(April 21, 2016 at 3:35 pm)Bella Morte Wrote:(April 21, 2016 at 3:18 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Tis. I just find it hard to support terrorist groups even when I agree with their political goals. Their murdering of civilians precludes me from saying 'Up the IRA'. I confess to being surprised to hear you voice support for the UDA.
Boru
I don't think the UDA is what it used to be. Since major figures either died or were exiled from Northern Ireland (Mad Dog and Skelly for example) the UDA has just turned into drug dealing criminals. It's no longer about protecting communities like it used to be. Even Skelly and Mad Dog have said this themselves. And hell not just the UDA, but all loyalist groups these days are like this.
But I still firmly support their political aims; and if violence is nessecary to defend Ulster then so be it.
I am friends with people who have confessed some support for the IRA. I don't like their views and they probably don't like mine but we have a bit of banter over it.
I call him a fenian and they call me an orange bastard. All in fun I guess.
Hmm, and does it really come as a surprise?
It does indeed. Personally, I wouldn't trust a para - from either side, active or not - as far as I could comfortably spit a rat.
And, just for the record, the UDA were never about 'protecting communities'. There were about killing civilians to 'send a message'.
Boru
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