Ireland belongs to the people of Ireland. England whored Irish law, land and tongue through the penal laws and *beep* the Irish people over for x times infinity. This is without dispute and is not up for debate.
The fact that Ian Paisley today considers that he has a fair claim to the North is disgusting, as he's a human spit-bucket and would be better served in prison with the rest of the terrorists. The fact that he is trying to block the irish language act is revolting and is further proof that he is intolerant to native culture. The only plus side is that death is knocking on his elderly door soon enough.. Not that it will help because he's *beep* the system by breeding another rat bigot in his son, who's already shown hatred to the gay community and catholic community.
So listen up Brits - We the people of Ireland are sick of your *beep* Begone, depart Ireland. Never return. You don't belong here and you never have. Your union jack is a god-awful flag, symbolic of imperialism. Your absurd views on current foreign politics such as Iraq strengthens my current views on you that you are an imperialist-globalist state - still to this day! PS: Your prime minister is a Scotsman with an English accent.. Identity check, please!
Leave the beautiful people of Ireland & Scotland alone - and any other unfortunate people you managed to *beep* over during the course of your horrid existance.
Yours sincerly,
Ireland
Most English/British people are not that concerned if NI remains part of the Union or not. Unsurprisingly it is the two opposing sectarian groups in NI who are most concerned as to whether NI is part of the UK or a United Ireland.
The British Army was originally sent there in the late 60's to protect the Catholic population and stop sectarian violence from spreading to the mnainland (where places such as Glasgow have deep divisions). However the Army (after being initially welcomed by Catholics) quickly became seen as an occupying force rather than as a peacekeeping force.
In my opinion the British Army should have been replaced by a UN force in the 70's, thus taking England/Britain out of the equation.
NI now largely runs it's own affairs from Stormont, and as far as most British people are concerned that is fine, and they can entirely run themselves from Stormont as an independent state or indeed as part of a united Ireland. The Army has now also largely withdrawn from the north. As for the protestant (loyalist) population they are Northern Irish, not English, Scottish or Welsh, and they have been part of Northern Ireland for centuries.
Sectarianism is rather pathetic and sad, with history often being used as an excuse to reinforce Sectarian views and feelings even further. What we should be doing the opposite, and encouraging people to stop singing songs about massacres that occurred four hundred years ago, and encouraging them not to stab each other to death over religous or historic events, which are usually potrayed inaccurately by Hollywood films.
Sectarianism in Scotland - this BBC Documentary should give you an insight in to the sad state of affairs that is sectarianism
Scotlands Secret Shame Documentary - BBC Panorama - 2005
http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca454mmOAqshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/4284023.stmAnother preconception is that most Irish people support the paramilitaries, this is not true at all, many hate them and are horrified by the violence. Sadly both the Loyalist and Republican paramilitaries have now become increasingly involved in organised crime.
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Island_Of_Ireland
16 years ago
"The British Army was originally sent there in the late 60's to protect the Catholic population and stop sectarian violence from spreading to the mnainland (where places such as Glasgow have deep divisions). However the Army (after being initially welcomed by Catholics) quickly became seen as an occupying force rather than as a peacekeeping force. "
You make it all seem like that happened for nothing and we can all put it in a box and avoid the real facts. You forgetting internment? Hundreds of people were jailed and beaten by the protestant controlled army for nothing, sometimes for years upon years. Something like %2 of these people were protestants.
And lets not forget bloody sunday, plus the countless other obviously sectarian actions of the British Army. The catholic people didn't turn on the army for nothing
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