I'm less annoyed by politics only posters than by one topic posters who appear out of the clear air.

There are some regular posters with (Irish) Republican leanings. I respect all of them and read with a lot of interest what they write even if I don't agree. To read a post by Ard Mhacha or JimmyC for instance is nearly always a pleasure and I often learn a lot.

But the new bunch of Republicans over here are a nuisance and do not at all help their cause. They look to me like an ASU with a new job assignment.

But we have to see the good in it. They are off the streets this way and they have a sense of significance and do something against that empty feeling. Now if only the Loyalist 'brothers' could also be persuaded to lay down the arms for good and come over here to teach us the correct position to all aspects of Irish (sorry, Ulster for them) politics, we could have a jolly good time sitting at the sidelines and watching.

Wolfgang