O'Loan to Probe Claims That 13-Year-Old Was an Informer

by Daithi Wed Nov 06, 2002 16:31

It's best not to be just copying articles from newspapers, that's not what this site is for. Write a summary if you think the story is significant, or add the link as a comment to the story about this issue that's already on the newswire if it's just for information. By copying an article from a commercial newspaper that's already available on the Web you are demoting a story written by an Indymedia contributor that's totally original, unavailable anywhere else on the Web.

by vb Wed Nov 06, 2002 17:14

Please just provide links Daithi is right this is removing original news from the top of the wire
Without a link articles like this may be removed!

by ipsiphi Wed Nov 06, 2002 22:27

The cohercion and intimidation at the heart of succesive Irish generations.
How many children´s lives and innocence have been taken by forces of the State or the reactive forces unleashed in communities.
All over the world children are being used as informers and soldiers. This issue could prove an Irish link to wider discussion of the role played by those who use children in conflict.

by pat c Thu Nov 07, 2002 14:24

only a few days ago daithi was saying how rarely imc do this.

yet again however it is an article which shows the ruc/psni in a bad light, which faces the wrath of the imc thought police.

keep up your non partisan work lads.

by Daithi Thu Nov 07, 2002 14:38

Pat I'm not going to delete this, all I can do is make a suggestion.

The editorial policy does not cover reposted articles. We always encourage people to be original but short of please, pretty please there's nothing more that we do.

And if you check you'll see that I put the same comment on an article from the Guardian about Miss World.

How, dare I ask, is this showing a bias against anyone?

And about "two-faced", Pat I'm really getting a little bored with this. Myself and other volunteers are trying our best to do a good job here and you're lobbing generalisations at us left right and centre. I've never even met you and hold no animosity towards you so I really don't understand the problem...please, feel free to disagree with anything I do and you'll get an overly long and roundabout reply, but I will always engage with you and I want you to quit the name-calling, it's unfair towards people who are doing this job in their spare time and doing their best to be fair.

by Ray Thu Nov 07, 2002 16:37

Daithi disagrees with Pat.
Therefore, Daithi must be a west Brit.
Therefore, he is not entitled to call himself Daithi. As a loyal servant of the Queen his name must 'really' be David.

It all makes perfect sense.

by pat c Fri Nov 08, 2002 12:10

dont use the term west brit. blisset has pointed out reasons why its not an appropriate term of abuse & i agreed with him.

i never thought daithi was a w... b... (but there are such in imc)

i had some queries about balance tho

i shouldn't have called him david. it was a silly jibe. sorry daithi

i dont think you are a w... b... either ray. you just became power drunk from your role in imc.

you also cant accept people people disagreeing with you. i would point to the "zionazi" & icp incidents. on several occasions i suggested we agree to disagree , but you wouldn't.

by Daithi Fri Nov 08, 2002 14:18

No problem Pat. Have been called worse...