Someone ask me what I thought about Sinn Fein being elected as part of the government of the Republic of Ireland. And I flipped off an answer<\/p>\n
\nIf the people vote Sinn Fein into government, that is their will. If Sinn Fein are voted in on a platform that they will not fulfill. Then they are no different than any other politician that they replaced, untrustworthy, and they too, should, and will be replaced.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And then I hear that many people in Ireland fear terrible things will happen if Sinn Fein, “the Murdering IRA Thugs”,<\/i> win more seats in the government.<\/p>\n
And sure, I know that there are concerns there, but what would you say to George Washington. To the the British, he was a “Murdering rebel Traitor”<\/i> but he became President of the United States. Some Americans wanted to make him King, but he declined. It seemed to work out fine for them, being a good man that he was.<\/p>\n
I’ll quote you something normally attributed to Ben Franklin<\/p>\n
\nRevolution is always illegal in the third person, such as ‘Their’ Revolution
\nit’s only legal in the first person, as Our revolution\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\nSo if Sinn Fein are, in their own minds, Revolutionary Patriots, then what would make them different from George Washington. The fact that they do not hold office yet, or that what they stand for is not what you stand for?<\/p>\n
And if that’s the only difference, being that their platform distinguishes them from any other party, it only makes them politicians, like any other. And you wouldn’t be voting for something you don’t believe in as no amount of thuggery will get the average Irishman to change his mind, only kindly persuasion. (or maybe the parish priest)<\/p>\n
Do you think maybe, that Hamas may believe they are patriots for their own people too?<\/p>\n
It is really only a matter of perspective.<\/p>\n
It’s much like a boxer entering a knitting contest, he wins only if he can knit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Someone ask me what I thought about Sinn Fein being elected as part of the government of the Republic of Ireland. And I flipped off an answer If the people vote Sinn Fein into government, that is their will. If…<\/span><\/p>\n