Statement of Policy
Throwing Up Links
Some people might wonder why I don’t just throw up some links for the stories and maybe a paragraph or two. I will explain. First of all, sometimes the stories disappear from the net and you can’t find them again. Secondly, sometimes after a couple weeks, like with the Belfast Telegraph, they charge you for access to the older stories. Or, like with Irelandclick, you have to pay money in the first place to see the articles. Then, some websites make you go through the hassle of registering your name and email and signing in every time you want to read the news. These stories I post and put the general link to access the source so you don’t have to register. There are some sites, like The Blanket, that I will usually not lift the whole article from out of respect. Some people might say well, anybody can read all this stuff without my posting it at all, and they are correct. I just try to post articles that I find interesting and informative, even if I might not agree with them. I feel people need to know the different sides to an issue in order to educate themselves about it. I’m not all-inclusive, however, and I freely admit I am biased toward my own views. When I started this, I thought mainly to provide some news for people who mightn’t have a clue about where to even begin looking for news of the North. It’s also a way for me to feel useful and to ‘play my part,’ as Bobby said, however small it might be. I have learned a lot just by sifting through so much material, and I owe a lot to many people for providing me with encouragement, specifically, Paul Dunne from the now-gone Shamrockshire, ‘Seán’ from Random Ramblings from a Republican and his wonderful email group IRA2, and Sharon from 1169 and Counting…. There are others who can’t be named, but I am thankful for them as well.
Oh yeah, and another main reason I post whole articles is because I encounter so many frigging flash ads which cripple my poor wee computer that I hope to spare someone else that hassle of dealing with such shite. I FECKING HATE FLASH ADS!!!!
