English Jon

Actually, yours and some other individuals in this thread exhibit the tongue clucking hand wringers of which I speak.

It really doesn't matter what you think of politics. If you don't like the killing to the extent you claim, you should be doing everything in your power to stop it, including putting pressure on your government, yes--the British government, to put an end to it once and for all by implementing the Good Friday Agreement, making sure the integrity of the institutions is made safe, and honoring the Patten Report on police reform. Which your government called for, then rejected out of hand when it didn't like the results--the same way it is doing with the reports of the International Commission on Decommissioning. Reports come out showing the cooperation of the IRA, inspections of weapons dumps, etc. and the British government rejects it out of hand.

You don't get it both ways, English Jon. If you are as upset by the killing as you claim to be, get off yer lazy arse and do something about it. Just quit the "I'm so sensitive to violence when it happens to be in my face" shite.

People all around the world live in environments where political violence is a very real, daily part of their lives. Your "non-violence is the way" PC cop-out doesn't go down well with people who can't escape the political violence in their lives. Lucky you who has been able to do so, apparently, with only a cheap watch.