Teribus At least your reply to me was reasonably civil.You have no idea what it was like to grow up in the North throughout the 1960's. I was young and could not understand the names I was being called or why my family were being treated as second class.We saw Civil Rights being demanded in America and drew a parallel. Young people took to the streets and demanded equality. They were battered of the streets. Because Nationalists had found their voice they became trouble makers. From the top level of North of Ireland government it was decided to put down the desired wish of Nationalists to be treated as equal.As to Rodgers remark in that Orange Hall, my ass would we have got it, Christ they are still trying to put us down today.The Civil Rights movement were hammered into the ground by the police as your government stood by, example Burntollet Bridge 1968. Catholics were being burned out of their homes, example Bombay street. Even the IRA in Dublin were reluctant to act. So in 1969 the people in the North found it's own defence, The Provisional IRA. I fully accept your dislike of them, but Teribus just for a moment imagine that you were knocking about in 1940 and the Germans landed on your street and battered the crap out of you. If you said to me you would stand back and not get involved, I would call you that word you set at my door in very post LIAR.Do you give Wolfgang a hard time over those killed in the blitz ? Why not ? His war like my own is over.You refer to the Continuity IRA. I have a number of times made it clear I have no support for them. I support my party leadership in Sinn Fein to get Irish re-unification by peaceful means.Do you want me to throw up all the illegal actions of the British Army whilst in my country ? Why do you keep going down this road ? The leadership on more than one occasion has expressed regret at the loss of life of non-combatants, has the British Army ? Teribus I did not get the chance to fill in a tick box when I was born as to which faith I would like.I was born a Catholic and through the actions against of a uniionist government became a Republican.Again I repeat all loss of life is regrettable, but I do not and will not ever say our armed struggle was wrong. Regarding your remark about bestowment of professional courtesy, I never underestimated the British Army.Regarding troop numbers here they never come out of their barracks, it's just another overseas posting.I remain proud of all our Volunteers and the sacrifice they made either by their life of the time spent in prison.