"Why will you NEVER stay on subject."
We are discussing a single issue in a centuries old war and young British soldiers, whether they are patrolling the border or shooting down unarmed civilians is very much a part of this subject.
"The Confederacy wanted to be separate from the Union...."
So you're a Confederate as well as a Thatcherite and you do believe the Union to have been a fascist organisation - now there's a thing!!! How about The Klan - was that an acceptable expression of the people's will?
"...but if that changed it could expect the same treatment."
Are you suggesting that the people of Britain as a whole would have no say in the matter if Cornwall decided to become part of another country?
"You are now advocating that British people should decide Ulster's future"
No - Britain is already deciding Ulster's future, and has done so for 80 odd years; I am suggesting that all involved, North East Ireland, The Republic and Britain should have a voice in what is culturaly, geographically and historically part of Ireland - or don't you agree with that? Shouldn't British people have an active say in where their children are sent to risk their lives, and maybe die? By the way, there are three counties in Ulster that are part of The Republic, so it can't legitimately aspire to that name.
"The 6 Counties have been under British rule for centuries."
As was the whole of Ireland, the partitioning is 80 plus years old. The conflict here is indicative of the fact that this has been and continues to be a constant source of unrest which needs to be remedied - it simply hasn't worked in the past and is not likely to in the future.
You're really not very good at this, are you? You really could have circumvented all this by saying that you wish to keep things as they are.
Jim Carroll