I really can't be arsed with any of this, which has been covered over and over again in full - you have responded to nothing and put up nothing.
Teribus puts up long tracts on drivel - unqualified opinions - which he has already condemned as irrelevant from others
You have not attempted to answer the overall situation I have given - everything linked to researched and identified information and, having attempted a foray into character smearing of one of the rebel leaders (sort of like discussing El Almein by concentration on Montgomery's taste for young boys) you now want to nit pick over well-covered ground again.
Easter Week set the Independence ball rolling and eventually led to a full-scale War for independence - it also helped to bring the Empire edifice down - fair play to it.
The Rebellion took place at a time when Britain was faced with a Civil War promoted by Unionist fanatics - a justification for the uprising even if independence had not been an issue.
If you want your opinions to be discussed - link them to real evidence - your opinions no longer interest me - I could scribble them down on a beer mat in five minutes starting with "the British Empire was wonderful and never did anybody any harm" (thinking about it, that's the sum total of it really)
Keith is back to his Norwegian Blue imitations -not particularly impressive the first time, now a somewhat pathetic repeated joke.
As soon as I'm able (when this ****** good weather breaks) I'll continue with my fully researched and linked efforts to run through the first half of the 20th century's Irish history as I understand it - I've started, so I'll finish.
If you want to add to or subtract from it - fine, if not, fine too - fed up with swimming in stagnant water
Jim Carroll