Keith, I don't want to get in the middle with your arguments here. I don't know enough about Ireland.

Divis, I would like to ask you a question without offended you here. I not writing on here to offend anyone as I am only trying to learn about things going on in Ireland. You say that you support Provisional IRA and not the dissident republicans, who opposed to the Northern Ireland peace process. I take it that you mean the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA, as some of them prefer to be called separately as Real IRA or Continuity IRA? From reading about them it seems that they need to see the the peace process working or they seem to think that the british government won't hand over Ireland to the Irish people. Please do correct me if I am wrong that Continuity IRA have their own peace plan with republican Sinn Fein, which does not include the british at all. I read that the Real IRA feels that this peace process is not going to work as politicians (yours or mine) have failed with sorting out the police issues. They feel the whole peace process is not working. I have also read that the Provisional IRA and the Real IRA are fighting each other over the peace process. I don't get it! They all want the same thing an united Ireland with an Irish rule, but they fight each other. I think that they all have their own pathways in achieving their goals, which in the end it will reach the same finish line with an united Ireland wuth an Irish rule.   

Divis, you have also said, "I lost family and close friends during the campaign. It was sore at times, bloody sore." This must have been awful to lose someone in the conflicts close to you such as family. This makes you one of the victims of the conflicts. You seem to be hurt a little in your post above mine here. I am not on any side of the fence here, but I am saddened by your loss. I think that all sides of the fence here had played a part in the conflicts in Ireland, that is why peace is very important to Irish people so their children don't have to go through what their parents have been through. It is difficult for a person like you to forgive the other side for your loss for the sake of peace. If you can forgive then you are a good person because you are doing this for Ireland and for all the Irish children to come in later years. With respect, Kind Regards.