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Norman Tebbit on life as an IRA victim; IRA says armed campaign is over
Topic Started: Jul 29 2005, 07:56 AM (300 Views)
phykell
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4727129.stm

"We think the victims should not have to endure the sight of terrorists rewarded nor fanatics left free to urge their followers to kill their way to paradise. That is just too much to bear."
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated. - Ghandhi

Evil cannot be conquered in the world. It can only be resisted within oneself.

Remember, bones heal and chicks dig scars
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jon-nyc
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Sobering article, phykell, thanks for posting.
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FrankM
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This is the part that hit me the hardest:

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But for the terrorists' victims there's the knowledge that their lives were not wrecked by illness, accident or even personal grudge but because someone used their lives, their bodies to bludgeon and blackmail the government to submit to their political demands.
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