I guess I should add that's my limited view of the subject. I'm in no way trying to imply I'm an expert, just have a lot of friends from Ireland.
On 8/17/05, Sam wrote: > 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 :) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:170174 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
