Even the teachers saw these kids as a lost cause. They have the power because people are afraid, terrified to speak out . . . But less easy as a result to stoke up any outrage about the fascist terrorists and their stranglehold over their own people. TO LIVE in Northern Ireland is to live with such conundrums. You have to get it inside the flesh and bones of the people.
Peace comes with a mentality.
We do not have a normal society here yet. Guerrilla war requires unconditional support from the people and with that comes a certain mentality. In Dungannon, that's exactly what the people did. We know the service doesn't come free - that there'll be some loyalty expected in return. I've seen the hoods standing laughing at them.