Make whatever you want about the libel trial or the man’s IRA membership, but in and of itself this is a lovely gesture.
For my sins I listened to the Indo Daily podcast reacting to the verdict. Some craic.
One of the reporters speculated that Gerry chose to take the action in Dublin to benefit from a more sympathetic jury than he would have gotten in the North. Then in the very next breath he explain defamation cases in the North don’t have juries at all.
Seemingly oblivious to how this fact completely invalidates his earlier speculation.
Hopefully it goes to the families of the innocent people he had murdered.
Typical FFG knobheads not happy about this…
It’s 100k to charity.
Gerry Adams is a true statesman.
i think people forget how ridiculous this case was. the BBC got an anonymous tip that gerry adams ordered the death of an IRA informant who was killed in 2006. the man was killed by the real IRA an organisation gerry not only has no say in but one that’s actively threatened to kill him multiple times and completely despises him.
the bbc were arguing that they should be allowed to accuse a person of ordering a murder based on something a random person told them.
I look forward to all the British Constabularies arresting and charging every single UK licence fee payer for funding a terrorist.
Someone’s prepping for their Áras campaign
I couldn’t give a fuck if Gerry Adams was in the IRA or not, for people who genuinely believe he wasn’t, what do you think was his situation in the north as a young man?
Was he just a random Sinn Fein politician who had nothing to do with them? Was he working closely with them as fellow travellers but not wanting to be part of their ranks? Was he an IRA puppet who for plausible deniability they never invited to join? Was he opposed to their tactics even though he supported their aim?
In my thinking, if I was a young man growing up where and when he did, I’d have very likely been in the IRA, and it’s strange to imagine that someone who shared their goals and had that background would decide *not* to do so.
Again, I respect the man and I don’t care if he was or wasn’t “in”, but I have trouble understanding the thinking of people who genuinely think he wasn’t. Do you think the entire thing is a lie made up by the British to undermine Sinn Fein?
He should donate it to Kneecap for the sheer banter of it
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Could donate it to help the families of the disappeared
Hon Gezza
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Make whatever you want about the libel trial or the man’s IRA membership, but in and of itself this is a lovely gesture.
For my sins I listened to the Indo Daily podcast reacting to the verdict. Some craic.
One of the reporters speculated that Gerry chose to take the action in Dublin to benefit from a more sympathetic jury than he would have gotten in the North. Then in the very next breath he explain defamation cases in the North don’t have juries at all.
Seemingly oblivious to how this fact completely invalidates his earlier speculation.
Hopefully it goes to the families of the innocent people he had murdered.
Typical FFG knobheads not happy about this…
It’s 100k to charity.
Gerry Adams is a true statesman.
i think people forget how ridiculous this case was. the BBC got an anonymous tip that gerry adams ordered the death of an IRA informant who was killed in 2006. the man was killed by the real IRA an organisation gerry not only has no say in but one that’s actively threatened to kill him multiple times and completely despises him.
the bbc were arguing that they should be allowed to accuse a person of ordering a murder based on something a random person told them.
I look forward to all the British Constabularies arresting and charging every single UK licence fee payer for funding a terrorist.
Someone’s prepping for their Áras campaign
I couldn’t give a fuck if Gerry Adams was in the IRA or not, for people who genuinely believe he wasn’t, what do you think was his situation in the north as a young man?
Was he just a random Sinn Fein politician who had nothing to do with them? Was he working closely with them as fellow travellers but not wanting to be part of their ranks? Was he an IRA puppet who for plausible deniability they never invited to join? Was he opposed to their tactics even though he supported their aim?
In my thinking, if I was a young man growing up where and when he did, I’d have very likely been in the IRA, and it’s strange to imagine that someone who shared their goals and had that background would decide *not* to do so.
Again, I respect the man and I don’t care if he was or wasn’t “in”, but I have trouble understanding the thinking of people who genuinely think he wasn’t. Do you think the entire thing is a lie made up by the British to undermine Sinn Fein?
He should donate it to Kneecap for the sheer banter of it
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