Peter K, I do agree with you about the old Stormont "Protestant Parliament."
In my second post I made clear that I was thinking of when it had gone and the demands of NICRA met.
I did used to argue against Republican paramilitaries. I was opposed to all paramilitaries and often said so. Loyalist ones had no defenders to argue with.
I am firmly of the belief that Republican terror groups delayed by decades the progress we have now seen.
I did support the army but not every action of the army. I think that they did their best in an impossible situation and prevented civil war.
Republican paramilitaries killed many hundreds of civillians, mostly with IEDs in public places.http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/troubles/troubles_stats.html#statusperpetrator