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Originally Posted by Ullish Rab
Yes we are more or less living ok . There are some on the opposite side (new ira etc) who wish to keep 'the pot boiling' but they are a small minority
I think the first paragraph answers your query. As I have said many many times on here we don't make any claim on the ROI and never have . We are not aggressors ...we have always been defenders.
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I wanted to separate this out for it's own response.
As you correctly point out the splinter dissident groups have virtually no public support, and likely damaged what little they did have, with the reporter getting killed by wild bullets being shot. Most people could envision that could be their daughter, being accidentally killed by indiscriminate shooting.
So unlike the days of the past, never knowing when a bomb may go off, or assassinations might occur, it must be much more normal for you'll.
Thank goodness of all those like Hume & Trimble who helped bring about the GFA.
On a side note, I am very curious how you view John Hume?
Regarding the RoI and Unionists never claiming it, that is like Americans touting how we do not have our sights set on Canada, and never have.
Sure your ancestors were planted in Ulster at the expense of the displaced Irish, and that is not your fault.
Yet there are Irish families that know X parcel of land was taken from their ancestors, and might very well still be owned by descendants of the original land grabbers.
Those type of things are strong in Irish lore, and help to stoke the resentment and hate toward the English/Scots/Brits.
But it should not be placed upon modern day descendants.
Personally I am not one of these people who believe the sins of the parents should be cast upon the kids. That is especially true of the long distant people who attained the land by whatever means. So, even though many people around the world might empathize with what historically has happened to the Irish at the hands of the English/British, they do not believe that land should just be given back.
Instead fair-minded people (not the zealots) know those Brits/Scots who were born and live in NI must have their rights be protected as well.
With the framework of the GFA, the only major lingering question will be whether the Irish Nationalists goals will be achieved through the democratic process. If so, presumably most Unionists will accept it (since they signed on as well).
But the bigger question is whether the Loyalists will go along with it, or will there be a Troubles Redux.
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