XPost: can.politics, soc.culture.ireland, uk.politics.misc
XPost: talk.politics.misc
On 2021-09-06 2:28 p.m., Gregory Carr wrote:
On Monday, 6 September 2021 at 06:13:57 UTC-7, Liberals are Vermin! wrote:
You must not have looked hard. There have been discussions about
reparations for the Irish. There was a war there and the Troubles went
on for years. Sit down for a few drinks with an Irishman and he will
whine about things the British did to the Irish 500 years ago.
Well, at least they aren't blowing things up much any more. Though there
are sporadic incidences still.
The Northern Ireland Peace Accord has held up well. I knew a guy in high school whose brother was blown up in a pub bombing there a Prot although
the family in Canada didn't attend a church or own a bible. They had Orangeman marches in New Westminster, BC as late as the 1980's.
Had my ancestors remained in Ulster, I suppose
this is what their descendants would have to put
up with every July 12:
https://tinyurl.com/ykbbu9cb
https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-bostonglobe.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SVBGANGMJAI6DKZT5M3ODSI5EY.jpg
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