No real progress yes and no, TP, the violence goes on, base ball bats,hammers and the good old boot is some of the weapons being used by both sides.

Such beatings are not as news worthy or attention grabbing as bombs and shooting, so it goes relatively unnoticed. So to the people who live through this has anything really changed no.

On the other hand no more long traffic lines waiting to get through vehicle check points,no general inconvenience due to bomb scares, but still the odd retaliation murder and punishment beating goes on and to its victims nothing has changed.

For the I'm all right crowd every things changed, until it makes a difference on their life, and the representatives who are in government refuse to recommend that people come forward with information to put away the people who represent no change in N.I. So is there any change at all for the victims.