September 13, 2004
Boredom
Charles Moore argues boredom is the secret weapon of the terrorists (via Argghhh!!!).
For years and years, I used to wonder at the stupidity of the IRA. It seemed to believe that Britain was passionately concerned to hold on to Northern Ireland. As a result, it couldn't think of any way to weaken our hold on the province except by "war".
At last, it began to realise that the biggest single British mainland feeling about Northern Ireland was boredom. If we could decently sneak away from it, we would. So clever republicans, such as Gerry Adams, preserved the weapon of fear ("the Armalite in one hand"), but added the weapon of boredom, becoming droning, self-righteous players in a "peace process" that we could all agree to pretend was the real thing. We grasped it gratefully, and turned our attention to other matters.
Posted by Nicholas Packwood at September 13, 2004 09:03 AM
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At last, it began to realise that the biggest single British mainland feeling about Northern Ireland was boredom. If we could decently sneak away from it, we would. So clever republicans, such as Gerry Adams, preserved the weapon of fear ("the Armalite in one hand"), but added the weapon of boredom, becoming droning, self-righteous players in a "peace process" that we could all agree to pretend was the real thing. We grasped it gratefully, and turned our attention to other matters.
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