Somali piracy - Consider all the realities

ONE man’s violent revolution to end oppression is another man’s treason.

In the passage of time the goal posts often move and, as was seen at Easter Rising commemorations all around the country this weekend, the victors always write the history.

Maybe we should consider these realities before we utterly condemn the pirates who attacked the colossal freighter, Maersk Alabama, off Somalia in recent days.

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