I could not answer all your points in one post.
I did not excuse the discrimination. When it was brought to our (mainland) attention by NICRA, steps were taken to deal with it.
It was never going to be a quick fix though.
I did not compare 72 with 98.
I do say that if the momentum of progress had not been destroyed by the campaign of terror, what took 35 years could have been achieved in less than 5.
We have a good model in the US struggle for equality.
They started from a much worse position than you, and yet their peaceful protests brought change that left your violent gangs decades behind.
Who believes that black equality would have been hastened if black paramilitaries had executed tens of thousands of police officers and soldiers (numbers in proportion) and used bombs to destroy the commerce of the whole USA?