CURATOR, I have read the green book, it ain't my cutta meat.

ARD, there's no point complaining about the old civil rights abuses. They, like slavery, the Famine, sending kids up chimneys, and working from 8 am until midnight, etc, are history and can never be undone.

Constantly bemoaning them can only result in continued bitterness. Don't you think that it's time to let go of the bitterness?

I know a number of formerly moderate unionists with many business links in the Republic who would have been prepared to be cajoled into a United Ireland. Recent events have driven them into the Paisleyite camp.                                                            

It's time to move forward and try to win the unionists over by killing them with kindness. It's the only approach that has any chance of succeeding.