tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post4544148815766733356..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: UVF – Behind The MaskAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-16448374394726777902022-01-08T13:49:25.111+00:002022-01-08T13:49:25.111+00:00The last comment did not make it through. TPQ does...The last comment did not make it through. TPQ does not publish comments from "Unknown". It leads to too much confusion when there are multiple users posting as "Unknown". If your comment is for publication sign off on it.AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-16513757036100016882017-12-22T17:47:47.783+00:002017-12-22T17:47:47.783+00:00Having read Aaron Edwards' book not so long ag...Having read Aaron Edwards' book not so long ago, I must admit that I enjoyed bits of it (particularly the ones involving Billy Mitchell) but couldn't help noticing the amount of clunkers (both factual and spelling) in it.<br /><br />Loyalism is quite a complex beast, and it has never done itself any favours by adopting a hostile attitude towards the media. Although it's good to hear Christopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-91507423646949781512017-12-17T20:22:45.221+00:002017-12-17T20:22:45.221+00:00Niall,
Nah, I don't think I missed anything. ...Niall,<br /><br />Nah, I don't think I missed anything. Glass houses and whatnot. Broadly lumping the entire Unionist community as one is the surest folly. The amount of Mourners is hardly a barometer either, you can pay respects to the dead but disagree with what they did ( as did many on the Shankill who incidentally also lived in fear of Murphy and his gang). Regardless of their motivationSteve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-38936928032794633712017-12-15T07:36:35.995+00:002017-12-15T07:36:35.995+00:00Missed the point Steve and I'm not getting in ...Missed the point Steve and I'm not getting in to whataboutery,<br />The attempt to explain away the actions of people like Murphy as being psychopathic rather than looking at the bigger picture of his and his gangs sectarian, racial and bigoted upbringing (I believe that's referred to as culture) and expanding it to how the people of the Shankill lined the streets as his cortege went pastNiallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-10974617148376566022017-12-14T20:20:23.913+00:002017-12-14T20:20:23.913+00:00".are they also psychotic for if they are the...".are they also psychotic for if they are then that must call in to question Unionist culture as it seems to give rise to a lot of psychopaths!"<br /><br />1,823 people murdered by the Provisionals. But sure, we shouldn't question Republicanism!Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-45933125088934860762017-12-14T08:02:59.428+00:002017-12-14T08:02:59.428+00:00Well, that was never going to be on my Christmas l...Well, that was never going to be on my Christmas list anyway. I read Dillon's Butcher book and thought that it used the concept of 'psychopathic' to wrongly justify their actions.....it was their sectarian, racist bigoted culture coupled with the full knowledge of British security forces that gave them carte blanche to murder and which determined their actions....always find the Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-25441935135877334552017-12-13T20:20:23.400+00:002017-12-13T20:20:23.400+00:00A pretty withering assessment. Given the accuracy ...A pretty withering assessment. Given the accuracy of the book, is Aaron Edwards a pseudonym of Danny Morrison? Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.com