In war the
Glorious Dead fight on longer than you might suppose. When I was a
reporter in Ireland in the 1980s, and the first rumblings of
political peace were stirring in the Republican movement, one of
the most persistent arguments against finally abandoning the bullet
for the ballot was that to do so would somehow betray the sacrifice
of those who had died in the struggle. ...
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