I have said in any number of posts, on numerous threads, that I have never found the bombing of innocent civilians to be a legitimate tactic. But the responses above exactly make my point as to why you folks are continually seen in a negative light. This thread is about the riots by Loyalists over the refusal to allow them to march through the same neighborhoods that have seen their 8 to 12 year old little girls terrorized in vicious ways that will likely scar them for life, thrown balloons filled with urine at them, defaced their churches, driven Catholics out of their homes at gunpoint in the middle of the night, and on and on. You folks, instead of attacking that want to keep on about the IRA. This group is the leader in trying to make the peace process work. The Loyalists are the ones trying to torpedo this same process. The Republicans have embraced the political process, and have given up the gun, even in the face of continued aggression from the Loyalist communities. And all you can do is be apologists for the actions of these enemies of peace.

Many things were done during this version of the troubles that are regretable and horrific. The tally sheet will give plenty of fodder for both sides to throw. The only road to peace is the one paved with the good intentions of the British people. Until they quit any support of the Loyalists whose aim it is to kill the peace process, the trouble will go on. The past is a road filled with recrimination, and both sides can make arguments as to the validity of theirs. The future will be built by the actions of decent people who act ......... or don't ...... in the best interests of peace.

Mick