I have a customer in Belfast who still shivers every time he drives past Casement park thinking about what happened to these guys one of the most barbaric episodes of the troubles, thank fook those days are long gone!!!
I rarely indulge in these things - but during this 3 week period: Members of the IRA who had signed up to fight and to kill - were ambushed by other humans who had signed up to fight and kill - and were killed. Civilians attending the IRA funeral who were possibly not combatants - were killed. Members of the British Army who had signed up to fight and to kill - were ambushed by other humans who had signed up to fight and kill - and were killed. My biggest issue with this situation is some people who did not choose to fight were killed, people who signed up to fight and who died should be remembered as such.
[video=youtube;nIP-aVfw13w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIP-aVfw13w[/video] Shocking video footage of these people behaving like animals and taking so much satisfaction in murderering theses two young lads.
Difficult to disagree with any of that. But this one stands out more than most for me as I was in my twenties at the time - just like the two soldiers. To see them trapped as they were, the sheer helplessness on their faces, being dragged to their deaths as the baying mob punched the air in salute made for difficult viewing. I clearly remember being visibly shaken at the time. Not something I'd ever like to see again.
I agree - the single most shocking aspect of this is that we actually watch it on tv, you see the moment where two humans realise they are going to die and you are left to judge the morals of the other humans who shuffle them off to their death. It is shocking because it is war, and we see it on television in real time.
Before now, I'd never heard of this sickening attack before. It's like something you'd expect to hear about in some far off land populated by ill-educated zealots. Oh wait...
Were they raped, beaten, raped, forced to watch Loose Women, raped, beaten then killed? If not, they didn't die in the "most horrific way imaginable".
For me the worst way to die would either be burned, drowned in a grain silo or smothered in vat of Lorraine Kelly's moist pants.
march should have a capital M, Memorial should have a lower case m, Soldiers should have a lower case s and Brave should have a lower case b. Pretty shabby memorial to be honest. Shame.
Well, it took a little longer than I expected for this thread to go down the predictable route but we got there in the end.
