Cardinal Keith O’Brien has apologised for his sexual behaviour which of course led to his resignation recently. He says he realises that he has fallen behind the standards expected of him. I would say that is open to conjecture. The former highest ranking Roman Catholic cleric in Great Britain is the latest in a long line of Catholic clergy to fall below these so called standards–and a great deal of those priests were very high ranking. From an outside point of view it looks like there ARE certain standards required and many priests are living up to them rather than falling below. And like many of the other sexual miscreants in the that profession he never apologised or admitted to his deviances until he was actually caught out.
A little memo to the latest three apprehended would be bombers in Londonderry—conveniently labelled dissidents..in reality a branch of the omnipresent and good old fashioned IRA. You are as well sitting in the house and voicing your discontent on twitter or facebook. Are you missing the glaring consistencies here? Virtually everytime you go to do something or on the odd occassion you actually complete an “operation” arrests follow. From time immemorial the Republican movement of whatever ilk has been riddled with informers and it now seems that there are more people talking than not. Give all them guns and bombs back to your bosses and tell them to do their own dirty work!!
Who said that the Alliance paty are a pack of fence sitters? After years of ridicule and derision directed at them about having little or no input on anything of importance they gave the best possible response during a Belfast Telegraph poll of delegates at their recent conference. When asked about their thoughts on a Border Referendum 42% stated that they had absolutely no opinion on whether they remained in Britain or became part of an united Ireland. So there. That’ll silence the critics!!
One final thought. It seems that wee Jamie has finally ended his hunger and thirst strike–after two and a half days!! Farley’s Rusks and Fruit Shoots all round then?
