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On the other hand
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 Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 9:49 am Post subject: Ian Paisley is dead |
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Rev. Ian Paisley, the divisive Protestant firebrand who devoted his life to thwarting compromise with Catholics in Northern Ireland only to become a pivotal peacemaker in his twilight years, died Friday in Belfast, his wife said. He was 88.
Paisley was Northern Ireland's most polarizing politician throughout its three decades of civil strife, during which the evangelist's blistering oratory was often blamed for fuelling the bloodshed that claimed 3,700 lives.
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I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that he did not have many fans on Dave's, or indeed anywhere else outside of extreme protestant whackjob circiles.
A figure from another time, almost. Oh well.
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aq8knyus
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Location: London
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| Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 10:31 am Post subject: Re: Ian Paisley is dead |
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Rev. Ian Paisley, the divisive Protestant firebrand who devoted his life to thwarting compromise with Catholics in Northern Ireland only to become a pivotal peacemaker in his twilight years, died Friday in Belfast, his wife said. He was 88.
Paisley was Northern Ireland's most polarizing politician throughout its three decades of civil strife, during which the evangelist's blistering oratory was often blamed for fuelling the bloodshed that claimed 3,700 lives.
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I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that he did not have many fans on Dave's, or indeed anywhere else outside of extreme protestant whackjob circiles.
A figure from another time, almost. Oh well.
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In the end he made a very important contribution to peace and for that he deserves praise.
It is sad though that men like him helped to make an issue that could have been solved at the ballot box, turn a thriving province into a basket case. |
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le-paul
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| What a shame, I suppose we'll just have to try and get on with our mundane existences without him... |
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Chaparrastique
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 3:59 am Post subject: |
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| Its a shame that the most extreme elements tend to end up leading society. |
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Smithington
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 6:13 pm Post subject: Re: Ian Paisley is dead |
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I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that he did not have many fans on Dave's, or indeed anywhere else outside of extreme protestant whackjob circiles.
A figure from another time, almost. Oh well. url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ian-paisley-northern-ireland-firebrand-dead-at-88-1.2764226]link[/url] |
You'd be surprised. He had a very strong following. He was a member of the Stormont assembly, Westminster and the European parliament. He started his own party and his own church. He is recognized as being one the greatest orators in the English language since Churchill. He won larger majorities to the European parliament than anyone in Europe. He was a formidable figure, but unfortunately he used his considerable skills to divide people and to opposes compromise. His legacy is a negative one, at least for the first 30 years. A life wasted. |
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