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In article , Jim wrote:
And which bit of the island of Ireland is occupied against the wishes of a majority of its inhabitants? William Maybe I am mistaken, however I beleive there is only one island called Ireland and one people called Irish. Which contains two states, one a republic, one a constitutional monarchy and two nationalities, one Irish Rebublican, one British. From the history I have read, Tails I have been told when visiting, I am lead to beleive the Irish would have prefered the British had left a few hundred years ago and the British stayed by force or arms. Probably analogous "tales" can be told when visiting Indian reservations in Yankland. **** happens, though, and lines have to be drawn. What the present inhabitants think is more important than what those a few hundred years ago thought. Currently the Island is split into notheran Ireland (British) and Sotheran Ireland (the country). No, it's divided into Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland. On my Visit to Ireland I came to the understanding from talking to Irishmen that the majority of "Irish" would perfer the British left... The "Irish" as a whole aren't relevent, just as the "British" as a whole aren't. The majority of both don't live in Northern Ireland. The residents of Northern Ireland are the only people whose voices are relevent in the debate over whether Northern Ireland should leave the Union. I say "leave" the union, as they may choose to apply to join the Republic, but, of course, the Republic could refuse. At that stage, and only at that stage, do the opinions of the residents of the Republic matter. The Irish I talked with made it clear there was 1 Ireland and the only reason there is a notheren is a minority of Irishmen (ulsters??) wish the Brits to remain. There is only one Ireland, but it's a geographical term, in the same way there is only one Great Britain. There are, however, two Irish states, in the same way there are three states in Great Britain. A majority of the residents of Northern Ireland presently wish to remain in the Union. Please note that whilst all of Northern Ireland is in Ulster, the two are not interchangable, as there exist three counties in Ulster that are part of the Republic, since they were majority Nationalist. -- I give confidential press briefings. You leak. He's been charged under section 2a of the Official Secrets act. -- Irregular verbs, Yes Prime Minister. |
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David Henderson wrote in message ...
In article , Jim wrote: And which bit of the island of Ireland is occupied against the wishes of a majority of its inhabitants? William Maybe I am mistaken, however I beleive there is only one island called Ireland and one people called Irish. Which contains two states, one a republic, one a constitutional monarchy and two nationalities, one Irish Rebublican, one British. It contains *three* nationalities. The Irish Republic, the English, and the Scottish. The difference between the English and the Scottish, is that the Scottish have military training, they seem to actually know something about the military, winning Battles, and Submarines. Whereas the English are really only good for a French joke or two every now and then. |
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