Waterstones IRA controversy
 

Why on earth have Waterstones on Gower street, Hoborn got a picture of Gerry Adams on their wall? I for one will not be shopping at this terrorist support centre again. My Waterstones card is binned.

How dare you insult my local member of parliament and next-door neighbour!

(I'm kidding, guy's an idiot)

He lives around the corner from where I grew up. As does this lovely person

Sigh. Sad thing is it's a beautiful village.

Did you bin your Waterstones card when they sold Long Walk to Freedom?

No. But is is well and truly binned.

Come on matey...you've been around long enough to know the rules around the use of asterisks.

So you didn't bun it when a convicted terrorist had a book there but you did bin it when one of your politicians who has not been convicted of terrorism has a book there.
So much for consistancy in your arguement against terrorists at Waterstones then.

Selling the book is one thing but these people had him in the store all smiley and bearded.

I was not aware Mandela had a book until I googled the title today and probably didn't have a Waterstones card then anyway. Not had it long.

Besides which Mandela was acting against a naughty regime. Ina nother continent and was not acting against the country Waterstones occupies.
Not at all like with like.

What about if it was a picture of David Ervine?
He was one of your politicians too, but was also a convicted terrorist.
Given his role in the peace process is there any reason why you wouldn't be happy with a book on him getting advertised?
Apart from the fact that he was convicted he is really no different from Adams.

You know your country had to formally abandon its policy of torture after the years of abuse became public and they found that all these amazing confessions they got had put innocent people in jail for decades.
Was it naughty regimes you wanted to mention?

You just have to accept history ABBA its full of scummy people and scummy politicians and scummy governments, publishing and distributing books does not endorse these people, in fact failure to do so gives them an endorsement.
Don't forget that the ban on Adams words are one element in what made the muppet famous.

Interesting points. But I still fume at them having his picture up. As a patriot I would always be more strongly opposed to persons acting against this country than in obscure, far away places.

Understandable to an extent. After all like Tchocky says, the man is an idiot(without the ***** now)

There lies another problem, Adams thinks he is a patriot, Ervine thought he was a patriot.