"just want you stop to giving yourselves excuses for acting badly."
So wanting independence is "acting badly2
No need to ask which side you are in Al
You sound like a Keith Jingoist
Don't think I've ever read anything so partonising in my life
"he troops weren't there until things kicked off, and no one wanted to be there."
The troops should have been there to protect the catholic Britishers from the Unionist thugs - don't be proud of the fact that they only came in when things "kicked off"
When thet got ther, they culluded with terrorist like the IVF, they wreaked ther own particular havoc, and they did their share of killing and maiming non-combatant.
Back home, the authorities were fitting up innocent Irish people and leaving them to rot in prison - had hanging still been in place there would have been dozens of dead martyrs for the Irish to hold up as examples of British justic
About "yourselves" - I'm a Brit, I was born in Britain, as were my parents
I am in the postion of having to consider dual citizenship thanks to Brexit - bu I don't know if I'm entitled to is because my Irish roots are as far removed as they are.
You are as big a little Englander as your mate Keith
Go get someone to read you a history book Al - you obviously haven' the ability or the inclination to do it off your own bat
The religious divisions came about because the British gave power to sectarian thugs - spend time in the North and you'll find that the ordinary people get on very well with each other
Jim Carroll