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Socialist Outlook no. 27, September 1999 · 123 words

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The unionist position remains the • same; the exercise of power by anybody other than themselves is a concession, not a right. Unionist concessions to date include allowing people to live in the same place as them, to sit in the same room as them, to speak critically of them, and not killing them for rejected this package and argued for war. Speaking in 1999 from the steps of Stormont in support of the package. Gerry Adams berated those who rejected it, accusing them of "sending young men and women to their graves".

There are undoubtedly matters Mr Adams is entitled to lecture others about. Sending people to their graves isn't one of them.

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