One man’s terrorist is another man’s heavily oppressed freedom fighter.
OK_Mason_721 on
Irish Freedom Fighters* fixed it for you.
Bigbooty54 on
The thing about the famine is there wasn’t really a famine
MrBonzo on
My city looks like that without any terrorists attacks
bumtrinket on
I was in London the day this happened. It still amazes me how ‘normal’ these events felt. Everyone would just re-plan their journeys to avoid the affected area. The indifference staggers me now. I hope we never return to those dark days.
TiseSomethingaskdhef on
How big was that bomb for it to cause that much damage
kank84 on
Funny how Americans are always quick to jump in and justify IRA terrorism, but you’ll never hear them talk about Al-Qaeda freedom fighters.
Lorry_Al on
>Irish terrorists
*popcorn*
shi-kamaru on
Any more information?
mrfolider on
Yet Britain acts like it owes something to ireland
Georgex2inthejungle on
What’s with the heavy anti IRA tilt on this sub recently lol, are we relitigating the Troubles or trying to rhetorically frame the Irish in light of recent events, hmmm?
Fwiw this is unquestionably an act of terrorism, but its also worth mentioning that due to telephone warnings from the PIRA, with the express purpose of clearing the area of civilians, there was only one fatality. The goal was financial terrorism, not mass casualties, however you choose to see that.
An_educated_dig on
Well done, lads.
jyatesbwfc on
1 fatality. Shit terrorists
LolaDeWinter on
I was in the vicinity of one of their bombings in Oxford Street, couldn’t hear properly for a day and the air seemed to be sucked out of the road then blasted back…it was shit…
zmoit on
Is this why London streets didn’t have garbage cans??
gingerbhoy on
If someone posted a photo of Bloody Sunday with the title ” Derry on 30 January 1972, after British terrorists murdered 13 protesters” would people feel the same? They would be reminded the act was committed by members of the British army and not British terrorists. This act was committed by the IRA. Stop trying to frame it otherwise
1tiredman on
The IRA were not terrorists
featherwolf on
TBF, the UK started it.
Squiffyp1 on
1992 not 1993.
goobly_goo on
Free Ireland! Down with the Crown and those bootlicking Unionists!
novaeboraca on
Disgraceful
crsj on
Gotta hand it to the republicans, they really took it to the British state
Confidentvelvet on
this kind of stuff always messes with my head… like seeing a whole city just frozen in that “right after” moment feels unreal 😕 i remember walking past a building after a fire once and even that small scale felt eerie and quiet in a way that didn’t feel normal at all… can’t imagine what this must’ve felt like in real time
andriatz on
Bot russo
Shark_Leader on
Maybe they shouldn’t have oppressed the Irish for the better part of a millennium. Or taken all the good crops to sell for profit (not for the Irish, but for the British/East India Company) leaving them with only potatoes to eat, so that when the crop failed 60% of people died or left for another country. Maybe they should have let Ireland be it’s own country instead of dividing it up to keep parts of it under their sphere of influence. Just thoughts.
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One man’s terrorist is another man’s heavily oppressed freedom fighter.
Irish Freedom Fighters* fixed it for you.
The thing about the famine is there wasn’t really a famine
My city looks like that without any terrorists attacks
I was in London the day this happened. It still amazes me how ‘normal’ these events felt. Everyone would just re-plan their journeys to avoid the affected area. The indifference staggers me now. I hope we never return to those dark days.
How big was that bomb for it to cause that much damage
Funny how Americans are always quick to jump in and justify IRA terrorism, but you’ll never hear them talk about Al-Qaeda freedom fighters.
>Irish terrorists
*popcorn*
Any more information?
Yet Britain acts like it owes something to ireland
What’s with the heavy anti IRA tilt on this sub recently lol, are we relitigating the Troubles or trying to rhetorically frame the Irish in light of recent events, hmmm?
Fwiw this is unquestionably an act of terrorism, but its also worth mentioning that due to telephone warnings from the PIRA, with the express purpose of clearing the area of civilians, there was only one fatality. The goal was financial terrorism, not mass casualties, however you choose to see that.
Well done, lads.
1 fatality. Shit terrorists
I was in the vicinity of one of their bombings in Oxford Street, couldn’t hear properly for a day and the air seemed to be sucked out of the road then blasted back…it was shit…
Is this why London streets didn’t have garbage cans??
If someone posted a photo of Bloody Sunday with the title ” Derry on 30 January 1972, after British terrorists murdered 13 protesters” would people feel the same? They would be reminded the act was committed by members of the British army and not British terrorists. This act was committed by the IRA. Stop trying to frame it otherwise
The IRA were not terrorists
TBF, the UK started it.
1992 not 1993.
Free Ireland! Down with the Crown and those bootlicking Unionists!
Disgraceful
Gotta hand it to the republicans, they really took it to the British state
this kind of stuff always messes with my head… like seeing a whole city just frozen in that “right after” moment feels unreal 😕 i remember walking past a building after a fire once and even that small scale felt eerie and quiet in a way that didn’t feel normal at all… can’t imagine what this must’ve felt like in real time
Bot russo
Maybe they shouldn’t have oppressed the Irish for the better part of a millennium. Or taken all the good crops to sell for profit (not for the Irish, but for the British/East India Company) leaving them with only potatoes to eat, so that when the crop failed 60% of people died or left for another country. Maybe they should have let Ireland be it’s own country instead of dividing it up to keep parts of it under their sphere of influence. Just thoughts.