tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12894384.post111739784901585819..comments2024-01-07T05:38:18.423+00:00Comments on Wednesday's Irish politics blog: The Trib reverts to typeWednesdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09799255977193959208noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12894384.post-1117876428076921862005-06-04T10:13:00.000+01:002005-06-04T10:13:00.000+01:00I'm not saying that the origin does "matter" in th...I'm not saying that the origin does "matter" in that sense, but it's an example of the differences in the detail. And it's also interesting how the media are hushing up the propensity of a certain person (not Robert McCartney) to get into rows, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>And it's easy to say "everybody knows" but there ARE a lot of people in the neighbourhood who think some people are being wrongly accused (whether of the murder itself, the cover-up or the intimidation campaign). This came up on the doorsteps over and over again in the recent elections. It was also mentioned in the Post article. Now I suppose these people could be telling Sinn Féin canvassers and Anne Cadwallader one thing and telling other journalists other things, but frankly I'm inclined to doubt it.<BR/><BR/>BTW I heard Paula McCartney on the radio yesterday saying "a dozen" people were involved in the murder. The IRA statement said that four were. That's not "very close".Wednesdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799255977193959208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12894384.post-1117825055714358822005-06-03T19:57:00.000+01:002005-06-03T19:57:00.000+01:00Well, there are bound to be differences in each ey...Well, there are bound to be differences in each eyewitness account. The constant factor in each is that a senseless murder was committed by so-called republicans. Everyone in the neighbourhood knows who was involved and who wasn't.<BR/><BR/>I don't see how the origin of the incident matters. As if any fistfight or remark could justify such butchery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12894384.post-1117782093829901552005-06-03T08:01:00.000+01:002005-06-03T08:01:00.000+01:00First of all I didn't use that language. And secon...First of all I didn't use that language. And second, there are differences between the DETAIL of the sisters' account and other accounts. See for example the Post article I linked. There are also different accounts of how the row started. People who were there - and the McCartneys weren't - have given different accounts. And there are very, very major differences between the McCartneys' account of what happened after the fact and the IRA's and many other people's accounts. These merit investigation and if they're wrong, they're wrong, but the media are pretending they don't exist.<BR/><BR/>And it isn't "as simple as that". He didn't deserve to be murdered, of course, but nor do innocent people deserve to be wrongly accused. Putting the blame in the wrong place only means that those who are genuinely guilty get off the hook.Wednesdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799255977193959208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12894384.post-1117778753397006802005-06-03T07:05:00.000+01:002005-06-03T07:05:00.000+01:00Why are you so hesistant to accept the McCartney s...Why are you so hesistant to accept the McCartney sisters' version of events? Using coy language like "of course, no one is suggesting they're lying..." is doing just that, throwing doubt on the relatives of a slain nationalist. The McCartney sisters' account is very close to what the IRA itself has confirmed. The fact is that these message board warriors and gangsterish individuals are disobeying the Army and throwing it into disrepute. They murdered a man who did not deserve to be murdered: it's as simple as that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12894384.post-1117517597728888962005-05-31T06:33:00.000+01:002005-05-31T06:33:00.000+01:00I know, I know. I used to buy it for Joe Lee and ...I know, I know. I used to buy it for Joe Lee and then I bought it for Susan McKay. Now it's just a habit.Wednesdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799255977193959208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12894384.post-1117466056439677202005-05-30T16:14:00.000+01:002005-05-30T16:14:00.000+01:00I don't know why you punish yourself reading that ...I don't know why you punish yourself reading that sort of rubbish.<BR/><BR/>I have a simple rule when it comes to Sunday papers, no tribune, no sindoChris Gaskinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043583501768527707noreply@blogger.com