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Been a while since I've been back here! >.< I love this thread~!!
@Sahandrian: I understand how you're feeling, and I feel the same way. Just remember that the queen is nothing more than a sock puppet to the English government; though. Every word she says is carefully planned to match her personality, and to voice the government's take on the current situation.
But also, unification may have been a lost cause after all. . . The United Kingdom plans to release Ulster, however-- they refuse to give it back to the Republic. Their intentions? For Ulster to break from the Republic as it's own country, completely relying on England as it had. England refuses to give us our reunification, as it would lead to a threat unto the United Kingdom, I suppose.
However, I guess it's up to the people in Ulster to decide now. If you think deep down, you'll know they wouldn't want to join the republic anyway. Only 20% of the Ulster population keeps strong ties to the Republic (last I checked), and the rest are either Scottish and English implants or people who enjoy the benefits of the United Kingdom. I imagine some will beg The United Kingdom to take them back once this settles, sadly. All I know is that the Republic is not happy.
My opinion, tsk tsk. xD
Well I'm not so sure how that's going to go considering how the election went a few weeks back. Nationalist parties have gained the upper hand.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/northern_ireland/8666191.stmUlster should be given back to the Republic in all earnesty. My great grandfather left Ireland because he was disgusted with the partition of Ireland (and he might have done something wrong during the Civil War when he was with the IRA). My family's been taught about the abuses the Brits have put on our homeland and I still believe that Ulster is just one of the four regions of Erie, not one of the four regions of the UK.
When I think of the fact that 2016 is coming up very fast and very soon, and if the country isn't freed and united by then, the CIRA and RIRA dissidents might actually have enough support to throw the province into another Long War, and I can't see the Republic not being supportive of it. I think if the men who were executed for the Easter Rising were to find that the country they fought and died for wasn't unified by the hundred year mark, they'd be rolling in their graves faster than a merry-go-round.
It also brings to mind the Bobby Sands quote that everyone and their grandmother's used by now, "An Ireland unfree will never be at peace".
I honestly believe that to be truer than true in this case. Not because I want war, but because I want a unified country.
Not to mention if this happened, it'd just appeal to the UFF's original base that that'd cause more bloodshed.
Oh and Gee? If you insult me for being an American talking about Irish affairs you can get ********. My family's only been American for two generations and part of me wishes my great grandfather had stayed so I could have. I find America's government no better than England's and just as imperialist, and it's past of hatred against Irish immigrants is shameful. Let's not forget that my great grandfather fought for the land you live on and I'd gladly go back to Ireland to live as soon as I get the money. Unlike most ******** Americans who say they're Irish, I know what I'm talking about and find their idealised and commercialised versions of Ireland and Irish culture ******** shameful. This includes my own mother, which would probably make my Grandmother annoyed as hell whenever she wears a "Kiss me I'm Irish" pin on St. Patrick's Day.
Oh and Jabels? Just be glad to know I shed no tears over Arizona and all the southwest being all butthurt over the Mexicans coming over the border. It's their land just as much as Ulster is Ireland's land.
