I watched this when it was first shown a couple of years ago and have kept it. Before that, I had no knowledge whatsoever of the Ballymurphy Massacre and I don't think it was common knowledge amongst most people - which is shocking when you come to think about it.
I really don't get the argument that the IRA was responsible for the deaths of many people and it therefore seems to be suggested that the Ballymurphy massacre was just the luck of the draw.
The murderous actions of the Catholic and Protestant paramilitary organisations were condemned by most mainstream outlets and they were called terrorists. The army, on the other hand, is employed, in effect, by the government and is supposed to abide by civilised standards.
I do understand that when in extreme danger and under pressure it is possible for soldiers to make mistakes, but the killing of innocent people in Ballymurphy does not, I believe, fall within that category. The soldier who was in charge when this happened was also the man in charge during the later Bloody Sunday shootings.
As with many subjects around British rule, the British public has often been given a very one-sided story about "the troubles", and about uprisings in other countries subject to British rule. When I was a child news reports about the "Mau Mau" in Kenya portrayed them as murdering savages but a relatively recent court case found British soldiers guilty of the most extreme forms of torture against the Kenyan independence fighters.