In Memory of Robert Emmet Hanged, drawn and quartered September 20,1803 Charles J Murnick • September 2, 2003 IT WAS ON SEPTEMBER 20 IN THE YEAR EIGHTEEN 03 ROBERT EMMET GAVE HIS YOUNG LIFE HOPING IRELAND MIGHT BE FREE. HE WAS GLAD TO GIVE HIS YOUNG LIFE, BUT ONE THING HE COULD NOT KNOW- TWO LONG CENTURIES HAVE PASSED NOW- FREEDOM STILL HAS BEEN LAID LOW. YOU MAY SAY THAT THINGS ARE BETTER- BRITAIN'S PARTLY GONE FROM IRELAND'S SHORES- BUT THEY'VE SENT THEIR 'GOONS TO PLAGUE US, HOPING WE WILL STAY AT WAR. IT'S A WAR AGAINST EACH OTHER AND A WAR WE CANNOT WIN, UNTIL WE SEE NO-ONE'S THE VICTOR, WE'LL FIND OUT THE FOOLS WE'VE BEEN. ROBERT EMMET WAS A HERO, JUST LIKE PEARSE AND JEFFERSON; WONDER IF HE WOULD BE HAPPY- SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT WE HAVE WON. BUT THOSE QUISLINGS THEY ARE LIARS, AND THAT BLOODY, PAID-OFF PRESS PRESENTS THE LIES OF OUR OPPRESSORS WHICH ARE FULL OF EMPTINESS.                                                       Index: Current Articles + Latest News and Views + Book Reviews + Letters + Archives

All censorships exist to prevent any one from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently the first condition of progress is the removal of censorships. - George Bernard Shaw Printer Friendly Index: Current Articles 4 September 2003   Other Articles From This Issue:   US Denies It Gave Safe Harbor to Brian Nelson Fr Sean Mc Manus   Between Theory and Reality Eamon Sweeney   In the Name of Security Jim J Kane   Caught at it Again Anthony McIntyre   The History of the Troubles According to the Provos John Nixon   Moving Forward Past the Past Davy Carlin   More Questions than Answers Mick Hall   In Memory of Robert Emmet Charles Murnick   Attempted Suicide by Iranian Asylum Seeker Debbie Grue   Dublin: Maghberry Briefing Meeting Mags Glennon   Belfast Anti-War Movement Public Meeting   • 1 September 2003 •   Latest Police Attacks on Press Freedoms Mike Browne   We Haven't Gone Away, You Know The Blanket Back Online   The War Crime of Secret Graves Anthony McIntyre   Horses for Courses Eamon Sweeney   Rwanda: Crushing Dissent Liam O Ruairc   Terrorists, Their Friends and the Bogota 3 Toni Solo   Aznar: Spain's Super Lackey Agustín Velloso   Orwell Centenary Talk John O'Farrell   The Letters page has been updated.

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