tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10254780.post113474355213014903..comments2023-05-26T08:42:08.911+01:00Comments on notmyopinion: On the run?Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17551433393657324982noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10254780.post-1136568167437415262006-01-06T17:22:00.000+00:002006-01-06T17:22:00.000+00:00I have not read the actual legislation, but I'd be...I have not read the actual legislation, but I'd be very surprised if fugitives from all terrorist organisations <I>on a recognised ceasefire</I> were not treated in the same way - whether loyalist or republican. It is still, essentially, a free pass for the IRA and their like.<BR/><BR/>Sinn Fein are complaining that similar concessions are being extended to <I>state forces</I>, which it seems Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551433393657324982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10254780.post-1134756369385834232005-12-16T18:06:00.000+00:002005-12-16T18:06:00.000+00:00I'm assuming from reading your post that the cente...I'm assuming from reading your post that the center of controversy here is that it is only "convicted IRA terrorists" who are facing the possibility of some sort of amnesty. It's easy to see where this could lead to charges of bias from both sides; Unionists see it as giving the IRA a free pass for past transgressions, while Republicans would wonder why it is only the possibility of amnesty for liberranterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555275410576294081noreply@blogger.com