Calls to end prosecutions against IRA killers before 1998... I think there are many points on both sides of this discussion but it does seem odd to me that we Brits are prepared to talk about this whilst people who may or may not have had consensual sex forty years ago are facing years in prison.

Good Friday agreement and the truth and reconsiliation process, for me, is at odds with the idea of not giving in to Terrorism..............

I'm all for peace, I'm all for political process.....but at the expense of not pursuing CRIMINAL activity ? It does smack of a backdoor compromise where previously compromise was not negotiable......and of course, in situations like this there is always the debate of who has given up the most and who has recieved the most in terms of the final aims?

Mr Reason wrote:
Good Friday agreement and the truth and reconsiliation process, for me, is at odds with the idea of not giving in to Terrorism..............

It is indeed .... BUT we all know that the government were holding talks with the IRA (when the IRA could not be heard - by us - on TV news) - so such hypocrisy does go on.

People "give in" to "terrorism" when they know they can't win !!!!

I bet the people of Northern Ireland are pleased that a settlement has been reached (and are now prospering quite well, I hear).

Mr Reason wrote:
Good Friday agreement and the truth and reconsiliation process, for me, is at odds with the idea of not giving in to Terrorism..............

That also begs the question .... WHO is the terrorist ?

Is it the one defending their homeland from an invader, or is it the (secret) army unit murdering innocent (ie unconvicted) civilians to "remove" opposition ?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24987465

1998 ?

we have politicians amongst us who ordered the murder of tens of thousands of Iraqis and Afghanis from 2001 onwards.

none of this matters when there is a 1965 breast groper to pursue.