[Mb-civic] FW: misconceptions

[Michael Butler]

Mad,
Well Cheese can get to one from time to time. As a descendant of an
Anglo-Irish family I agree with what you say. Ulster was a bad scene and
still is no cup cake but better.
Bear

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From: "peter baker" <djinbaqr at tiscali.co.za>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:44:29 +0200
To: "Michael Butler" <michael at michaelbutler.com>
Subject: misconceptions

bear
.......cheeseburger has got to me...i feel i must straighten him out on his
irish/english rant....for a start i [as are a large proportion of south east
londoners] am part irish....the majority of americans, most particularly
irish-americans, just do not understand the irish story.....true northern
ireland was a hot bed of injustice for a long time....the protestants had
all the power and considered themselves english...whereas the catholics had
no power and considered themselves to be irish....this situation has changed
over the last fifty years...brought about, ironically by the i.r.a's
terrorism.....though there is still a long way to go....as in all cases
injustice breeds terrorism....and, as in all cases, two wrongs do not make a
right.....now let us examine the reality of the situation....sinn fein, the
political wing of the i.r.a., represents less than 1% of the irish
public...as a general rule the english and the irish get on very well
together, for example, ireland is a very popular holiday destination for a
very large portion of england.. if an irish athelete is successful the
english press proudly report it...no, my dear cheeseburger, the
irish/english situation is blown out of all proportion in your fascist
country, which is progressing on the same lines as the old british empire
and doing a remarkable job of it...the british empire was not something to
be proud of...nor is the yanky empire....madbaker


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