Big John - I don't like the consequences of King Billy's victory at the Boyne either. There is much merit it what you said. And I'm for a united Ireland and furthermore I think we, or our children, will probably see that come---democratically. (Birth rate statistics.) But whether that happens or no, the two distinct cultures in Northern Ireland/Ulster/Northeast Ulster/The Six Counties/The Statelet or whatever else we may call it, have to learn to live together with some kind of mutual respect. And ARE learning, however slowly. Now I know it's easy for me to talk, being far removed from the troubles. But still, as an American of Irish Catholic descent, I don't know much about Ulster Protestant culture and I want to learn. I don't have to like all of it, and I *don't*. But we can't repeal history, so might as well learn it. And Yes, learn *from* it too.