::nod:: I am nowhere near throwing bombs over this opinion :) just expressing my preference. I agree, peace with British occupation is better than strife without. Assuming those are the alternatives
Haggerty, Mike writes: > Ireland is a complex little island, and the only thing most reasonable > people want over there is a little peace and quiet. > > That being said, Northern Ireland is a British territory, and until 1921 all > of Ireland was a British territory. > > Considering all the Irish have been through, including the Penal laws which > took away the right of Catholics to attend mass and buying or inheriting > land, life is a lot better now that it had been since 1601. Most reasonable > people are willing to (at least) live with this state of affairs. > > And personally I hope it stays that way for a long time, large numbers of > people from my family died in various revolutions there over the years. > > Last summer I went to a family reunion and met up with the relatives who > keep the family history. Reading through some of it was quite depressing. > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 5:00 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Empire-Building > > > see, I think that is the part you aren't seeing. Four generations later, my > problem with your proposal is that the British still have soldiers in > Ireland. It isn't that they used to, it's that they still do :) > > But this does not mean I hate the British -- I just think the shouldn't be > in Ireland :) This position is quite possibly not typical however :) > > Dana > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
