I am not entering into another forum tennis match where reply meets reply with neither side waivering, which is why I did respond to your other post on another topic. All I will say is that the people who consider tghemselves Irish want a united Ireland, those who smite the word don't. This breaks down to the Scottish & English settlers over a period over 400 years. The Celtic settlers embedded themselves long before that.

The problem with Unionists is that they fear losing their identity if they say they're Irish, and thus their allegiance to the Crown. This brings up the problem and dilemma of, if you are not Irish, don't want to be labeled as Irish, why are you in Ireland and want a equal say? I am well aware of the Unionist suspicions and fears, and understand much of them, but they need to lose the fear of change. Without that we will still be shooting eachother. I, along with a lot of people, have lost friends & family. I have also seen & done things which I'm not proud of and do not wish on anyone. This country needs to lose it's festering hate and festering mistrust in order to move anywhere.

The only thing I object to in what you say is that you blanket your claims to the whole population. Not ALL of our residents want to remain British, not ALL of our residents think the IRA are still active. Some do, most accept, while more could have been done to PROVE it, that more WASN'T done to try and save face.

I Love my country and still hope for a united Ireland, I just thank God we can all try peacefully now.

The next move is the Unionist/Loyalist one. I'm not expecting much.