I attended the same schools as O’Doherty, taught by priests and Christian Brothers and honestly not once did I ever hear any teacher say anything bad or uncomplimentary about Protestants or the Protestant religion, we learned about Luther, Worms, his 99 theses etc in an open and fair discussion so much so that I sympathized with Luther’s position. In Derry we were disproportionately affected by the sectarian nature of the Stormont government’s policies of strangling the local economy resulting in mass emigration and eventually civil strife but there was never any ingrained hatred of anyone I knew just because of their religion, I worked with Protestants , socialized with them and played football in the same team with no animosities apparent. O’Doherty has constructed a narrative to justify his own egregious violent actions as he seeks to shift the blame to the dysfunctional society which he was a part of , there were literally thousands of young Derry men and women who grew up in much worse surroundings than O’Doherty as he actually came from a very comfortable middle class family and he never knew hunger, deprivation or poverty unlike many of his fellow citizens who lived quarter of a mile away from his own home in a very middle class neighborhood surrounded by doctors, teachers and successful business type people. It’s important to remember that the vast majority of young men and women from the nearby Catholic ghettos or estates , some of which at the time had the highest unemployment rates and social deprivation in Western Europe never ever resorted to violence. Never mistake self righteousness for contrition.
@jackietreehorn5561
2 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed reading that comment, well constructed and food for thought
@naubolos8426
2 жыл бұрын
Nice bullshit! Yeah, attack a man who has the GUTS to stand up to terrorist scum that he once was aligned with.
@ringsidejudge4302
4 жыл бұрын
Having read your Irishpeaceprocess articles regarding Man A Revealed and your Open letter to Malachy O,Kane , I would like to thank you for your endeavours to reveal the truth about the Claudy Atrocity . I apologise for any intended slur . Thank You
@Horizon344
3 жыл бұрын
Something's gone seriously awry among the Irish since 1916 when otherwise good men like this can get themselves mixed up with terrorism thinking that they're being heroic by doing it.
@jackietreehorn5561
2 жыл бұрын
Homosapiens pack mentality...in the nature of our species
@RebelofIreland
Жыл бұрын
yes...I wonder what that could be. Discrimination, oppression and murder perhaps? Perpetuated by the british state and their loyalist lackeys? Those pesky Irish eh?
@angusnorniron
Жыл бұрын
Contrary to what Shane states in the early stages of this video, when making the ceasefire declaration on behalf of the Combined Loyalist Command (CLC), Gusty Spence offered the victims of their violence "abject and true remorse". Republican terrorists did not make such an apology, but then they had a grand political project to pursue and admitting guilt did not fit the narrative.
@RebelofIreland
Жыл бұрын
Guilt for what? Prosecuting a war against the orange statelet? The same state that had oppressed their people for fifty years? Oh boo hoo the IRA blew us up.
@kingkong5424
2 жыл бұрын
Bad start London /derry
@ringsidejudge4302
4 жыл бұрын
Come on Shane, if you have truly repented why not tell who made the Claudy bombs that killed 5 Catholics and 4 Protestants including a nine year old girl. Surely the Derry Brigade explosives officer, as you said you were , would have this info ,especially since you can recall everything else about provo members and actions in great detail . Please dont let amnesia set in , when you have a chance to give some Claudy victims a bit of truth and closure before they pass on .You are the only hope they have because Martin Mc Guinness did not own up to knowing anything about it. Sometime I wonder was the IRA campaign directed by people from Mars .
@ogrebattle22763
4 жыл бұрын
So he's basically supposed to remember every single thing every single event no matter what it was right?
@ringsidejudge4302
4 жыл бұрын
@@ogrebattle22763 He does remember Claudy . Every body does . Read his IRISHPEACEPROCESS BLOG . I do believe he is a genuine repenter and I have already posted my appreciation of his attempt to unveil the truth about Claudy .
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