God Bless you Rick, that is an answer right out of the old Tom Lehr song about the Spanish Civil War, they might have one all the battles but we had all the good songs!
On a serrious note, my currious and anonimous friend, if you have been following this tread, there is a HUGE amount of suport for opposing points of view, and in general, with a few exceptions, real respect for listening to the other side and presenting an opposing oppion. As to why I speak to the side which I do, in the North, though I, as an Anglo Irish American, have spent time in both the loyalist and nationalist communities, as well as less defined communities in the North, I have to admit that most of my community are Nationalists, either IRA, INLA, and even the occational old dusty Sticky (no offence I hope, as Joe Doherty once said to me, once upon a time we were all stickies). As such, it is for others than I to give voice to communities they represent. There is an old saying in the US, not often heard in Ireland and England, where political censorship is codified, that the answer to speach is more speach. So if there is something you have to say, other than, why are you talking, which is the main point you seem to make, speak! We are all listening and in a mind to concider what you have to say, and if we were all in the same place, and my liver worked, I would have a pint with you while you say what is on your mind. Well, at least a diet coke to your beer.
So, Chears! What is on your mind, Currious? Larry