Muerderous scum.
This is not to say that the English had any business occupying Northern Ireland.
They went in originally to protect Catholics against the majority protistants. When the minority Catholics started killing people to gain power then they had to protect everybody; so yes they were there for a reason.
It wasn't just some random occupation that, particulrly americans, seem to think it was; nasty horrible brits being horried to poor innocent irish people who only want to sit in pubs playing fiddles and drinking guiness
Only those with no valid argument pick holes in people's spelling and grammar.

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American Colonists were actually British.
Well, sure, just as most IRA members are actually British subjects. I wouldn't want to simplify things too much, but both the colonists and the IRA wanted (and still want, in the case of the IRA) out from underneath the British thumb.

It all depends on your point of view. Were the American colonists blood-thirsty killers in the 1700's? I bet you could find not a few Brits who would say yes. There are similarities.
American Colonists were actually British.

This movie is anti-IRA, and it sure makes them look like blood-thirsty killers, Fergus excepted. Anyone have any first-hand info?

It all depends on your point of view. Were the American colonists blood-thirsty killers in the 1700's? I bet you could find not a few Brits who would say yes. There are similarities.

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for the most part they were probably people who believed that what they were doing was a necessary evil. but would they kill hostages if their demands weren't met? yes. would they assassinate people? yes. so yes, they did evil. but whether the people were/are evil is a much more difficult question

"I don't care, I'm still free. You can't take the sky from me"

The IRA were terrorists. Terrorists are evil.
This is not to say that the English had any business occupying Northern Ireland.

worthless scum all of them.

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They didn't appear bloodthirsty to me at all in this film. The only person they were eager to kill was the judge. They didn't particularly act as though they wanted to kill the Whitaker character. Fergus may have been the most sympathetic, but none of them (the blond, to a lesser extent) seemed very cruel to me. They were quite reasonable for a rebel group.
I'm not a control freak, I just like things my way

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The IRA was evil.
The Ulster Unionists were evil.
I swear the IRA would kill 1000 Catholics just so 1 Protestant can die and I think the Ulster Unionists would kill 1000 Protestants just to murder 1 Catholic.
The whole thing was a horrible mess with plenty of evil to go around.

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