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Post by felonious on May 8, 2021 17:32:03 GMT
I caught this programme by accident last week and again this week, it's very good tv, well put together and extremely well presented.
The HIV sufferer who got the chance to say thank you to the guy who got him through some dark days as a voluntary councillor was truly moving this week. The second story of the wheelchair bound victim of an IRA mistake shooting was equally moving as he was reintroduced to the nurse he's spent 30 years or so wanting to thank.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on May 8, 2021 17:39:21 GMT
I caught this programme by accident last week and again this week, it's very good tv, well put together and extremely well presented. The HIV sufferer who got the chance to say thank you to the guy who got him through some dark days as a voluntary councillor was truly moving this week. The second story of the wheelchair bound victim of an IRA mistake shooting was equally moving as he was reintroduced to the nurse he's spent 30 years or so wanting to thank. I saw both too, it’s kind of the BBC’s answer to “long lost family”. But better. I must say the IRA victim was a particularly heart wrenching one. When he said his dad died on the spot and his wife died of guilt basically. Was really heart warming. Although last week when the guy was looking for the fellow London bomber victim he looked less than convinced but fair play to her for coming forward. |
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Post by longdistancekiddie on May 8, 2021 17:44:33 GMT
He wasn't shot by the IRA, he was shot by loyalist/security terrorists
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Post by felonious on May 8, 2021 17:45:46 GMT
I caught this programme by accident last week and again this week, it's very good tv, well put together and extremely well presented. The HIV sufferer who got the chance to say thank you to the guy who got him through some dark days as a voluntary councillor was truly moving this week. The second story of the wheelchair bound victim of an IRA mistake shooting was equally moving as he was reintroduced to the nurse he's spent 30 years or so wanting to thank. I saw both too, it’s kind of the BBC’s answer to “long lost family”. But better. I must say the IRA victim was a particularly heart wrenching one. When he said his dad died on the spot and his wife died of guilt basically. Was really heart warming. Although last week when the guy was looking for the fellow London bomber victim he looked less than convinced but fair play to her for coming forward. It was tough hearing him talking about his wife suffering mental illness , dying in her early 50s with the guilt of having opened the door to that scum. |
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Post by felonious on May 8, 2021 17:46:54 GMT
He wasn't shot by the IRA, he was shot by loyalist/security terrorists Is that correct I could have sworn they said an IRA revenge attack. |
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Post by longdistancekiddie on May 8, 2021 18:13:09 GMT
He wasn't shot by the IRA, he was shot by loyalist/security terrorists Is that correct I could have sworn they said an IRA revenge attack. [br Yes |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2021 18:29:14 GMT
Is that correct I could have sworn they said an IRA revenge attack. [br Yes He was mistaken for an IRA member. Remember it well, Cliftonville in Belfast. Peter....surname escapes me. I think a taxi driver reported him wrongly, not sure. Was loyalist gunmen rang his doorbell then shot him. |
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Post by innocentbystander on May 8, 2021 18:29:59 GMT
He wasn't shot by the IRA, he was shot by loyalist/security terrorists Is that correct I could have sworn they said an IRA revenge attack. Nah, the IRA hardly killed anyone. |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2021 20:10:48 GMT
Is that correct I could have sworn they said an IRA revenge attack. Nah, the IRA hardly killed anyone. No one claiming they didn't. The bloke simply pointing out that they didn't do this which is correct. What's your point? |
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Post by innocentbystander on May 8, 2021 21:19:35 GMT
Nah, the IRA hardly killed anyone. No one claiming they didn't. The bloke simply pointing out that they didn't do this which is correct. What's your point? A few years ago I cycled across NI and part of the Republic, mostly on the Northwest Trail, with a few extra diversions. I was mostly interested in the prehistoric archaeology but once I got going I became fascinated by the profusion on mini monuments commemorating victims of numerous atrocities, many of them in quiet backwaters. As a non native I had to decode what most of them said - what is a patriot or a volunteer or a civilian? Usually the name,flag or symbol gave a clue but I was often unsure which "side",if any, the victim or perpetrators came from. Many of these killings took place in tiny places where everyone knew everyone. It hit home how utterly needless and barbaric it all was, and recently some people are trying to kick it all off again. I don't accept that there are different sides, just victims and murderers. |
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Post by felonious on May 9, 2021 6:15:42 GMT
Well this thread has taken a disappointing twist. Saved by a stranger, a tv programme about people getting to say thank you to the people that have changed their lives for the better during hard times. A really good watch if you haven't seen it.
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Post by felonious on May 21, 2021 10:44:52 GMT
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