Fionn, I am not accepting ill-tratment of prods as casual, what I meant is they will be treated as they treat others, and if they follow or try to follow the same path that their fathers and grandfathers followed they have to live with the results.
I agree that the both communities have to learn to live together, my God I pray for it every night. I still have 4 brothers, 1 sister and a daughter there ,plus numerous nephews, nieces and in-laws. I worry about their safety.
As far as blaming present days brits is concerned, are you saying they are not part of the problem ?. when in reality they treated the problems in northen Ireland with apathy as if it was another planet UNTIL the bombs started going off in England. They should have taken steps to nip it in the bud much earlier, what they did do was send over an army that by their behaviour actually helped create the I.R.A.. The nationalist population could never depend on the police for protection and after a few months of the army coming in it was shown that they could not depend on it either so they had to take steps to protect themselves and the only avenue open to them was the resurrection of the I.R.A. Their behaviour in the nationalist areas of Belfast and Derry was disgraceful, their behaviour in South Armagh in particular was disgraceful and the acceptance of this behaviour by senior officers and politicians was disgraceful. I firmly believe that if the British army had acted in a non-partisan manner and tried to fulfil their mandate as peacekeepers the I.R.A. would not have had the hundreds of young men and women flocking into their ranks. instead they came into some districts like soccer hooligans with guns and uniforms, so yes they were and still are a big part of the problem

This will be my last posting to this particular thread - I would much prefer to get back to music.

Take care everybody.