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• At 14:03, 29 July 2009 vi whitehead wrote:

  Thank you Paul for being a witness to the real cost of the troubles. Lost lives should not be pushed aside to serve the expediency of the moment.

• At 19:23, 28 July 2009 Andrew-H wrote:

  I was stunned to find this. I am on the plinth 29 August and plan to read out the names of WWI or II war dead (exactly who yet to be arranged). But this was better than I could ever do. Mind you, I'm still going with my idea, but this is 10 times better. All sides as well. Well done Phonic.

• At 23:26, 22 July 2009 sue palmer wrote:

  a very moving thing to do on the plinth. a beautiful choice you made. a memorial becomes an action, an event. Thank you Phonic

• At 19:27, 22 July 2009 Deborah wrote:

  This is, by far, the most affecting work of all the plinth presentations. I am still feeling its effect. I have been disappointed in most of the plinthers, wasting this precious opportunity to connect to humankind and instead performing banalities that are self referential- reading, knitting, looking around. That is not reaching out, it is looking in. This piece, in contrast, was deeply connecting to all people. Beautifully conceived!

• At 19:02, 22 July 2009 Lars Nilsson-Lund wrote:

  A different presentation on the plinth.

  Grabs you and makes you really think about what’s happened and happening in Ireland, before and today. And who the real victims are, let’s hope that some politicians also listened.

• At 19:00, 22 July 2009 C wrote:

  thanks, that was moving & though provoking

• At 18:34, 22 July 2009 Peter wrote:

  Well done, Paul. Thanks you - though it was actually hard to listen to. . . . . .

• At 18:28, 22 July 2009 Laurie wrote:

  powerful

• At 18:25, 22 July 2009 Steven Hutchinson wrote:

  Very proud of you big bro :)

  It takes a lot to stand up for what you believe in.

• At 18:23, 22 July 2009 Caroline Wilson wrote:

  The sad irony is that the vast majority of the names that you are reading are UK citizens - and yet this is the first time their names will have been heard aloud and remembered in London.

  You said that these were not names to be shouted - sometimes my anger demands that they should be.

• At 18:15, 22 July 2009 Sheila Mitchell wrote:

  Thanks Paul for being brave and caring, a real tribute for real people.

• At 18:14, 22 July 2009 Jim and Irene Hall wrote:

  Thanks Paul

  Love

  J& I

• At 18:14, 22 July 2009 Deborah wrote:

  This is by far the most powerful of all the plinthers. His reading of the names is powerful. Tears come as I listen. This reminds me of the impact of the Vietnam memorial in Washington DC. The simplicity of the names is all one needs to bring tears. These are real people. The waste of war and factional struggles- All these years later and the names still speak to us.

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