The basic point is that if we can discuss on the an Internet forum whether they had a clue, then no complex collusion was needed for the IRA to become aware of what they were doing.
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My car turns itself on at random moments. Any cures?
QuoteUnmarked police cars/ their own cars. What difference would that make?
Provos would have recognised police cars as easily as private ones!
QuoteI have no doubt that on many many occasions during the conflict police / army in civilian gear have driven through republican areas and returned unscathed.
Quote from: Main Street on December 05, 2013, 09:34:53 PM
I just finished this mini series last night and rated it very highly but the exceptions sadly bring it down to the gutter.
One of the exceptions was so blatant it destroyed any credibility the series had, and that was the portrayal of the Poles resistance (the AK) as rabid anti semites, afflicted with extreme Jewphobia and any Polish farmer in the series was generally a rabid anti semite and a collaberator with the germans. You'd wonder what perception the german filmmakers or germans in generaL have of the Polish resistance to Nazi german occupation, but this extreme depiction in the series was so deranged it was beyond belief.
It's almost as if, yes the German were bad but the Polish resistance was worse and the Russians were just pure evil.
Compare to those 2, maybe we were not that bad.
It's not that I expect germans to wearing sackcloth and ashes about WW2, but I'd expect a half way rational account of The Polish resistance.
If you keep in mind that this series is also an exercise in crude revisionism, then it's well worth a look.
QuoteThat way they'll stick to their "second class" place in future and not be taking the glory that rightfully belongs to their "betters".
QuoteSo we are in agreement Im not for holding innovation back by any means, but I know the effect of just dumping jobs can have not only on the families involved but the local area and people depending on the spin off opportunities.