Reverend Ian Paisley 1926-2014 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Steve_uk · 09-12-2014, 04:26 PM

He was a no-nonsense Protestant preacher and politician at a time when that particular denomination felt threatened by the ambitions of the Irish Republic and feared they would be subsumed into a predominantly Catholic United Ireland. A man of his time,he will best be remembered for heckling the Pope during a speech he gave to the European Parliament in 1988.http://youtu.be/7Fm0QOIw8nQ

D-Dey · 09-12-2014, 05:52 PM

Best news since the death of Byron De La Beckwith! Even better than then death of Rev. Fred Phelps!

Good riddance!

ABlairican Pie · 09-12-2014, 05:59 PM

I heard years ago he wasn't quite the nicest clergyman in Britain. No Joel Osteen or Robert Schuller, he.

Steve_uk · 09-12-2014, 06:31 PM

I think one must remember that he was a product of his own environment and a man of his time,growing up in a 1920s Ireland which had been recently partitioned and riddled with insecurities as to whether ties would be broken altogether with mainland Britain. Some say that he fanned the flames of violence and then calmed them down,but faced with one of the world's most sophisticated terrorist organizations the Provisional IRA it is little wonder that views were polarized. It is a huge irony that towards the end of his life he sat down with the terrorists' political wing partly due to a near-death experience he sustained in hospital and partly due to rid himself of his nickname "Doctor No".http://youtu.be/d9uHhLe6WE0

09-12-2014, 04:26 PM	#1
Steve_uk Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 29, 2012 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 5,803	Reverend Ian Paisley 1926-2014 He was a no-nonsense Protestant preacher and politician at a time when that particular denomination felt threatened by the ambitions of the Irish Republic and feared they would be subsumed into a predominantly Catholic United Ireland. A man of his time,he will best be remembered for heckling the Pope during a speech he gave to the European Parliament in 1988.http://youtu.be/7Fm0QOIw8nQ

09-12-2014, 05:52 PM	#2
D-Dey Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 11, 2000 Location: Long Island, New York, USA Posts: 5,516	Best news since the death of Byron De La Beckwith! Even better than then death of Rev. Fred Phelps! Good riddance!
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09-12-2014, 05:59 PM	#3
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,620	I heard years ago he wasn't quite the nicest clergyman in Britain. No Joel Osteen or Robert Schuller, he.
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09-12-2014, 06:31 PM	#4
Steve_uk Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 29, 2012 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 5,803	I think one must remember that he was a product of his own environment and a man of his time,growing up in a 1920s Ireland which had been recently partitioned and riddled with insecurities as to whether ties would be broken altogether with mainland Britain. Some say that he fanned the flames of violence and then calmed them down,but faced with one of the world's most sophisticated terrorist organizations the Provisional IRA it is little wonder that views were polarized. It is a huge irony that towards the end of his life he sat down with the terrorists' political wing partly due to a near-death experience he sustained in hospital and partly due to rid himself of his nickname "Doctor No".http://youtu.be/d9uHhLe6WE0