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Could the Brighton bomber please shut up?
(by Suzanne Breen, the News Letter)
I'm sick of hearing about Patrick Magee and Jo Berry. I don't know what
possesses either of them to play out this cringe-worthy escapade on the
public stage.
If the Brighton bomber and the daughter of one of his victims want to meet,
that's fine. If they choose to go public about it at the start, that's also
reasonable.
But they've been going on and on about it for years now. Why can't they just
continue their relationship in private? For 30 years we had a bloody,
violent conflict in which many people were killed and injured.
Those on both sides - republican and state - knew exactly what they were
doing. All this latter-day introspection is complete tripe. At the time,
Magee shed no tears for the Tories he targeted and had he been killed they'd
have shed none for him.
For both parties to drone on about it now is false and demeaning. Magee and
Berry are perhaps two individuals who are hooked on being the centre of
media attention.
October 15, 2004
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This article appears in the October 14, 2004 edition of the News Letter.
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