[A Balrog of Morgoth]

The IRA was once a terrorist group, now Sinn Fein is a political movement.

Point of order. The IRA and Sinn Fein have always been two sides of the same coin. There is no "was once" versus "now" there.

Sinn Fein was constituted as the "political" wing of the IRA. Sort of like the "legitimate" businesses that are fronts for the mob

Another good example, IMO, is the Earth Liberation Front and PETA.

[Sam Gamgee]

Exactly. Gerry the terrorist Adams scoured Boston for naive Irishmen who gave him money that he then passed onto the IRA to kill the Scotch Irish in Northern Ireland.