[Dean's World] Dean: Dean Esmay, Terrorist Supporter

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Posted by Dean:
Dean Esmay, Terrorist Supporter
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1160008074.shtml


   I used to support Christian terrorists.

   There are people who hate me for saying that. Some hate me for saying
   I supported terrorists. Others hate me for saying that there is such a
   thing as a Christian terrorist. To those who are angry with me for
   supporting terrorists I say that I am so, so sorry. For those who say
   there is such a thing as a Christian terrorist I have no apology at
   all.

   Like my co-blogger brother Dave Schuler, I remember growing up on the
   south side of Chicago and being in a pub and seeing posters supporting
   the "Northern Irish." They told me stories about poor Northern Irish
   schoolchildren who had no shoes and were hungry. They asked me for my
   support, and I gave them money. Then some years later I learned that
   most of my money had gone to buy [1]IRA bombs and guns. It was used to
   kill little children, or the fathers of children who made the mistake
   of fighting for order.

   I gave money to terrorists. I still see their supporters regularly.
   Just show up to any St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago, New York,
   Boston: they'll put up their posters about how Northern Ireland should
   be "free." And maybe it should be free, but what do these people want
   the money for? If you're Catholic they'll even push the religion
   button: the Catholics should not be oppressed by the Protestants. Well
   no the Catholics shouldn't be oppressed, but does that mean they are
   right to blow up bombs and murder anyone who opposes them? Where's the
   glory in that?

   If you read much about [2]The Troubles, you'll learn that Tommy lost
   more of his buddies in Northern Ireland than he did during World War
   II. Those Republicans may have had a point but once they started
   murdering little children they lost any claim to moral rectitude.

   As a man of Irish descent, I think that the following video expresses
   my deepest feelings. As expressed by a band from Northern Ireland.
   Sadly, I think YouTube will take it down before most of you have seen
   it:

   [EMBED]

   If they take it down (or even if they don't) I hope you'll buy [3]this
   DVD. Hard to believe it's been almost 20 years isn't it?

   I hate terrorists. I don't care which God or version of God they
   worship. There's no glory in anything they do. I hate them all.

References

   1. http://www.cfr.org/publication/9240/
   2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_troubles
   3. http://www.amazon.com/U2-Rattle-Hum-Bono/dp/B000022TT6/sr=1-1/qid=1160007987/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-6292688-3758319?ie=UTF8&s=dvd/deansworld01-20