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Thread #92760 Message #1791000
Posted By: GUEST,beachcomber
23-Jul-06 - 05:37 PM
Thread Name: BS: Ban on 'The Wind That Shakes The Barley'
Subject: RE: BS: Ban on 'The Wind That Shakes The Barley'
Keith I am sorry if I misunderstand you but you will admit that your postings (at least those that I have read ) on the topic of Irish unity and the methods that have been employed by Irishmen to regain it, have generally been adverse. You say that you are opposed to paramilitaries of both sides. Fine, but you make no such claim concerning the activities of the "legal" paramilitaries nor, of the British Army. I include among those such as the former B-Specials, UDR and RUC , now PSNI, all of whom have been involved in "extra curricular activity" down the years.
The political path to unity was , I believe, well explored in the years up to and including WW1 only to fail under the implacable opposition of the Loyalists, Orange Order and "Covenanters". Surely that was, and still is, obvious. Even if Ian Paisley were to stand down tomorrow, can you say that the succession would not be equally against Irish Unity ?
I would like to think that unity is now a possibility but I need to hear more reassuring words from the people in the 6 counties of both sides.
What would your opinion be Divis ?