"times have moved on"
I too was living in London throughout the mainland campaign; I saw some of the damage and remember the tension caused at the time.
It surely is time things moved on and all this was brought to a conclusion.
It looked like it was likely to happen with the knees-up at Windsor and the positive noises being made on both sides.
I admit, I am not looking forward to the forthcoming 'Glorious Twelfth' displays of superiority - I hope they don't cause the problems that the 'flag' demos caused, but things really seemed to be taking a turn for the better here.
The suspicion is that the timing of Adams' arrest is not unconnected with the forthcoming European elections - a cynical political move rather than one to give the McConville family 'justice'
Jean McConvilles body was discovered 10 years ago - it seems a bit of a coincidence that it's taken this long and at this particular point in time to make an arrest.
I don't particularly look forward to demands for the perpetrators of the Bloody Sunday massacre, or all the other atrocities that are known about, but not yet acted on.
Let's at least get some sort of long-term peaceful future under way before any further steps are acted on - and when they are, let them be justice for all the families - or even better, let's move on.
I hope this doesn't have the same effect as the Israeli's behaviour has had on the Middle East peace negotiations
Jim Carroll