this interview then you are really going to hate the guy as the story progresses! In essence, HIS point is that Great Britain did so much damage to Irish people and that fact shouldn't be forgotten. He compares it to 911 and says that equally that shouldn't be forgotten. However, I disagree with him. I don't think violence is the way to do anything.

DAJB at 1:05PM, May 2, 2008

Sadly, I agree with you Tommie. There [i]are[/i] monsters who will use violence to support any cause. But only the naive or people who are equally monstrous will defend their right to use it, especially against innocents. In that sense, I don't see her questions as condescending. Like any good reporter, she is quite rightly calling him on the immorality of his position. The fact that he seeks to draw a comparison with 9/11 shows the extent to which he is deluding himself and she is right. The 9/11 hijackers were guilty of mass murder which makes them the same as the IRA. For him to paint one as worthy of condemnation while defending the other is just a reaffirmation of his own prejudice. I'm afraid I'm with the reporter on this one! ;-)

Tommie Kelly at 12:01PM, May 2, 2008

DAJB: True, but everyone has a blinkered view of the world. It's the only way it can be, everyone sees it from their own angle and beliefs. It was a low blow, maybe, to mention 911, but she was being quite dismissive and condescending him. Sadly, I reckon that people will always use force to get what they believe is right.

DAJB at 10:54AM, May 2, 2008

This guy has serious morality problems, especially for a priest! "Do you think 911 will still be relevant in 100 years?" Sure, but that's not the real question. "Do you think it will still be okay to fund groups that murder innocent men, women and children just for your own political beliefs?" is a better one. This guy has such an blinkered view of the rewal world, it's hardly surprising that Adams and co. could find supporters among people like him!