I would have posted elsewhere, but you know… the censoring and all

Pat, a lot of comments sections have been closed or censored in recent Weeks.

That doesn’t justify it happening again…

worrying trend if the Journal are bowing to thugs and censoring comments about these gangsters.

they werent “bowing to thugs”.some of the comments were disgusting & stupid.one idiot was even trying to link SF to the rira which shows the level of ignorance in the comments.

@Graham: The comments I saw removed were not disgusting, nor were they stupid on that thread!

They just stated there indifference at the death of a man who was a part of a ignorant/violent organization.

I had a comment removed that said, ‘We need to forget our troubled past’ In response to a comment that said ‘live by the sword’… Is that vulgar? why exactly was that removed?

well i cant speak for them comments.maybe family members or friends were complaining to the journal.at the end of the day the man was only buried a few hours & 95% of the people commenting on here didnt know the fella only what they read about in the papers.

I don’t think anyone has a problem with obvious trolling or vulgar comments being removed, but the removal of well articulated responses and opinions is disappointing.

’95% of the people commenting on here didnt know the fella only what they read about in the papers’ Well… ya, obviously they didn’t know him personally, this is a national publication.

Frankly, I don’t care if he was a lovely family man, I’m(and everyone else) commenting on the fact that he was part of RIRA.

If the family were complaining the journal should let people know thats why the comments were turned off, instead of a total unannounced blackout.

@shanners… agreed, if someone posted ‘DEATH TO THE RIRA’ I could understand why that comment was removed, unfortunately that is not what is happening

@shanners i agree there were comments that shouldnt have been removed but if filtering comments become the norm then it will spell the end of the journal

Ye they closed the comments section on that post, freedom of speech me arse

None of us want the journal comments section to resemble that of YouTube.

well i suppose you being the journals number one troll i should have noticed

I missed the sarcasm the first time round, but good to know

I know Mick….the mind boggles…

Why?

Sure how could you link the RIRA to Sinn Fein. For goodness sake!

i know mick.unbelievable

You’re idiots! even if a comment is wrong/factually incorrect, it should still be posted thats how free media should work…

You pro Sinners? or pro IRA… either way both organizations are full of s**t and lies…

@pat d’arcy find me an organisation that isnt full of sh*t & lies.

Thats um my point exactly, if people are saying bulls**t it should still be posted… (in response to your reply to Mick, even though he was taking the p*ss out of you)

the only one mick takes the p*ss out of is himself.hopefully the moderators will give us all an explanation as to why they removed the comments