Ah yes Northern Ireland. Irish both the North and the South will probably always look at the British with scorn and rightfully so. But that's history and they know it. A lot in the South wish the Protestants would get up and leave but most realize it's too late. Most are now born there. Problem I remember with the North was only 10% were Catholic so all elected and appointed positions went to the Protestant majority. They want representation but how do you do it fairly? I remember polls in the late 80's showed most Catholics in the North were satisfied with the Protestant leadership and wanted the IRA to stop the terror but were afraid to speak out against them. I know in NYC they were afraid to talk about the IRA out loud. Even when they come around with their fake raffles people would give money only out of fear. These are the Irish in NY I'm talking about not Irish-Americans (they only know about St. Paddy's day :).
So what I'm trying to say is the Irish would love for the British to leave but most never wanted or supported terror. Like the Palestinians, the terror was caused by a small group of people. Unfortunately with the Palestinians the hate groups have the control and are influencing the masses. While we're on the subject, when Israel became a State and was attacked, a lot of Irish Soldiers went to fight for them. When the war ended and they asked Israel to send them help for their war Israel said they have no trouble fighting for them on the battlefield but would not help with terrorism. The propaganda machines turned that into "We helped Israel and they turned their backs on us" meaning there's still a fair amount of anti-Semitism amongst the uninformed in Ireland. I guess it's like any form of racism, it mainly exists with the less informed. Next topic, let's talk about why people in Ireland don't know what corned beef is :) On 8/17/05, Dana wrote: > I've heard it all my life... it was a sort of defining theme for my > father's family. I think that perhaps U2 had a lot to do with making > people come to their senses. I mean, Sunday Bloody Sunday is an anthem > of sorts, but I have a version of it where Bono is absolutely scathing > about people who apparently tried to use in the republican (ie > anti-British) cause. The glory of the revolution, he says, where is > the glory in dragging a man out of his bed and shooting in the head in > front of his wife and children? > > Good damn question. > > When you think of them as people, just people, not the sort that > forced your ancestors into starvation, it makes a big difference. > > I only hope the truce in Ireland holds and that some sort of peace > will become possible in the Middle East. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170167 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
