Discuss: Rose McGowan Has Offended a Lot of Irish People

personal opinions, why should we care.

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"I imagine, had I grown up in Belfast, I would 100 percent have been in the IRA"

""I imagine, had I grown up in Boston in 1776, I would 100 percent have been in the Continental Army"

""I imagine, had I grown up in Soweto Township in 1985, I would 100 percent have been in the African National Congress"

""I imagine, had I grown up in Paris in 1944, I would 100 percent have been in the Resistance"

"I imagine, had I grown up in Gaza City in 2008, I would 100 percent have been in the PLO."

I'm not sure I see a difference in freedom fighters here.

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why should we care.....lets see.....are we human....do you know anything about ireland......it's people....this terrible conflict that has killed and maimed so many people.......that a silly child should be so bold as to make the statement without truly knowing what they are speaking of..that they would have belonged to something...that has torn a country...a people apart...

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I stand with rose 100%. I would have joined in also. As a matter of fact I consider it un american to bash her for her comment. After all we did basically the same thing to free ourselves from British rule. What would you do if another country was trying to un-fairly rule the country you lived in?

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This film is nothing but a fluff piece from one person's perspective which will most likely show everything based on their opinion. Jen, as someone who DOES know Irish history, and knows it fairly well, I can tell you that I would agree with Rose 100%. The IRA were no more terrorists than the Continental Army was when they destroyed ships and supplies belonging to the British. In fact, in Britain they WERE called terrorists, which is exactly the case here. The British were the ones in power, the ones who controlled all media from the area, and are the ones who wrote the headlines and wrote history.

I may not have joined the IRA, but they would have had my support. And I mean the IRA, not one of the many splinter groups who had no official affiliation with the IRA and were no more than gangs. These groups used the IRA name to commit crimes, not fight for their freedom.

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As usual, total American ignorance of any other countries culture or history. Rose has no idea what she is talking about, and no concept of how her naive comments have offended people.

To the people that say they would have joined the IRA, would you join Al Queda?? Didn't think so.

Idiots.

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Really? She's one hundred percent sure she would have joined IRA if she had been born there and then?


You know, Miss McGowan, as evidenced by the actual conflict, percentages may vary...

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Well when I wrote about it just after her comments were made it was reported that she said...

"Violence is not to be played out daily and provide an answer to problems, but I understand it."

...I think that's a pretty serious quote.

It does continue to show the US romantic affiliation for what some would call "the cause", "the troubles", and so on.

Those would be words to describe bombing campaigns that kills women and children, how romantic.

It's not just Irish people who are angered at the comments though, it's British.

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And how many people were outraged when most of the music world were trying to "Freeeee, eeeeeee, Nelson Mandella"?

It's the same old story, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter and the only difference is which side of the fence you happened to be born.

Hence why Western policies can be so hypocritical it is unreal. The facts are that what Britain did to Ireland over the last few centuries was atrocious. The IRA was a legitimate army, not a terrorists group, it was the Army of the Republic of Ireland and fought a bloody war of independence to free themselves of British rule.

The provisional IRA and everyone else that followed were a terrorist group, maybe one with an honest political point to make but still a terrorist group. BUT the IRA, the Irish Republican Army were not a terrorist group and I would be offended by anybody who would suggest they were.

Eric, do you mean the Provisional IRA?

Who do you think half the streets in Dublin are named after? Do you really think a country would do that for Terrorists?

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shes not a politician or a lawmaker, she's an actress and she said something about the role she played. i think its time to stop raising issues about a comment and start fighting or talking about some real problems!

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There are people on here, i presume British who are drawing conclusions with 9/11. What a load of tosh.

Do you actually realize why Ireland had to fight for independence from Britain in 1921? Have you never wondered why Northern Ireland belongs to the UK in the first place?

Britain invaded ireland and ruled for over 700 years, the Irish people had no rights to govern themselves or rule their own land throughout that time. The British took land, evicted families, made it impossible for the Irish to work or own property. Irish people were treated like scum, and when the potato famine came Britain watched a million people die while another million were forced to leave ireland for the US.

This is what the IRA was fighting against. How dare you even think of comparing that to 9/11.

Northern Ireland is still part of Britain for one reason only, Plantation. That is filling Ulster with as many British (Lots of Scottish) Protestants as possible so that when it came time for a vote the Irish Catholics were in a minority. A shameful practice.

When you think of some of the worlds wrongs that Britain lectures against on a daily basis it is laughable.

Please, I know they do not teach this in British schools but go and read something about the history of Ireland and then come back and liken the IRA to Al Queda.

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