Gareth:
The fact that you do not know the value of respect for the rights of the people of Ireland and the lives of her children show that you have not given the matter much thought. Think of an Irish army on your streets, breaking in your door in the middle of the night, pulling your sister out of bed, hitting your father in the face with a rifle but, and taking you off to be tortured through the best part of two weeks. The child next door whose brains were blown out by a soldier for revenge for his fallen comrads, the denial of a nations history... Emagine yourself in the shoes of another and you may understand what was taken out of Ireland.
Yours, in peace, Larry