And as to the pope admonishing the IRA to stop the violence: excuse me, but it is idiotic to admonish only one side for being violent in a war, isn't it? But I hear that Ireland may have had the final word. According to some right wing pundits I saw on tv today, Ireland DARED not to declare the day of the pope's funeral a national day of mourning, like Poland did.

The audacity!

Erin go bragh.