05-08-2002, 09:49 AM
it's tragic that any innocent people die, but i learned a long time to stop caring about these things too much because there's nothing i can do about it. there's enough shit going on in my vicinity that i can't afford to give my thoughts to things like this, intellectually but mostly emotionally, it's not healthy. quite frankly, i wasn't too happy to see this thread because i can so deal without another ct/am political discussion thread.
Quote:Hey Ladi, what about the Northern Irish Catholics?ok, i don't know much about this, but i do know a little bit more than i know about the middle east and i wouldn't call the ira a society. i'm pretty sure the majority of the british population would be perfectly happy if northern ireland became a part of the republic. the thing keeping it a part of the uk is that there is a huge population of unionist/protestants who were born and grew up in northern ireland but consider themselves citizens of the uk and don't want to change. i'd speculate that it's basically that people fear change. for example, let's just say: if you grew up in maine, i'm sure you wouldn't want to become part of canada. the problems arise from a small group of people whose brains are so stuffed full of religious bullshit, or just use that to further their own well being; and these people cause the problems for everybody else. there are a lot more bombings that happen than cnn and all the other news channels might lead you to believe