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Old 01-04-2018, 08:29 PM   #507
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Originally Posted by FuckingRotter View Post
You're over playing the impact of the Maze hunger strikers on the world stage. Their claim was that they were prisoners of war and should be treated differently from ordinary prisoners.
Political prisoners status is what I recall they wanted. I do remember that Margaret Thatcher was regarded as scum in the USA during that summer when the hunger strikers were popping off one by one. She didn't gain anything positive from it at all that I was aware of.
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