Des Bishop
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Podcast Appearances
Oh, yeah. This is a controversial show.
It's received differently in different communities.
It's received differently in different communities.
It's received differently in different communities.
Now, I have to tell you that I know Jerry Adams, and I have interviewed him. What? Yeah, so I'm going to go on the record right now and say that... It's a bit of a hit job on Jerry Adams. And I'm not saying that some of the, like, The Troubles was very complicated. Of course. Say Nothing is about a very complicated time in history.
Now, I have to tell you that I know Jerry Adams, and I have interviewed him. What? Yeah, so I'm going to go on the record right now and say that... It's a bit of a hit job on Jerry Adams. And I'm not saying that some of the, like, The Troubles was very complicated. Of course. Say Nothing is about a very complicated time in history.
Now, I have to tell you that I know Jerry Adams, and I have interviewed him. What? Yeah, so I'm going to go on the record right now and say that... It's a bit of a hit job on Jerry Adams. And I'm not saying that some of the, like, The Troubles was very complicated. Of course. Say Nothing is about a very complicated time in history.
And there's a lot about what they're- For those of us that don't know, what is it about? Okay, so let me just get- Oh, I'm sorry. We need five episodes, man. Give me your take. Give me your take first.
And there's a lot about what they're- For those of us that don't know, what is it about? Okay, so let me just get- Oh, I'm sorry. We need five episodes, man. Give me your take. Give me your take first.
And there's a lot about what they're- For those of us that don't know, what is it about? Okay, so let me just get- Oh, I'm sorry. We need five episodes, man. Give me your take. Give me your take first.
Yeah, sort of, but it's so complicated. Right. Honestly, really people just need to see it because what happened to Gene McConville is like a real tragedy. There's no... One of them missing. What Say Nothing does well is it shows just the tragedy of... society breaking down into violence and how really nobody is safe from that.
Yeah, sort of, but it's so complicated. Right. Honestly, really people just need to see it because what happened to Gene McConville is like a real tragedy. There's no... One of them missing. What Say Nothing does well is it shows just the tragedy of... society breaking down into violence and how really nobody is safe from that.
Yeah, sort of, but it's so complicated. Right. Honestly, really people just need to see it because what happened to Gene McConville is like a real tragedy. There's no... One of them missing. What Say Nothing does well is it shows just the tragedy of... society breaking down into violence and how really nobody is safe from that.
And that the morality as we know it in like peacetime gets extremely complicated, right? What Say Nothing does terribly is it kind of suggests that certain injustices, of which there were many throughout Irish history, and many throughout the microcosm of Irish history, which is the Troubles, there were many injustices.
And that the morality as we know it in like peacetime gets extremely complicated, right? What Say Nothing does terribly is it kind of suggests that certain injustices, of which there were many throughout Irish history, and many throughout the microcosm of Irish history, which is the Troubles, there were many injustices.
And that the morality as we know it in like peacetime gets extremely complicated, right? What Say Nothing does terribly is it kind of suggests that certain injustices, of which there were many throughout Irish history, and many throughout the microcosm of Irish history, which is the Troubles, there were many injustices.
In the end, like, why does one injustice get more attention than another unless there's a political motivation behind it? Which is, in my opinion, is dangerous because if you know the history... It's better to watch, so I'll just give this sort of, like, take for the end of it. If you know the history, right, ending the Troubles was very complicated and it took a lot of political will...
In the end, like, why does one injustice get more attention than another unless there's a political motivation behind it? Which is, in my opinion, is dangerous because if you know the history... It's better to watch, so I'll just give this sort of, like, take for the end of it. If you know the history, right, ending the Troubles was very complicated and it took a lot of political will...
In the end, like, why does one injustice get more attention than another unless there's a political motivation behind it? Which is, in my opinion, is dangerous because if you know the history... It's better to watch, so I'll just give this sort of, like, take for the end of it. If you know the history, right, ending the Troubles was very complicated and it took a lot of political will...
to get the peace process over the line, to sign the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, right? And part of that Good Friday Agreement was the sense of that we all have to accept that there has been horrible things that have happened throughout the process, and we need to try to find a way forward.