I truely agree with your perspective Divis Sweeney. However u must realise that post partition, the nationalist people of the North where left completely alienated and indeed to a large extent neglected by the rest of our countrymen, left instead to be completely shit upon by our unionist friends in every sense possible ie no voting rights, no job opportunities etc etc. What we were living in, in effect, was an apharteid state. Taking this into consideration I am glad to say that there will never be a return to those days of old and that the winds of change are now truely upon us. Having said that however it is extremely difficult for nationalists to forgive and forget those attrocities carried out by unionism/loyalism but that is something that will come in time. In addition I would also like to say that I find it a bit rich sometimes when people take time to condemn and demonise the I.R.A. when their guns are silent and put beyond use, not to mention the fact that liberation for the the 26 counties came about because of the actions of the I.R.A. ie Guerilla war fare, which was only 8 decades ago. Indeed the main political parties in the south trace their routes back to Collins and De Valera. In essence the foundations of the 26 county state is built upon the actions of the so called criminals (I.R.A.). Ironically if these criminals had not done the like of Mc Dowell and Bertie would be unemployed.