And Willyboy -- you seem to forget that the Great and Glorious King William the First was bankrolled by the Pope you seem to despise so much. How do you square that circle? Does the end justify the means?

The American Revolution and the 1916 Rebellion were borne out of the same cause, remove Britain from a land over which they had no right to exercise control --as Africa and the Indian sub-continent did latterly. Britain, France and company occupied then raped these countries before handing the back with re-defined cross-tribal borders which is/was the root cause of many of the disputes in Africa. Spain and Portugal did likewise in South America.

We need to revise our view of the Britain of old. The Empire was not a Land of Milk and Honey where a bountiful Britannia ruled with justice and care. We have been able to do so with the First World War which many now realise was a tragic waste of a generation.

I have said before here that history is not what you learn in school. It is what you choose to learn afterward when you have the maturity to evaluate it correctly. Until people can come out of there respective trenches and challenge themselves, there can be no progress in the North of Ireland.

That said, you have a right to your opinion and I will defend your entitlement to express it.