or dont give a ****. the whole ireland/britain thing is not about religion its nationalist/loyalist republican/unionist and nothing more The IRA had many protestant members. The IRA in Belfast had Protestant commanders nicknamed 'The Prod Squad' This included Billy Smith, Rex Thompson and John Graham. Jack White was another protestant IRA member from Broughshane, Co. Antrim who had previously founded the Irish Citizen Army. Erskine Childers was a protestant IRA member, as was George Plant and George Gilmore from Portadown. Bulmer Hobson from Holywood Co. Down was a leading member of the Irish Volunteers and IRB. He also helped to found the Fianna na hEireann youth movement. Protestants from the loyalist shankill road also were invloved in the Republican Congress in the 1930's. Ronnie Bunting was a protestant IRA member who went on to found the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) Noel Lyttle was also a Protestant member of the INLA Sinn Féin have an protestant ex-orangeman, Billy Leonard who is elected in Coleraine, Co. Derry. In 1905 the Sinn Fein party was co-founded by Edward Martyn, who served as its first President. The Sam Maguire Cup, the biggest prize in Gaelic Football, is named after another famous protestant Irish Republican. Sam Maguire was the man who recruited Michael Collins into the IRB British propaganda paints the conflict in the north of Ireland to the world as a religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants. This is false. The British occupation of Ireland is the root cause of the conflict, not religion. This video details some of the many Protestant Irish republicans who founded Irish Republicansim and fought against British rule in Ireland. [video=youtube;LmPbC1rYYOA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmPbC1rYYOA[/video]
thats the same with all 'religious' wars. the real issue is political or financial there was an interesting piece in th times today, explaining how the drought in africa had nothing to do with lack of water and more about politics and power ethiopia exports massive amounts of mangetout but there is non for ethiopians
oh yeah forgot to add that yasser arafat hated the jews that much that he was married to one they kept that so quiet most people dont even know
Hashysword, it's all the same to me. Couldn't give a **** about a mans religeon, in fact religeon is a total con and waste of ****ing space. NI is British, nationalists there draw British dole money & NI gets funded by Westminster. Was in Belfast When the Shankill chippy blew up & quie frankly my friend I hpe that twat Kelly burns in hell. I would piss on the graves of the Shankill butchers the same as I would piss on that **** covered **** Sand's. Like I say, makes no ****ing difference to me pal.
the point is though that religion is used as the main cause for the conflict look at ww2. hitler was against immigrants who were jews, could have been anyone 6m were killed and it was a holocaust, no one remembers the other millions who exceed 6m
Well we've been trying since 1967 to no avail pal. Can't understand though, went there 4 years ago & had a great time in Belfast, met some cracking lads from both sides & the odd arsehole from both sides but never got nee ****e worth bothering with?
