tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464668402831298194.post6622341843581570648..comments2023-10-26T12:19:08.652+01:00Comments on Cllr Joe Ryan's Blog: Moral compass gone southAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13337418092426100439noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464668402831298194.post-72807329106433241412012-09-10T22:44:53.309+01:002012-09-10T22:44:53.309+01:00Hi Colum, The assumption I'm entitled to make ...Hi Colum, The assumption I'm entitled to make is that those who claim to draw their inspiration from 1916 would at least be familiar with the proclamation. I think that citizens are entitled to that too. In fact these crooks have no interest in 1916 and need to be exposed for what they are, a state within a state using history to justify the unjustifiable. Whether we like it or not the Defence Forces evolved from the 1922 IRA into the organisation that is now a professionally regarded army internationally, We established our own unarmed garda force in 1923. <br />These bodies are outside of day to day political control and are the 21st century representation of the values that a state should aspire to. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337418092426100439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464668402831298194.post-31138702523342645502012-09-09T13:21:16.338+01:002012-09-09T13:21:16.338+01:00There is nothing new in this. Cllr. Ryan makes the...There is nothing new in this. Cllr. Ryan makes the familiar assumption that the people here have no real knowledge of 1916 and what followed. He's wrong. They see themselves as part of the tradition of using crime and murder to achieve political aims.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com