In Ireland, Tuesday's Grace The newspaper column “In Ireland, Tuesday’s Grace” written by Bono and published by The New York Times in 2010, deals with the Saville report being published. Bono, who’s the lead singer of the band U2 from Ireland, has his say on the matter in the column. Bono is Irish and therefore he will remember the day called Bloody Sunday forever. David Cameron held a speech, in which he described the incident as “unjustified”. Bono commentates on this speech and the fact that David Cameron said he was sorry for what happened, by asking a rhetorical question; “Thirty-eight years did not disappear in an 11-minute speech — how could they, no matter how eloquent or heartfelt the words?”. The reader already knows the answer to the question and so does Bono. Therefore, he assumes the reader agrees with him through the question and this helps Bono in his strong argumentation. …show more content…
The Saville report brought openness — clarity (…)”. The conclusion of this quote is that the Saville report brought openness to an unjustified, but surely not forgotten incident that happened thirty-eight years ago. Bono compares the incident and wounds which can only be healed if they’re out in the open. The openness is in this case the Saville report. This comparison gives the reader a possibility to relate to the argument, if they don’t already – another rhetorical device that Bono