Bloody Sunday - time to move on?
Disagreement over last Bloody Sunday march The decision to end the annual Bloody Sunday march in Londonderry has been criticised by a relative of the of the victims. Thirteen people died when British...
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LeeClayton wrote: Disagreement over last Bloody Sunday march The decision to end the annual Bloody Sunday march in Londonderry has been criticised by a relative of the of the victims. Thirteen people...
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Suppose the dizzies did try to hijack it for political purposes, I'd hope the families would speak up about it and tell them to back off. At the end of the day it's their call. I think it'd be good to...
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I don't agree that it's just the families' call. Bloody Sunday affected everyone in the North, a hell of a lot of people in the South & wider afield. Not everybody who has marched on the...
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The Brits apologised, so as far as I can tell the marches have served their purpose.There are other ways to commemorate.
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Fair enough. there's not any real disagreement except somehow preventing the dissidents taking over the march...which they will do if it's abandoned by the present organisers.
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LeeClayton wrote:I'd suggest, perhaps a token march each year with greatly reduced numbers perhaps even a symbolic 14. In that wa the oroiginal concept would be preserved and prevent it being...
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The march will continue. The real government of the Irish Republic have spoken : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Republican Sinn Féin Poblachtach...
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