tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348278268205456603.post8414808333914645388..comments2023-09-10T07:58:32.464-07:00Comments on Nelson's View: Crossmaglen's Nazi sculptorNelson McCausland MLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458324593112960421noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348278268205456603.post-50542538254272331902012-03-01T21:15:44.181-08:002012-03-01T21:15:44.181-08:00Well as the old saying goes "England's di...Well as the old saying goes "England's difficulty is Ireland's opportunity", you can easily replace England and Ireland with France and Brittany respectively or any small nation seeking independence from a larger one. Don't take it as a testament of their love for the Nazis, take it as a greater dislike of their occupiersPandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07905027724138167508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348278268205456603.post-45171935558293736502012-02-22T16:38:56.533-08:002012-02-22T16:38:56.533-08:00You acknowledge that the Nazis committed genocide ...You acknowledge that the Nazis committed genocide and that the IRA collaborated with them. In that regard you confirm much of what I have said.Nelson McCausland MLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458324593112960421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348278268205456603.post-92208612891941963372012-02-22T16:23:36.114-08:002012-02-22T16:23:36.114-08:00I always find your blog interesting Nelson, regard...I always find your blog interesting Nelson, regardless of your Unionist point of view....<br><br>However, why do U find it strange that Irish Republicans sought help from Nazi Collaboraters and/or supporters? After all, they needed International help to defeat what they seen to end what we belive was an illegal occupation by Britain of Ireland...Just as Britain has always needed American help to fight wars across the world...The bottom line being that help doesn't neccessarily mean that the IRA supported the Nazis objectives but were prepared to use them for their own advantage...<br><br>Yes, the Nazis were involved in genocide which was totally wrong and unjustified and they were rightly defeated. So, how come you can support Israeli aggression and genocide against the Palestian people or better still British genocide against the Irish?Release Brendan Lillishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18255887132600711139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348278268205456603.post-35982898125515409732012-02-22T15:36:14.109-08:002012-02-22T15:36:14.109-08:00Can I suggest that if you find it tiresome you don...Can I suggest that if you find it tiresome you don't bother to read it! I'm not forcing you!Nelson McCausland MLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458324593112960421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348278268205456603.post-49333134193880979882012-02-22T14:08:02.567-08:002012-02-22T14:08:02.567-08:00Your obsession with the 'the IRA and Nazis lin...Your obsession with the 'the IRA and Nazis link' really is becoming tiresome Nelson.<br><br>Not a word mentioned on your 'personal blog' about a certain HRH Duke of Windsor (formally King Edward VIII) singing the praises of a "great man" known as Adolf Hitler. Does that make HIM a Nazi collaborator?<br><br>On the flipside, there is the wonderful Bob Hope's quote when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon (words to the effect of) "this proves that our German scientists are better than the Russian German scientists".<br><br>Does that make every NASA-related person (including American Presidents) Nazi collaborators?NapoleonsRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00496999547501103007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348278268205456603.post-23007728493622038532012-02-22T01:03:20.511-08:002012-02-22T01:03:20.511-08:00I find it incredible that so many people go to suc...I find it incredible that so many people go to such lengths to contextualise and almost excuse collaboration with the Nazis. The IRA collaborated with the Nazis, Eire remained neutral in the war, and after the war a number of Nazi collaborators found a safe haven and a prominent place in society in Eire. Some journalists such as Eoghan Harris have turned the spotlight on these matters but more needs to be done.Nelson McCausland MLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458324593112960421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348278268205456603.post-9849197346491816352012-02-21T20:38:24.259-08:002012-02-21T20:38:24.259-08:00Many separatists aligned themselves to the Nazi oc...Many separatists aligned themselves to the Nazi occupation - there are statues and memorials to them throughout the European Union. <br><br>One man's villain or traitor is somebody else's patriot. Being a Nazi collaborateur in France, was not by necessity the end of a career. <br><br>For example Maurice Papon helped to solve the Jewish question, the way the Nazis wanted it solved, finally & etc. He also presided over the Paris massacre of 1961. <br><br>Papon was Minister of the Budget under Prime Minister Raymond Barre and President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. It was not until the 1990s, he was held to account for crimes against humanity.<br><br>Yann Goulet had to go into exile, and like thousands of pro-Nazis and war criminals, he was not exactly being hunted, nor for that matter was Maurice Papon, who would serve France in Algeria as a police official and torturer. <br><br>Plenty of Nazis were protected by Britain, the Irish were sympathetic to Breton patriots and vice versa. Yann Goulet is not obviously a pariah in Bretagne.Greighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024997380441749707noreply@blogger.com