"The word 'republic' is
derived from the Latin phrase 'res publica', which can
be
translated as 'a public affair', and often used to describe a state
using
this form of government."
The version of the
"31st Dail Members" e-mail text at the www address
immediately
below contains rich-text hyperlinks which are not available
in
plain-text:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/CelticParty/4June2011/Email.htm===========================
"We
prate and babble, and write books, and publish them, filled with
sentiments
of freedom, and abhorrence of tyranny, and lofty
praises of the Rights of Man!
Yet we are content to hold three
millions of our fellow creatures, and fellow
subjects, in
degradation and in infamy, and contempt, or to sum up all in
one
word, in Slavery!" (This statement was written by the
Republican Irish lawyer
and army officer Theobald Wolfe Tone well
over 200 years ago.)
"Dept Slavery" comes next for
the present "three millions" plus Republic of
Ireland citizens:
if we're not all very vigilant, and very
cautious?
The e-mail reproduced below to 83 Republic
of Ireland TDs (half of the total
166) can also be viewed
at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/Dail31TDs/Group1of2/3June2011/Email.htmThe
version of the e-mail at the above address has rich-text hyperlinks
which
are not available in plain-text.
A very
similar e-mail has been sent to the Group which makes up the second
half
of the TDs, and it can be viewed at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/Dail31TDs/Group2of2/3June2011/Email.htm===========================
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On Fri, 3/6/11, William Finnerty <
newinngalway@...>
wrote:
From: William Finnerty <
newinngalway@...>
Subject:
Irish Republicanism
To: "Members of the 31st Dail (Group 1 of
2)" <
gerry.adams@...>,
james.bannon@...,
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alan.kelly@...,
enda.kenny@...Cc:
"The Spirit of Celtic Queen Boadicea (East Anglia)"
<
iceniqueenboadicea@...>,
"The
Spirit of Celtic Chieftain Vercingetorix (Alesia and
Turoe)"
<
vercingetorixireland@...>,
"The
Spirit of King Ollamh Fodhla (Tara and Ulster)" <
ollamhfodhla@...>
Date:
Friday, 3 June, 2011, 17:00
June 3,
2011
Irish Republicanism
By William
Finnerty
Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763 - 1798), who died
by his own hand in a Dublin prison
after being refused a
"soldier's execution", is widely regarded as the "father
of Irish
republicanism". He was a leading member of the group of aristocrats
who
vigorously supported the Irish independence movement known as
"The United
Irishmen".
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Puzzled
by
W. Finnerty Fri Jun 03, 2011 09:48
How have we ended
up with such narrow views on republican forms of government,
and
the wide range of people and groups who have supported them since
the days
of Ancient Greece at least?
"The word
'republic' is derived from the Latin phrase 'res publica', which
can
be translated as 'a public affair', and often used to
describe a state using
this form of
government."
The above excerpt has been copied
from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RepublicBasically,
when all the verbal "smoke and mirrors" are filtered out from
the
"big picture", there seems to me to be just two main forms of
government:
Government of the people, by the people,
for the people and Government of the
ruling elites, by the ruling
elites, for the ruling elites.
Although I believe I
know which form of government Wolfe Tone and his fellow
United
Irishmen supported, I'm genuinely unsure about which side RSF and
many
other political groups and parties are really on? It often
appears to me that
political groups who claim to be "republican"
are (in reality) little more than
"ruling elites" of one kind or
another (at heart) trying to replace some other
group of
virtually identical "ruling elites" (under a different name):
often
through the ballot box, and under the pretence of genuine
democracy.
What choice did "Republic (so called) of
Ireland" voters have at the general
election earlier this year:
"six" of one type of "ruling elites", or "half a
dozen" of the
other?
And where, especially with regard to current
issues of extreme importance
relating to the "common good" of the
people of the Republic of Ireland, issues
such as the "bankers
bailouts" and the "giveaway" of our oil and gas resources
(for
example), do all of our present set of "elected representatives"
(so
called) stand at the present time -- in reality -- regarding
their support for
the basic set of republican principles
expressed in the following piece of text:
"All powers
of government, legislative, executive and judicial, derive,
under
God, from the people, whose right it is to designate the
rulers of the State
and, in final appeal, to decide all questions
of national policy, according to
the requirements of the common
good": which, as some will already know, is the
full text of
Article 6.1 of Bunreacht na hEireann, the Basic Law of the
Republic
of
Ireland?
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