I think the one of the most chilling books I've ever read is May the Lord in His Mercy Be Kind to Belfast, because the vast majority of the people interviewed seemed to believe that their lives were normal.

And I only wish that the good people there who have spoken with their votes would recognize two things:

1) The people who persist now in using violence to attain political ends are not "partisan heroes" anymore: they're criminals. It's up to "the neighborhood" to support the law, the peace process. This is true in any neighborhood in the world. In a country of generations brought up on the evils of "informing," this will surely be a hard pill to swallow. But reporting crime is NOT "informing," and never will be: if we want peace, we have to stand up for it ourselves.

2) Nothing is written in stone and compromise can be a good, nay excellent thing, making half the people involved feel that the movement is forward, and the other half feel that a change is minor, tentative, and not so threatening.

End of rant.

InOBU, will email to see about further information. I'm curious about how the commemmorations events are formatted/planned.

Sarah