Victory for Peace! - Thank you Mary Kelly

by Ciaron - Pit Stop Plughshares Wed Dec 01, 2004 18:51

Good move.

When they take peace activists to their places - courts and jails - we go to theirs - Dail, Aviation Building, the Embassies of War Making States, Shannon Airport.

Keep the initiative you look great, wonderful photography once again RedJade.

Congratulations for those out on the streets offering solidarity after a 2 year haul through the courts.

Congratulations Mary for staying staunch.

Next up the Halloween Shannon Banshees in Ennis Court mid-February.

by jeff Wed Dec 01, 2004 19:38

For the last few weeks he has been made to look like a right c*nt what with refusing defence witnesses. But there you have it; he saw the case as purely one to do with vandalism; he saw MK had no prior convictions and sentenced her accordinly.

I am glad now the right wing tosspots won't get to pontificate with glee at her having to do custodial time. Everyone( except the tosspots) is happy; Anti War because Mary does not have to do actual time; the State because they were able to lay down the law without recourse to precedent.

Of course, the planes should not be there, but the fact is that they are and, for the moment, must be protected by state law. Who knows, other foreign planes could be atttacked if say, they werer private Belgian planes, for instance, with links to, oh, lets say, animal testing.

Of course, animal testing is no way on poar with so called pre emptive strikes on more or less defenceless third world civilians. Nonetheless, one man' freedom fighter is another man's freedom fighter, so, in this case, the sentencing did do it's best to be impartial.

I hope ya'll can see I'm looking at this objectivly. Cheers.

by Tommy Donnellan - Galway Alliance Against War Wed Dec 01, 2004 20:01

The sentence was mild - proPITious, in fact, for the Pitstops in March?.

by Sherlock Holmes Wed Dec 01, 2004 22:44

interesting that the gent in the black hat in the above photos can appear at Limerick courthouse despite their being a bench warrant for his arrest!

impunity?

by Troops through Shannon Thu Dec 02, 2004 01:30

http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=US&cat=US_Armed_Forces

by Plane Spotter Supporter Thu Dec 02, 2004 11:31

Text:
''North American 7001
landed at 0855.
Reach 794 just left
east at 0905''

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thank you Mary
more work to be done.

Who's going to do your work next?

by Deirdre Clancy - Pit Stop Ploughshares Thu Dec 02, 2004 15:47

Congratulations to Mary on staying strong through a gruelling process of silencing of your defence. The atmosphere outside government buildings was one of celebration yesterday, and everyone was uplifted by the lack of a custodial sentence.

by Bubblebath Thu Dec 02, 2004 16:36

2 years suspended is still a criminal sentence. Posters to this site are behaving as though Mz K was acquitted. My point being if she follows it up with something else maybe minor then the State can seek to have her sent down for time in chokey..

As another contributor suggested; She needs to put brain in motion before revisiting Shannon.

by Carol Taylor - Institute For "Interracial" Harmony, Inc. Thu Dec 02, 2004 17:59 littleblackbook at juno dot com 718 856 1271

God Bless Mary Kelly, one of my true heroines. As I said to Malachy McCourt on WBAI Radio Pacifica (99.5 FM NYC) call-in this week - I'm claiming my own part-Irish antecedents in solidarity with all of the anti-war humanity!

Down with bullet-heads, wardawgs, Blair, Bush and their ilk!

Peace and Love!

Carol Taylor, first black U.S. flight attendant,

Mother of two,

Grandmother of one.

by bubblebath Thu Dec 02, 2004 18:02

If you are anti-racist why are you trumpeting the fact you are black? Achievement and morality is colour neutral.

by R. Isible Thu Dec 02, 2004 18:16

And hence it's relevant that she mentions that she was "the first black flight attendant", not that she is simply "black".

I'd think that she knows about struggle and standing up for yourself and recognises those same qualities in Mary Kelly.

by bubblebath Thu Dec 02, 2004 18:32

What is so special about being a flight attendant? Now it would be really impressive if she'd overcome racism to be the first Afro American female 747 pilot...

by R. Isible Thu Dec 02, 2004 18:55

and specifically denied jobs on the basis of your skin colour and then being the first person of that skin colour to get a job that doesn't seem special to "someone" that can't comprehend that no-one of that skin colour was allowed to hold a job that seems unimportant to that "someone"?

I'd imagine that the first black bus driver and the first black gynacologist feel equally proud.

Now, we're not adding any more information to the subject matter so we'd better keep quiet.

by Helen - Norfolk Make Cake Not War Fri Dec 03, 2004 03:51

Sorry I couldn't make it over to give support in person, but well done Mary, not a great result but I'm seeing peace activists having to settle for what they can get these days. Will I see any of the Pitstoppers at Block the Builders? Stopping the next gen of nuclear weapons. (All illegal of course)

by karen fallon Fri Dec 03, 2004 15:12

well done Mary.
It is wonderfull that you are free! Hope you have a well deserved rest now. The strength you showed was an inspiration to us all.

by Brian Alyward Fri Dec 03, 2004 15:25

Does it stike anyone as ironic that a violent action is deemed a victory for peace does this then justify the american argument that invasion will ensure long tem peace, please people watch the analogies that can be drawn

by pc Fri Dec 03, 2004 15:27

for every time you say the act was violent you'll have people reminding you that you can 't be violent towards a piece of metal

by Brian Alyward Fri Dec 03, 2004 15:37

Well thats a load of shite talk isnt it

Off course a violent action can be against property

its just shit to get her off the hook

by An Púca Sat Dec 04, 2004 13:10 flannbui at yahoo dot com

Ar Féabhas!!! Great to hear that Mary wont actually have to do time!

Mary had a little bag , and in it was a hammer.
For Mary was a protester, for peace she used to clammer.
She smashed a yankee plane one night like any naughty boy.
The gardaí came along, but she escaped Mountjoy!!!

Is míse
An Púca

by Justin Morahan - Peace People Sat Dec 04, 2004 13:56

You are still innocent of real crime although found guilty in an Irish court after a farcical trial. The judge who muzzled you and your defence later suspended your sentence - maybe a belated conscience was at work.
To Carol Taylor: Congratulations on your ahievements and on your good work. We in the anti-war community feel proud of you and are at one with you.
To Bubblebath: could you not dream up some less trivial and grudging comments from your Jacuzzi/bathtub?
To Brian Aylward: To compare the US invasion of Iraq (including all the atrocities at Abu Graib, Falluja etc) with Mary Kelly's lone action of axing a plane that was part of that invasion is disingenuous.
Re the terms "violent" and "violence", you can throw them around as you have done to describe an honourable action and make people believe it is bad. The words have many meanings - and with the ongoing evolution of the English language new nuances are added to the definitions; these will be influenced among other things by place and time. At this time and in this place (Ireland) "Violent action" has a pejorative meaning. This you well know, I take it that this is why you used the term to describe Mary Kelly's action against war which appears to cause you so much concern.
And the use of offensive language in reply to pc further detracts from your argument.

by Elaine O'Sullivan Sat Dec 04, 2004 21:28

Well done Mary, you should never have had to go to jail for acting as the conscience of our nation. A brave act and a good result.
Regarding the financial cost of repairing the plane... it is a sure sign of a society that has lost its humanity when the 'economic bottom line' is cited more often than the cost in human terms.

Destruction of property Vs Destruction of Humanity.
Too close to call?

Destruction of Property?

Destruction of Humanity!