"It's a response to your evaluation that bombs were going off in England because some eejit was singing Irish songs"

No, you misunderstand. I was agreeing with WLD that after the bombs some may have found the singing of these song a little insensitive - I wasn't making a statement on why they happened - I was too young a the time to understand what was actually happening, let alone why. Whether you were in Birmingham or on the Bogside, my point was some songs are offensive to someone and perhaps as musicians and singers we should understand that.

Don't fall into the old trap of believing because of someone's place of birth or their race you have a handle on their political viewpoint - you don't - that's an arrogance that's cause way too many problems over the years. I've made my views on the injustices visited on the Irish by 'my' country over the years clear in many posts on this forum over the years, and I'm not about to justify them to you or anyone else - it's all here somewhere.

"They were Saudis, Bud."

Fair enough - but it was simply a demosntration these song subjects are touchy to people wherever they are, whatever side of the argument you stand on, and I was using the US's current Imperial ambitions as an example of people not learning from the mistakes of the past. Bud.