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The Troubles
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There is a concept in psychology called ‘moral injury,’ notion, distinct from the idea of trauma, that relates to the ways in which ex-soldiers make sense of the socially transgressive things they have done during wartime. Price felt a sharp sense of moral injury: she believed that she had been robbed of any ethical justification for her own conduct.
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― Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
― Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
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GERRY: [towards his newborn granddaughter] Y'don't even know your own name. And a bet you've no idea who I am? Y'don't know anything, do ya? You're startin' with a completely new sheet, eh? You're one big blank page, that's what you are. But you're the next page, our kid... you're the next page.
GERRY smiles at his grandchild as the lights fade to Blackout.
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― The History of the Troubles
― The History of the Troubles
