[thechat] War Essentials
Martin Burns
martin at easyweb.co.uk
Mon Mar 31 02:57:34 CST 2003
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Drew Shiel wrote:
> In Northern Ireland, there's not much comparison, to be perfectly
> honest. Everybody knows that a referendum in Northern Ireland would result
> in exactly the same situation as there currently is - the area under UK
> rule, and a few headcases trying to blow each other up.
Although as increasingly:
a) The Republic is no longer the economic backwater nor the theocracy it
once was
b) The EU makes the border meaningless in practical terms
there is a tendency towards not actually caring that much as long as
average punters can get on with life, except when symbolically important
(March 17th and July, mostly).
Headcases excepted.
Cheers
Martin
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