Guest who has read the entire thread will see my apology has already been given.

To refresh:

"I guess it was inevitable that this would upset somebody. Oh well, Sorry, but it's just how I feel about it. "

nothing racist or biggoted about not wanting to kill anyone, now is there? If pacifism defines me as a Racist then fine, me and Ghandi will sit back and watch all you non-racists shoot each other if you want to.

On a seperate note, having more than a little Irish blood in my body (from both sides of the border), I am all for Irish independance if you really must know, (especially if it can be achieved without importing 20,000 rifles in a submarine), but that was never the point of my original rant. I think it is wrong to kill people for any reason. There are no mitigating circumstances.

Just a little background about me: I speak french, german and dutch (badly) and work for a translation company with an office in Dublin, so claims of racism and bigotry don't really apply - sorry. And I play Irish fiddle in the pub every monday and thursday. Not that that will change anyone's opinion of me.

Note: the only "anti-irish" comment I have made is "I hate bloody riverdance", a sentiment shared by most of my Irish friends, including Sinead from Comhaltas who started calling me "English" Jon in the first place. If that comment inflamed the thread then I'm sorry, an attempt at humour, that's all (obviously misplaced). To conclude, this is getting to be like flogging a dead horse and anyway I've got a gig to get to, so I'm going to let this one drop. Chat amongst yourselves.

EJ