But you keep refering to 'The English' Curator?

Is that all the English people currently alive, or just a select few? Perhaps you mean the English in the British Army who served in NI - I agree your reasons for despising an army of occupation may be legimiate - but what about the Scots, Welsh and Irish who serve in the British Army? The Gurkhas?

How far back in the past must an event be before we stop using it as a convenient hook to hang our prejudices from? You state your land was taken from you 800 years ago. Well, mine was taken from me 950 years ago (by the same people who took your land - but wait a second - weren't they the Plantagenets - and they were French, so you must hate all Frenchmen too), and 500 years before that, and 400 years before that and 2000 years before that etc . . .

This is the sort of twisting of history that is used to justify the actions of small-minded bigots the world over. No history is without it's injustices, and perhaps the English (or should that be British Curator? - you tell me) have perpetrated more than most over the years and these are lessons that should be learnt from, not used to incite more hatred and suffering against anyone, regardless of where they were born.