Sapper (please tell me that your nickname doesn't imply what you do in her majesty's army),

You should remember before you start flamethrowing that one person's terrorist is another person's patriot. What we do try to do around here is to keep discussion on a civil level. Now since you started this, I need to ask you a question. How do you view the UDF chaps? Are they thugs too? I know you know that the Orange paramilitary's have killed more innocents than the IRA and other Republican paramilitary's. And how about the RUC which has been proven time and again to be complicit in the harrassment and assassination of Irish people? Are they butchers too? And how about the evidence that is now surfacing about the Her Majesty's Snipers on Bloody Sunday, are they butchers and thugs as well? And do you get just as upset when the marchers want to parade through Catholic neighborhoods, stone and destroy Catholic churchs and assault people going to pray to their God in their way, are they thugs too? What about the murder of Rosemary Nelson? Got an opinion?

I do not begrudge you your opinion, in fact I would enjoy the debate. But you are not the only person around here with military background in special units, and yours is not the only opinion. So how about an intellectual type of comment about why you have strong opinions. Give us good debate, not flamethrowing. You could talk about the senseless brutality of Omagh and I wouldn't even argue. But throwing out the type of comment you made, does not lend itself to a civil discussion of a modern tragedy.

Mick