The death of Martin McGuinness in the same week as the
Westminster Attacks forces us to face some inconvenient truths about
terrorism. As strong willed as PM
Theresa May seemed after the Westminster Attacks the truth is that she was
completely wrong in saying that there are no "types" of terrorism.
The truth is the
motives and the causes of terrorists matter.
Some can indeed and should be addressed through political means such as
diplomacy and peace processes. Martin
McGuinness did not just spontaneously decide to start blowing things up. His experiences convinced him that he was at
war with the British state since it seemed to support a society that kept his
people living like second class citizens.
The trouble is
that while Sinn Fein see the merit of working with democratic pluralism, Islamists by
design seems hell bent on destroying it. If individuals in this country support an
ideology such as that, then they should have the right to campaign and stand on
a party platform for it. Just as I
should have the right to campaign vigorously against them.
Regards
Zac Barker
Zac Barker
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