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It
is nice to see that the AOH-USA have become aware
of Stormont Watch, and it would have been nicer yet
if you had sooner become aware and taken a position
when the Derry Civil Rights Vets were maligned and
expelled by the Derry AOH for hosting a conference
on the denial of Civil Rights and humanity for Irish
Political Prisoners in British Jails on February 22,
2002.
Are
we to have our hearts swell up in pride for the AOH-USA
for remembering our brethren in the late 1700's when
you went deaf and blind when your brethren in Derry
were mistreated by your own organization's Brit leaders
in Derry in February of 2002?
It
is very important for the Irish to remember the atrocities
committed by the British and to know where we come
from so we can better understand where we are going,
but to stick your head in the sand when offenses are
being committed today against the Irish Civil Rights
Organization in Derry, and say nothing of the West
Brits that are in control of the Derry AOH is a sad
commentary on where the AOH has wandered from its
former days of honor guarding the priests in the 1700's.
I
do not remember seeing the AOH-USA having anything
to say when the GAA changed its charter to allow the
British to play on the very fields where they murdered
in cold blood so many GAA players and spectators in
the 1920’s; or where were they when the Black
and Tans burned Cork city to the ground along with
27 other cities.
When
was the last time anyone from the AOH-USA walked the
gauntlet into Maghaberry Prison and been greeted with
a dog that would sit down at the tug of his chain?
When was the last letter or card sent out to any prisoner
from the AOH-USA. Yes, roll your eyes and go on about
your business.
If
you want to participate in Irish affairs, you should
include current affairs. Not to do so is hypocrisy
induced cultural amnesia. The history of British atrocities
against the Irish has been persistently and consistently
evil for 1000 years, including up to this day, August
10, 2004.
I
mean no offense to some of you very decent people
involved in the AOH-USA, but please stop with the
Paddy Dance and bending over for the Queen.
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