A murderer is not a role model for future generations

To engage in lauding the dead to the extent that the evil they have committed is whitewashed as is the case with Martin McGuinness is foolish in the extreme.

By The Newsroom

Published 22nd Mar 2017, 15:45 BST

Updated 24th Mar 2017, 10:41 BST

It not only belittles his victims but threatens the future of incalculable innocent lives.

If the IRA deputy commander at the time of Claudy, who remained proud of his activities, is held up to future generations anywhere as a role model who knows what cold blooded actions he will “inspire”.

The right to live in peace is not in the gift of any terrorist and he deserved no gratitude for ceasing to kill.

Those unionist politicians who rush to praise him should remember what he did and evaluate the worth of praising a terrorist murderer.

Robert Wallace, Portadown