TOPIC: OTR Trouble

OTR Trouble

 

Call a halt to the past? Simply forget all the pain, all that hurt? I'm just not at all sure that the families whose loved ones were killed or maimed or traumatised are ready to do that just yet. Maybe some of them are. Maybe all of them are. But perhaps we should have asked them first before offering virtual immunity to the perpetrators. I can't think of anything more insulting to the victims than their own government taking part in underhand deals without any consultation. Adding insult to injury. And didn't Sinn Fein keep very quiet about all of this? Perhaps we will finally be able to 'call a halt to the past' when we are confident that there is a true ethos of transparency in this little country of ours. And yes! We do need to build a future for our children. But not one which is built on deceit, bully boy tactics and gross lack of respect. We have too much of that already, thank you very much.