So what is the deal with Jorge's emergence as a bona fide social justice warrior on

[Burney]

Well quite. Now I was brought up during the troubles but am no flag waving republican, however to try and deny it as anything other than what it was, which is cold blooded murder, is blinkered and indeed extremely ignorant.

For shame Britain.

My final words on this subject.

The joke, of course, is that the rioters were banking on the idea that, if they attacked our troops, they wouldn't shoot back. On this occasion, they lost that particular bet. Too bad.

[Sir C]

The joke, of course, is that the rioters were banking on the idea that, if they attacked our troops, they wouldn't shoot back. On this occasion, they lost that particular bet. Too bad.

This always seems to me to be the missing part of the argument. I mean, if you chuck bricks at an armed man, what response do you expect?

[Burney]

This always seems to me to be the missing part of the argument. I mean, if you chuck bricks at an armed man, what response do you expect?

Well yes. But I'm pointing out the irony that the outrage about it stems from an expectation on the part of the republican rioters that - despite all their anti-Brit rhetoric - the British wouldn't behave like that because they're generally decent and you can lob bricks at them with impunity. So, in fact, the whole thing relies on an underlying assumption by rabid republicans that the Brits are generally decent and not likely to open up on them - even when they deserve it.

And generally, of course, they'd have been right. However, Paras are a bit different.

[PSRB]

Well yes. But I'm pointing out the irony that the outrage about it stems from an expectation on the part of the republican rioters that - despite all their anti-Brit rhetoric - the British wouldn't behave like that because they're generally decent and you can lob bricks at them with impunity. So, in fact, the whole thing relies on an underlying assumption by rabid republicans that the Brits are generally decent and not likely to open up on them - even when they deserve it.

And generally, of course, they'd have been right. However, Paras are a bit different.

A bit thick and prone to acts of immense violence with little provocation, in my experience

[Pokster]

A bit thick and prone to acts of immense violence with little provocation, in my experience

Irish or Para's?

[PSRB]

Irish or Para's?

[SWv2]

A bit thick and prone to acts of immense violence with little provocation, in my experience

I only ever said hello to you.

[Burney]

A bit thick and prone to acts of immense violence with little provocation, in my experience

Rough men who stand ready to do violence on our behalf, innit

[SWv2]

Rough men who stand ready to do violence on our behalf, innit

Good christ.

Get a grip man.

[Burney]

Good christ.

Get a grip man.

It's a George Orwell quote. "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."