We can’t give in to the IRA’s pagan world view

IF sincerity and passion were enough to convince the world of the righteousness of a cause, then we would all be living under the tyranny of fanaticism.

We can’t give in to the IRA’s pagan world view

Perhaps that of the IRA or some branch of Al-Qaida or Hamas, for example.

For the disciples of Bobby Sands, Osama Bin Laden or al-Zarqawi can always drive passion to its illogical conclusion, taking their own lives or others in an attempt to bend our will to theirs.

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