The following was printed in today’s ‘Belfast Newsletter’.
I replied, just a few minutes ago, to this very biased nonsense as follows.
Sir,
I think that I can claim that my observations on the scandal of institutional child abuse, condemned as they are by Commissioner Fiona Ryan in your newspaper today, were perfectly in keeping with what others saw and said! (more…)
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Mr Beattie is quoted as saying that the controversial tweets at the centre of this row were “pretty horrific” and he was “deeply ashamed” of them.
Nothing he says can explain why it was that he thought it acceptable to make such despicable comments about a Christian mother. Nor can he possible explain why his first efforts at ‘apologising’ we so facile and shallow and very obviously insincere.It was only when his ‘barrack-room coarseness and boorishness’ was seen by him to have political repercussions, that he became humble and contrite!
His whole defence begs the question as how he ever thought that such comments could in any way be considered acceptable.He is of Boris Johnston’s ilk. Failing to see what was so blatantly obvious to everyone else.
He is not fit to be an elected representative and most certain not fitted to be a party leader, even when that party is one given over to such a betrayal of morality and decency as the Ulster Unionist Party!
His present actions of asking his party what he should do is but another example of his moral barrenness!
Sincerely,
Ivan Foster
There have been two responses to a letter of mine which appeared yesterday in the ‘Belfast Newsletter’. The letter was a synopsis of my article, “Child abuse: Stormont ministers set March date for apology”.
One response is an article in today’s ‘Irish News’, written by one of its correspondents, Claire Simpson.
The other is a letter which appears in today’s ‘Belfast Newsletter’. It is from Margaret McGuckin, Denise Burke, Ron Graham and Alan Philips.
I have reproduced screenshots of both responses, sent by a kind friend, below.
In anticipation of just such a response, I had already penned an article and mounted it upon my ‘Burning Bush’ web page. The article is entitled, “A DEFENCE IN THE FACE OF AN EXPECTED ATTACK!”
I will briefly reply to both articles, beginning first of all with the following “Irish News” article. (more…)