Thread: Has Northern Ireland left the past behind?

no it hasnt and its at least a generation away from doing so.

cheers for the link wrigley

absolutely disgusting about the women tied to the lamp post

Originally Posted by Mr Brightside

absolutely disgusting about the women tied to the lamp post

Listening to the crackly tape recording of a woman speaking in the early 1970s, the fear and indignation in her voice rings out as she describes how her sister was taken away by the IRA and tarred and feathered.

How brave of them… attacking an innocent woman.

tbf when the british army have recently murdered countless young, innoent people in that area, you can expect peoples emotions to be running a little high. i used to actually enjoy watching joyriders get tarred and feathered

Originally Posted by Ghod

drug dealers deserve to be tarred and feathered and set on fire

But these were not drug dealers. One was a pregnant woman.

There is no excuse for tying a pregnant woman to a mast, shaving her hair, tarring her and then feathering her.

she shouldnt have married a brit

Originally Posted by clagan

she shouldnt have married a brit

Mate I hope you’re not being serious.

No woman should be publically humiliated like that, let alone a pregnant women…simply because she was engaged to a British solider.

no i'm not. we're talking about the aftermath of bloody sunday. what an insult to the community to go and marry someone who could well have participated in it.

british soldiers thought they were on fucking safari in ireland, they treated people like scum and to marry one is an absolute fucking disgrace.

That particular picture was taken in 71, before Bloody Sunday. But regardless, it’s still prettying sickening to think a pregnant woman should be subject to that kind of unnecessary torture simply because she was engaged to a Brit.

if you lie down with dogs, you get up with flea's.

i know it seems barbaric and OTT, but it was almost 40 years ago. try and place yourself in the comunities position, your home is shot at, your harrassed on the street, innocent people are shot dead by the brits then your neighbour marries one,how would you feel?

its all well and good sitting back now and saying its wrong, its all about context. it was a terrible time for the 6 counties, alot of it because of the british army.

but tarring and feathering a pregnant woman :confused:

Originally Posted by Green2thecore

I'm afraid to say, I think they were entirely justified in tarring the one who was going with a Brit. What the fuck was going on in this silly bint's mind? She deserved it.

I dont think tarring is justified in any scenario tbh.

Disgusting practice

Was she given a warning or anything? If she was, then surely she would have moved away from the area? And even if she wasn't, surely she should have known that it wouldn't go down well?