Blood On The Hands Of The Righteous

As seems to be my case, I am bringing you music on an anniversary.  I realize this isn't Friday night, but it deserves remembrance.  This anniversary I speak of course was the use of force by the 1st British Parachute Regiment that killed 14 and wounded many more peaceful protestors in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

The protestors were all Catholics who were participating in a civil rights protest against the internment of Catholics in the  region.  While a British investigation ensured, most considered it a white wash of the situation.

Many critics of the situation suggested that the indiscriminate force of the British troops at the time led to an influx of new recruits to the Irish Republic Army and increased violence in the region, not lessening it as had been hoped.  As Irish Catholics felt increasingly distanced from their government and unsure that justice would come, they fled into the organization that contributed to terrorism as much as it fought oppression.

As Bono notes put your "hands in the air, the praying kind" and pray for no more war, no more hurt, and  a way to peaceful solutions to these problems.