From the movie "Hunger". Sands - Priest dialogue, part 2

"Hunger" :
The last six weeks of the life of the Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands.
Sands debates the morality of the hunger strike with a visiting priest
The Sands - Priest dialogue.

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[uani69]

AMAZING- thats fucking acting

[Scoob505]

wow

[22grena]

@crossybhoy Because he is a Unionist and cant be helped .

[22grena]

@crossybhoy True. Fassbender did honour Bobby Sands memory.

[crossybhoy]

@wackerwedge in those conditions they fought the only way they could - their refusal to capitulate; to become criminals. Fighting a foreign, oppressive, unwanted, occupying force. They weren't on hunger strike to Unite Ireland but to have PoW status. For their army, the IRA, to be a legitimate army which it is. He, and 9 others, died to save fellow PoWs from being tortured in the same way in a British Concentration camp. How dare you call that suicide.

[crossybhoy]

@wackerwedge ...then the beatings en route to the toilets, humiliating and severely unhygeinic searches which started the 'dirty protest' of no wash and, as without a prison uniform you couldnt slop out, the windows were sealed so excretia had to be smeared on walls and urine poured under the door, which was sweeped back under at nights. Imagine living in these conditions: hair matted, beyond filthy, sleepin in a urine soaked mattress with excrement on the walls and flies and maggots everywhere

[crossybhoy]

@wackerwedge ... sorry, I meant I dont have the diaries to hand to use for quotes. The Criminalisation Programme by the British Government and oversaw by Roy Mason to turn a legitamite army into common criminals. They were systematically beaten, abused: torture in every form (and torture during the Strike - massive portions of food for example, left in the cell for ages to try and weaken a man who's trying to help his fellow man) for not wearing a prison uniform & so began the Blanket protest...

[crossybhoy]

@wackerwedge ...I dont have Bobby's diary from the first 17days on Hunger Strike. He was still welcomed in Mass, had multiple conversations with priests (and support from a Cardinal no less). He wasn't on strike for a United Ireland - it was for 5 demands: 1. the right to wear own clothes 2. one letter and parcel per week 3. the Right to educate themselves 4. Free association and 5. Full Remission of everything lost...

[crossybhoy]

@wackerwedge This was not suicide. Do you know anything of Irish History? This was to re-instate PoW status. 5 demands. Bobby was an elected Member of the British Parliament whilst on Hunger Strike - elected by the people. He died to give his comrades an easier life in prison. "no greater love can any man show than to lay down his life for his friends". Didnt Christ say that? And what about Christ? Knowing he'd be tortured & killed. Dead. He didnt flee, let the Romans get him - was that suicide?