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chodadog · 03-12-2005

The thing i find most amusing about the reaction to this killing is fake concern shown by unionists and the media. Since the ceasfire, the IRA has killed over 20 catholics. Killings range from internal IRA matters, killing drug dealers and other criminals, and a few cases of somene who's crossed paths with a psychotic senior IRA man.

The media has never cared before, and it's obvious to me that they're only jumping on this to exploit it to it's full political advantage. Had the northern bank robbery not happened, nobody besides those in the short strand would have ever heard the name Robert McCartney. Sadly, his death would have just been accepted and life would have moved on. I think that would have been wrong, i think the IRA should deal with these people by killing them or by tying the fuckers up and dumping them outside a cop shop.

It's pretty funny that loyalist and protestant politicians are so concerned with the death of a working class catholic man when they've completely ignored the deaths of far more protestant and loyalist people at the hands of the UDA and UVF (unionist paramilitaries).

Last year alone, unionists carried out 89 shootings, compared to 23 by republicans. 75 assaults compared to 41. Furthermore, the unionist paramilitaries have destroyed no weapons at all (the IRA has at least decomissioned some weapons, and had offered to put the rest out of action also), and are just as involved in drugs and racketeering as the IRA is. Possibly even more so. Trust me, you don't want to be living on the shankhill. But who kicks up a stink about these bastards? Certainly not the people who should care, because there's no political gain for doing so.

I'm not saying that it's wrong for his sisters and his fiancee to speak out against the IRA. I think what they're doing is great. The IRA has lost it's way to some extent and there are a lot of rogue members who seem to think they own the place. That shit needs to be addressed. But it sickens me to see what is clearly oppurtunistic "concern" for the McCartney family and the Short Strand community at large. They've never cared before, and they certainly don't care now.

03-12-2005	#21
chodadog Members Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 372	The thing i find most amusing about the reaction to this killing is fake concern shown by unionists and the media. Since the ceasfire, the IRA has killed over 20 catholics. Killings range from internal IRA matters, killing drug dealers and other criminals, and a few cases of somene who's crossed paths with a psychotic senior IRA man. The media has never cared before, and it's obvious to me that they're only jumping on this to exploit it to it's full political advantage. Had the northern bank robbery not happened, nobody besides those in the short strand would have ever heard the name Robert McCartney. Sadly, his death would have just been accepted and life would have moved on. I think that would have been wrong, i think the IRA should deal with these people by killing them or by tying the fuckers up and dumping them outside a cop shop. It's pretty funny that loyalist and protestant politicians are so concerned with the death of a working class catholic man when they've completely ignored the deaths of far more protestant and loyalist people at the hands of the UDA and UVF (unionist paramilitaries). Last year alone, unionists carried out 89 shootings, compared to 23 by republicans. 75 assaults compared to 41. Furthermore, the unionist paramilitaries have destroyed no weapons at all (the IRA has at least decomissioned some weapons, and had offered to put the rest out of action also), and are just as involved in drugs and racketeering as the IRA is. Possibly even more so. Trust me, you don't want to be living on the shankhill. But who kicks up a stink about these bastards? Certainly not the people who should care, because there's no political gain for doing so. I'm not saying that it's wrong for his sisters and his fiancee to speak out against the IRA. I think what they're doing is great. The IRA has lost it's way to some extent and there are a lot of rogue members who seem to think they own the place. That shit needs to be addressed. But it sickens me to see what is clearly oppurtunistic "concern" for the McCartney family and the Short Strand community at large. They've never cared before, and they certainly don't care now.