mmm not sure. My father's take on this (yes Tierney is an Irish Catholic name) is that the British are an army of occupation there maintaining an unjust system, and he immigrated rather than join. On the other hand, as I see it, despite lo these many wrongs, people want the killing to end.
Note - I have never been to Ireland, but my father covered several of the oubreaks of violence for Canadian papers. Dana On 8/15/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From what I've heard most Catholics in N Ireland never supported the > IRA of today, they just didn't dare speak out against them. > So the comparison is a handful of terrorist prevented the peace that > the majority wanted. > > On 8/15/05, Dana wrote: > > I know very little about the Gaza Strip, which is why I do not > > normally comment on the topic. But I do see a parallel to Northern > > Ireland, where a territory was occupied for centuries, and very great > > wrongs were done, for which retribution was exacted, and the process > > was iterated for centuries. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169451 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
