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@ai6yr Times probably call for these old rules too.

1. Don't rat on your friends/compatriots.

2. Don't rat on yourself.

3. If they're still asking, they don't know.

I'd also add good advice from one of the top public defenders in Los Angeles: Do not give any false statement to police that they could corroborate. He gave the specific example of having an immigrant in your home and ICE agents come knocking.

If you say, "I don't know them" or "haven't seen them in weeks" but your phone or other evidence could prove false, that's a misdemeanor that could be made even more serious. Just say, "I can't help you" over and over again if necessary.

@exador23 @ai6yr

"Whatever you say, say nothing when you talk about you know what. If you know could hear you, you know what you'd get. They'll take you off to you know where for you wouldn't know how long. And for you know who's sake don't let anyone hear you singing this song."

@johntimaeus @exador23 LOL had to look up that song
Colum Sands, "What ever you say, say nothing"

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@geonz @ai6yr @exador23

That's the one.

@johntimaeus @ai6yr @exador23 When 9/11 happened, I wondered what Mary Cliff would play on the folk radio show I'd been following since 1978 on her Saturday night show.
She played a fair amount of songs from Ireland, from the troubles.... .

@geonz @ai6yr @exador23

Colum's brothers Tommy has the honor of writing possibly the saddest song in the canon.
https://youtu.be/dA5S--BSmSw?si=2UrmmGzDXxreZ0Rc
And it's a pretty sad canon.

Tommy Sands - "There Were Roses"

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@johntimaeus @ai6yr @exador23 I inferred from the last name that there was a connection and ... I don't have to click through to know what song it is :(
I also appreciate Stan Rogers' last recorded song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXq1zZntKQo
The House of Orange

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@geonz @ai6yr @exador23

But the Mary Ellen Carter will rise again.

@johntimaeus @ai6yr @exador23 (esp. since it's straight up truth, tho' more recent versions changed the names out to lessen the pain)