Comments on The Pensive Quill: Limited

Interested: Thank you for your input--I need to le...

2009-10-23T00:58:43.268+01:00

Interested: Thank you for your input--I need to learn.

uilodomhnaill Having read both Bradleys and Clarke...

2009-10-22T21:12:00.765+01:00

uilodomhnaill
Having read both Bradleys and Clarkes books I would say yeah Bradleys book is very worthwhile reading and seems very honest as for Clarkes it reads exactly as I had thought that of a Special Branch man might write , he gave some insight but never the full picture

Although it should have been primary and obvious t...

2009-10-22T13:28:56.981+01:00

Although it should have been primary and obvious to me,it has only just become so... I have yet to see in print the most obvious reason to press the absolute need for a truth commission---the current rhetoric in the media which dismisses revolution as "terrorism". This became startlingly clear to me after a close reading of "The Shankill Butchers". I was reading along,using

John:You have it exact--the real beauty,angst,and ...

2009-10-20T23:45:00.545+01:00

John:You have it exact--the real beauty,angst,and irony of history--the humanity of it!

For those interested,a friend of mine ordered Bra...

2009-10-20T17:05:01.226+01:00

For those interested,a friend of mine ordered Bradley's book from Amazon yesterday on my recommendation and was notified that the book is now out of print and unavailable. Glad I ordered sooner!

For some context I have lived in the US for over 1...

2009-10-19T18:06:25.288+01:00

For some context I have lived in the US for over 10 years now and as such have not followed the peace process in the way I would have followed the conflict i.e. closely and sympathetically but from the sidelines in the south (hence my earlier comment about not having been directly involved).

Since last commenting here I have read Anthony's book - an excellent collection of well

uilodomhnaill, don't think the suppression ext...

2009-10-18T16:21:25.227+01:00

uilodomhnaill, don't think the suppression extends that far

Starry Plough, I don't know if I will ever get...

2009-10-18T16:18:34.602+01:00

Starry Plough, I don't know if I will ever get a piece done about what SF should do. Time is not as free as it once was. I don't think whatever happens will change anything in terms of political fortunes. I doubt if the party in the South is strong enough to cast off its hardly radical northern leadership. If it were to it is then faced with the problem of carving out a new identity for

AM, I'm interested in your coments about SF b...

2009-10-18T15:42:15.676+01:00

AM, I'm interested in your coments about SF being differently constituted. Could you expand on this at some stage. A piece on what you feel SF supporters need to do to help bring about the changes you would like to see in Sinn Féin.

On a seperate point. I've asked this before, but do you have any more thoughts on trying to write a piece on what is/should be Republicansim in

Thank you. A greater degree of knowledge is my goa...

2009-10-18T15:35:40.677+01:00

Thank you. A greater degree of knowledge is my goal. At my level of understanding every bit helps. An interesting issue popped up when I first ordered Bradley's book. The first seller I went to indicated,a day or two after accepting the order,that their supplier had "...suddenly listed the book as "cancelled, not available",although it had been available in September..."

Uilodomhnaill, Border Crossing is the title. I hav...

2009-10-18T13:58:02.555+01:00

Uilodomhnaill, Border Crossing is the title. I have not read it or Bradley's. A friend has my Bradley copy. I merely suggested both as the type of memoir that is going to bring a greater degree of knowledge forward. Clarke illustrates the type of intentions some in the British state had and which I doubt they would welcome being in the public domain.

What is the title please of George Clarke's me...

2009-10-18T13:36:18.741+01:00

What is the title please of George Clarke's memoirs? Gerry Bradley's book is excellent.

Starry Plough, it never occurred to me at anytime ...

2009-10-18T12:36:08.020+01:00

Starry Plough, it never occurred to me at anytime that Sinn Fein would want a truth commission. I could never see what was in it for them. Calls for truth by the party into this or that invite ridicule each time the party president is asked was he a member of the IRA. I think this is why the Brits don't get too annoyed when SF call for these inquiries. SF differently constituted would be a

So do you feel SF want a UN commission because the...

2009-10-18T10:15:51.427+01:00

So do you feel SF want a UN commission because they know they won't get one? My understanding is they said UN or other independent body. Not sure who is meant by that Amnesty or EU.