Guest, if the colonised ppl don't like the colonisers, then fighting back is entirely reasonable. My point was that when the colonisers pull out, it's not the fault of the colonisers if the colonised ppl, on finding themselves free, start fighting each other instead. Self-determination means that, unfortunately, ppl are free to fight each other if they happen to be ignorant bigots (to use Bill's phrase) and want an excuse to pick a fight. And there's surely plenty of ignorant bigots in the Unionist wing, just as there's more than a few in the Republican wing who've gone and formed the C-IRA and R-IRA.

Graham.