"As to whether our cities being on the receiving end of bombs, I suggest you take a look at the last 40 years, culminating with 9/11/2001 and rethink your position." - Big Mick

So I did as Big Mick suggested, which resulted in me stating the following:

"No Big Mick, your cities and civilian population have not been through the wringer as have the citizens of Derry; Belfast; Dublin; London; Madrid; Barcelona, etc, etc, the list is amazingly long."

Your response Stigweard:

"So 9/11 wasn't putting NY and it's population through the ringer then?"

Put through the wringer in the same way that civilian population of say Belfast were, Stigweard? - Nothing remotely like. 9/11 was a terrorist "spectacular", a one-off, the people of Belfast had to live with the expectation of that sort of thing every single day for 18 years - It must have been somewhat wearing to say the least.

By the bye Big Mick gave a period of 40 years culminating in the attacks of 11th September, 2001. Significant in that there have been no other successful attacks since that date, how about giving those responsible for that three cheers? Or at least a muted "Thank You".