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A senior judge has thrown out a “scandalous” attempt by Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly to claim he should be compensated by a Belfast Telegraph columnist who said that the Sinn Féin MLA shot a prison warder in the head.
If a torturer or murderer dies while carrying out an atrocity, are they a victim? Obviously not, as my seven-year-old son could comprehend. But such basic moral concepts are now considered old-fashioned in Northern Ireland. The enlightened people paid large salaries to help resolve questions most people aren’t asking have decided the killer is in fact a victim. More than that, his family should be rewarded for his victimhood.
If a torturer or murderer dies while carrying out an atrocity, are they a victim? Obviously not, as my seven-year-old son could comprehend. But such basic moral concepts are now considered old-fashioned in Northern Ireland. The enlightened people paid large salaries to help resolve questions most people aren’t asking have decided the killer is in fact a victim. More than that, his family should be rewarded for his victimhood.
For decades, Northern Ireland was an example of the danger of conflict. But for years it has exemplified the danger of consensus.
A DUP founding member has denied a claim by Irish unity campaigners that he agreed to address one of their events as a guest speaker.