obvious content, the song is about the Troubles in nothern ireland. he talks about the men interned in northern ireland at that time - many people believed that these people should not be treated as criminals but as political prisoners. it was released in 1972 about a month after Bloody Sunday, when 27 protesters were shot (13 died) by the army during a march in derry. the song was banned because the Troubles were such a contentious topic (and because Bloody Sunday was (still is) such a controversial topic - there's a lot of debate over whether the army or the IRA fired the first shots, and over the shooting of apparently unarmed men)
obvious content, the song is about the Troubles in nothern ireland. he talks about the men interned in northern ireland at that time - many people believed that these people should not be treated as criminals but as political prisoners. it was released in 1972 about a month after Bloody Sunday, when 27 protesters were shot (13 died) by the army during a march in derry. the song was banned because the Troubles were such a contentious topic (and because Bloody Sunday was (still is) such a controversial topic - there's a lot of debate over whether the army or the IRA fired the first shots, and over the shooting of apparently unarmed men)