Source-Based Question on Nothern Ireland

On February 13 2012 02:02 Derez wrote:
Your answer to C is logically not coherent. You don't want to make it about if there were or if there were no orders.

They were not acting upon orders to shoot protestors, but the government is still responsible because it is ultimately responsible for all actions taken by its armed forces. The government is ultimately responsible for the training and the deployment of troops under 'sensible' circumstanes. Several soldiers opened fire without order, but when groups of soldiers feel it is 'appropriate' to break orders and protocols, that's a wrongdoing on part of the government.

(And this is a homework thread ;p)

On February 13 2012 04:55 Talin wrote:
I don't understand why you're trying to go for a roundabout way to answer question A. You reach a conclusion based on your analysis and understanding of the lyrics, but you're already given the context of the song and the event it refers to (Bloody Sunday, a historical event), so isn't a much simpler and straightforward way to answer it in the context of the historical event itself rather than analyze the lyrics as if you had no knowledge what they are about?