And that's why the people turned to the armed struggle. Because there was no other way to overthrow the injustice and oppression foisted on them by Britain. And there was nothing criminal about that decision. Which is the paint at issue in the H-Blocks and Armagh. Thatcher maintains that all who oppose British mis-rule in Ireland are criminals.
Irish people know differently.
We know that the prisoners are motivated by political reasons and are engaged in that struggle not from evil but against evil. And that despite Thatchers murders they will triumph.